I was sitting here yawing and drawing a blank,
The kitten would love to subtract some things from her life.
We have a lot to celebrate here. The ever fun juxtaposition of Friday the 13th with Valentine's Day, the kitten definitely has stolen my heart. My brother and my nephew's birthdays. USA's advancement into the finals of the Rugby Sevens tourney and just life in general.
I was tagged a while ago, at first I thought we were playing "freeze tag" so I just sat here immobile (my usual state), then I realized it was probably "cartoon tag" since I was tagged by Connie Martin at Drawing to an End. 1. Link to the person or persons who tagged you.
2. Post the rules on your blog.
3. Write six random things about yourself.
4. Tag six people at the end of your post and link to them.
5. Let each person know they’ve been tagged and leave a comment on their blog.
6. Let the tagger know when your entry is up.
It's going to take some TIME to teach the kitten how to knit those little booties for Penelope's new baby. I would do it myself but I sliced my thumb open on my Hello Kitty scissors, who knew those suckers were so sharp!
No, no, no! Flawed! The word is flawed!
I have had a difficult time getting out of this slump but today is a new day and I hope to be back in the swing of things by next week, the kitten must be heard!
T'was the holiday season
I'm already stressing out about Thanksgiving and dealing with the family and all their strong opinions.
Kitten hopes that if she just pretends they're not there the pups will go away.
It is not wise to get a bag of chips stuck on your head. While we were out today buying pet gates our new pup broke into the kitchen and ate an entire Julian pie! ummm pie. sigh.
Well I voted. Strangely it's pouring rain here and I've heard told, it never rains in southern california, just ask my lawn. I guess the gods are crying tears of joy that change is happening, I know I am. With luck Prop 2 will pass to protect our animals.
I'm late again this week, in addition to work I've been trying to "repair" my relationship with my kitten. She has "repaired" herself to self-imposed exile in my office, which got ransacked this weekend by the new dog, searching for cat treats––he found them. I've even cooked for her, a nice little dish by Chef Eric Ripert. I think she is pining for the good old days, pre-dog drool.
I'm late this week with "late" and very, very late with last week's "strings". I can't complain (oh, but watch me) since it's because I'm busy with work which is a blessing in these troubled economic times. My idea for last week, which I never got posted, was guitar strings. I had just seen the Blasters at a benefit and was pining for my old groupie surf guitar days. So I dusted off my old axe and proceeded to pluck out a creaky rendition of Misirlou.
While I don't know if they were filled with "sugary" goodness, our new puppy certainly thought they were tasty, when he raided my seashell collection and ate the starfish, some sand dollars and a number of other shells. ummm, starfish.
My poor, little kitten is all packed up and ready to move. We have visitors who are staying in her room (aka our guest room), so she had to relocate to the office until they leave. Will she get any peace!
Feeling guilty over not spending enough time with my kitten we decided to form our own little clique and hang out together in the office sans dogs. The puppies are none too happy and are sitting right outside the door pouting.
My poor kitten, despite her claims to the contrary, is so attention starved since we have been fostering this new black lab. I, on the other hand, haven't gotten any peace, both the dogs think it's funny to tag-team wrestle me (me, not so much). Now that we have decided to adopt this maniac, who knows when our next kitten-private-island-moment will happen. Maybe when my husband returns from Oahu.
Okay, I always try to go with the first thing that pops into my head when I read the word of the week unless it's a truly awful idea, then I try to think of something else.
Even though our queen bee thinks cats rule and dogs drool, we are pleased as punch to accept this wonderful award from Mônica over at Art | Books, Arte | Livros. The award was designed and created by Eunice Rosado from This nice dog. Thank you for thinking of us! Woof!
Our entire routine has been turned upside down with the addition of our new foster dog. He is such an affection hound and wants attention all the time. I haven't been able to get through my morning ritual of coffee and crossword without interruption.
Here are the rules: 
Ummm, tastes like chicken - please detach that cat from your mouth and back away slowly. 
I was trying to catch a little of the Olympic rowing today, but all I could find was beach volleyball.
Here's a quick doodle, couldn't really get what was in my brain onto the paper, sigh, I think I'll give it another try later.
I just had a great idea for illustration friday, then "poof!" it vanished just as quickly as it appeared.
since the girl wouldn't give me her email password I don't know what the word is for this week's illustration friday. I came up with this, err, well it sort of came up by itself.
I've been trying to get that stinky-breathed dog to do my bidding
missing girl: warm lap, hands out treats liberally, answers to the name of "meow" 
that mean boy took my girl away with him, who is going to wait on me hand and paw?
Okay, here is my "canned" response to today's topic. I know I've used canned cats before but I just couldn't think of anything and didn't have time to draw can-can cats, which would have been funnier, I think, ack, maybe not. Hmmm, that's quite the existential question, which is funnier, canned cats, can-can cats or perhaps pickled cats?
okay now that that song is stuck in your head, my mission is complete...
Whenever my husband returns from one of his long trips away he goes a little overboard in helping out around the house, bless his heart. Inevitably I end up with kitten size clothes (no everything doesn't go in the dryer and no it's not because I'm eating that much ben & jerry's).
Haven't you had ENOUGH sleep?
This award goes to Linda over at Sketched Out for making me spew green tea all over my keyboard and always putting a smile on my face.
We're celebrating here!! Our crazy lab foster is getting adopted, and I quote, "We have fallen in love!" Yea!! They have named him "Otter" probably not an Animal House reference but of course that's where my mind went.
No news is good news on the puppy front. I miss our little tempest in a teapot.
