Friday, November 30, 2007

Attention All You MaineCoon Cat Lovers!!!!


Just wanted to share a picture of the other furry friend of the house-Bushy cat! She weighs in at about 16lbs. and is sooo gentle. She loves her daddy-my hubby Marsh!! We tease him about her riding in the back of his truck like a dog!!! Her "brother" the escapee- picks on her all the time-she gets the best of him when she gets really mad!! They have been known to be show cats-she demands to be brushed at least twice a day. Check out the websites for this breed!! It is really fun!!!

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Thankful Days....



Greetings!! Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving... a time with family and friends, a time to remember loved ones not with us any longer. I pulled my Rachel Ray routine and cooked for about 5 hours-trying new recipes and remembering my diet!! I made some great dishes -all desserts I used Splenda. Here is a note-never use the same amount of this sweetener as you do the sugar in a recipe-use half as much or it will be toooo sweet!!! Bushy and Baxter- the cats of the house -smelled turkey all day and got their share- they were thankful too!!! I got to have a ball with my grand-daughters and when they went home about 10:30 I fell in the bed!!! What a great feeling of exhaustion-though- a thankful feeling!!! Now Christmas is coming!!! I love this time of year-I decorate to the extreme-and there really is a mystic hum in the air!! RECIPE: Try this one for all you fruit lovers-find your favorite apple-crisp recipe-substitute the brown-sugar topping for the brown-sugar blend Splenda. Use tart apples -whatever is your favorite and add about four pears cut up to it. Crush up a cup of fresh cranberries in your blender-add a half cup of regular Splenda to that. They are sooo tart you have to sweeten them. Mix together and put your brown sugar topping on top and bake. It will look festive for the holiday coming also and everyone will love it!! Serve it with sugar-free french vanilla ice-cream or low fat cool-whip. Here is a couple of pictures of our home and back deck. I'm ready to start decorating for Christmas!!!

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Another creation!!


This creation is made of clay and wood. The "housecat" has a pesty bird that landed on his head. The cat can be made to look like YOUR cat. He truly rules the house.The saltbox houses are wood and the platform. E-mail me if you want him to be YOUR house-cat!!

Pictures of the escapee!


THE GREAT ADVENTURES OF "BABY LOVE"-WHERE IS HE??

We had quite an ordeal over the weekend with Baxterbiter-" alias Baby Love" we call him. For all you animal lovers this LOG is dedicated to you. We woke up Sunday morning after getting to sleep in to about 9:00. It was my grandbabys B-day party so I needed to wrap her gifts. My cats are always in the bed with us-and Baxter always wants to be fed the second you are up-you know what I mean. I thought where is he -he must have found a bird to look at on the deck downstairs. I called him to eat- and Bushy-Love our other cat kept meowing in my face. She comes when you call anyone or anything else. No Baxter!! We knew he was not outside-he is not allowed out at all-but when I went to bed he was on top of the computer- as usual. My hubby and I were getting worried-heck frantic is the word! We went to the basement-he always comes when you call. I had visions of him being stuck somewhere!! I called my younger son Nate- who lives 5 minutes away-and he came over to help his dad. They discovered that he must have went through this hole in the basement wall that is designed to get to the plumbing for the second bathroom. We live in a townhouse. My son said there was a hole that went to the next apartment -a person could only get their arm in it!! The girl next door has not been there in awhile-I thought how would we get him!! Marsh took our ladder on the deck-and climbed over the divider of the townhouses and got on the neighbors deck!!! He called Baxter at the sliding doors and here he come!!! He was in the next apartment!!! Marsh tired the door and it was open. Got the curious george-by that time he was scared and his little heart was pounding!!! He was thinking -this is not my house -where is my cat dish!!! Marsh handed him to our son on the balcony and into the arms of his hysterical owner ME!!!! Of course the HOLE is closed up- no more of that!! I still thanked God-his angels took care of him. He ate and ate and drank and drank!!! You would have thought that he was gone a week!! I hope we do not have to take him to the cat whisperer!!! Bushy could not jump up to the hole because she is too fat-or she would have followed her brother!! God is GOOOOOD!!!