More Snow!!

Snowball bird watching out the shelter window.

It is very cold and snowy outdoors but we are all snug in our shelter and house with our beans, napping and hogging the Monitor heater.

That's Ivy hanging off the heater!  She sleeps like that.

We got our generator ready and all the extension cords on hand in case the power goes off. Hope you all are safe, warm and napping through the storm.

Femme Friday - Our Last Hatting

It is our final Femme Friday with two of the older cats featured today. We love our hats by Judi from Sammy and Andy's Place!  Chica looks stunning in her teal and white hat.  She has had CRF for 4 years now and is going to be 20 this summer!  We love her dearly and dote on her with special treats and extra special love.  She is still a fiesty girl and when she wants attention she stands on her hind legs and pounds her front feet on the wall, blinds or even a framed print on the wall knowing we will go get her to make her stop!

Yoko is a young 17 and will be 18 come March! She is a quiet girl, living most of her life in the shadow of larger than life Chica.  Yoko likes having all the other cats now cuz she blends in and can do what she wants without Chica messing with her.  She is Daddy's girl and will sit next to or on Pop whenever she can. Both Yoko and Chica came to us when we were living in Florida, joined us in our move to North Carolina - have moved seven times and went from just two cats to so many they probably lost count!  They are real troopers and we never expected to have them both this long.  We are so grateful.

Georgie is a very sweet girl and only a young 4 years old.  She is from Lily's first litter with Sam, Woody and Norm.  A very girly girl who loves to be petted and fussed over. She is very quiet but knows how to tell us what she wants.  She will tug at Mom's clothes if she wants food, a refill or a treat. She is sweet and very pretty with a perfect little face. 

Thanks for stopping by to see the last of our girls in hats - we would like to leave you with some great hat quotes.....

"Fashion is a kind of communication. It's a language without words. A great hat speaks for itself."

"Whenever you wear your hat, your day will be special."  (Margo Nickel)

"Luxurious, flirty and at times a bit sexy.  We're out to prove a great hat can change your day."  (Plaza Suite hats)

The rush of power to the head is not as becoming as a new hat. (Helen Van Slyke)

We just know inside that we're queens. And these are the crowns we wear. (Felecia McMillan)

You can flirt with a fan in your hand. You can flirt holding a cigarette, too.  But a woman can really flirt with a hat. (Dolores Foster)

I myself have 12 hats, and each one represents a different personality.  Why just be yourself? (Margaret Atwood)

If a woman rebels against high heeled shoes, she should take care to do it in a very smart hat. (George Bernard Shaw)

With the right hat, nothing else matters.  (LaPaloma Hats)

   

Have a great weekend!

Sweetpea Sleeping....

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Happy New Year!

Well the holidays are winding down but we have one more special night to enjoy.  Us cats don't know what all the fuss is about tonight but it sure is fun to partake of the festivities! We will be right with Mom and Pop to watch the ball drop on TV! 

This is what the ball will look like tonight. For 2011, Waterford Crystal has designed 288 new “Let There Be Love” crystal triangles featuring a romantic pattern that blends a modern cascade of hearts with diamond cutting.

Here's some info on the origin of the ball drop - The actual notion of a ball "dropping" to signal the passage of time dates back long before New Year's Eve was ever celebrated in Times Square. The first "time-ball" was installed atop England's Royal Observatory at Greenwich in 1833. This ball would drop at one o'clock every afternoon, allowing the captains of nearby ships to precisely set their chronometers (a vital navigational instrument).
Around 150 public time-balls are believed to have been installed around the world after the success at Greenwich, though few survive and still work. The tradition is carried on today in places like the United States Naval Observatory in Washington, DC, where a time-ball descends from a flagpole at noon each day - and of course, once a year in Times Square, where it marks the stroke of midnight not for a few ships' captains, but for over one billion people watching worldwide. (From the NYC Times Square.org site)

With the theme "Let there be love" in mind we want to wish you all a New Year filled to the brim with love, laughter, hugs and joy.  See ya in 2011! With love from all of us.

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