Sitting in the Dark

Hello evffurryone,

Man, sometimes things just don't turn out very well. Pellie and Sir Knight took me to the Vet. yesterday. I don't like that place at all especially if he has to check me out for something.

It seems unbenonst to me - I have been keeping my left eye closed a lot lately - and Pellie was worried. So the Dr. put some really icky drops in my eyes and was really pulling on my eyelids and trying to look in my eyes. I scrinched them as tight as I could but he was still able to check them out. Turns out I have an infection - and now I have to get medicine in both my eyes, twice a day. Ain't that a bummer.

I fight tooth and nail - cuz - I don't want it put in but Pellie and Sir Knight are bigger that me - so after I finish my post I plan on going into hiding.

Do you think they'll forget? Yea, me neither.

Hope you all are having a better day than I am.

Purrs,
Genghis

Mancat Monday

Hey Evfurryone,
Its me Genghis, Its been so long since I posted - I figured you might have forgot me. I'm still here though and happy you dropped by for a visit.

Saturday I just sat around and rested all morning and half the afternoon cuz Pellie & Sir Knight were gone all that time. You can best believe I gave them my best "where have you been for all this time" look when they did get home.

Oh my gosh then things got busy for me, they brought in box after box of old dirty junk stuff and some of it even smelled bad. As a dutiful snooperviser I checked every thing out at least once and some things twice.

After Pellie washed evfurry thing I had to go back around and give it the old sniff test. It all smelled so much better, but nothing that they brought home looked very cool to me.

Pellie made all kinds of funny noises about how she loved all the new rose thingies and they would all go into the studio. Oh boy - it didn't take a genius to figure out that my walking and snoozing space was going to be compromised if that happened.

There was no way to stop her, on Sunday she wouldn't go any where - she stayed home cleaning the studio and making it more hazzzardous to my health. Man Oh man there was a time when Sir Knight and I trembled in fear - we couldn't see the floor any more it was so cluttered up with stuff being moved all around the studio/shed. To make matters even worser, she started carrying a few things down to the basement. (There goes my nice napping spaces she had left on those shelves.)

When she was done - some time around 10pm the studio really did look much better and it still has a few choice places for me to curl up and nap - so I am a happy kitty.

Today she was doing laundry and talking about how she needs to get back down in the basement and get that all neat and organized. I started laughing so hard I almost fell of the chair; that area of the basement hasn't been neat and organized for the 2 1/2 years I've lived here. When my brofur Dale was still with us - he used to tell me stories on how that used to be Pellie's main craft room and every thing was neat and clean - I'd just agree with him, being respectful of my elders, but never did believe him. So I guess I'll just have to wait and see what happen in the near future.


The last two pictures are of me hiding out in her old craft room in the basement and you can't see very much from the picture, but believe me, if this room is going to get cleaned up it will probably be the scariest 2 weeks of this cats life. I know for a fact she won't be able to clean it all in one day or even one week. and if she does it the same as upstairs - the floor may just swallow her up. I'll have to try and keep track of her while she is down there, so I can tell Sir Knight where to find here to rescue her from the clutter.

Well that's all the news I have for today, so I think I'll go lay on Pellie's lap and get her to lavish me with a little attention.

Purrs,
Genghis

No rest for the wicked and the righteous don't need it.

Hello Everyone,

What a fun but busy Saturday, we had. Went to a couple of garage sales, ate Micky D’s for breakfast and then off to the auction. We visited with our auction friends, and I practiced raising my hand to make sure I wouldn’t miss any of the neat stuff.

Here are the pictures of what all I got.

As soon as we got home I started washing each and every thing we bought (that’s kind of the not so fun part of the whole day, but it had to be done) Genghis checked out every thing as it made its way in and again after it was all washed up and dry.

Pictures were taken this morning - no we really didn’t have better light, it was still raining here this AM. I was just too tired to do it last night.


Then I started to clean up various spots around the house, where the treasures will go. All the pretty porcelain roses came here in the studio, so I just kept going and cleaned up the whole room. It really needed it. Did I ever tell you I love housecleaning - but I love crafting more and I don’t clean when I craft - sooooooo it was a bit dodgy in here. Now it’s all clean and polished and looking good.; I can feel free to start crafting again tomorrow.

Except for the fact that I really need to get down in the basement and clean my annex craft room, which is just a fancy way of saying my basement storeroom. All my supplies would never fit in this room - I mean I’ve been crafting since I was 18 and I tend to horde things - so I have way too much old stuff - but you never know when it may come in handy, so it stays.

Anyone interested in coming and helping an old lady organize at least 30 years of (neat) stuff?
LOL Yea, I didn't think I'd get any takers on that one, but I had to try.

I hope you had a good weekend and are ready for another wonderful Monday.


Hugs,
Penny

Rain, Rain and more Rain

Hello Everyone,

Yep, the rain came as predicted. And I know that we needed the rain to help push down the weed killer that was applied to our lawn and garden, but i really don't like rain. It didn't start till 9:00AM however, so I got a little rain free sale time in.


Unfortunately I didn’t find anything I couldn’t absolutely live without - or anything that was such a good deal, I just had to have it. I guess yesterdays haul was enough for both days.

Speaking of yesterdays purchases - here they are.

Just look at these beautiful Egyptian ornaments (be still my heart) and aren't these pictures drool worthy. Also in the stash were some vintage cabinet cards, an old rusty bird cage, and some old wrapping paper.
I don't know if you can see them but I also got an old rouge compact and a mirror compact (not real old but nice).
This is just a smattering of the sheet music that was in the flat I bought. Loved that these had such nice pictures on the covers. Most of the rest were just music books. I say that like they aren't cool, but they are and I'm sure I'll make use of them in one art project or another.
Also in the picture are some old nut cups and a few cupcake toppers.

Can't pass up old children's books, no matter how old or abused, and some of these are in rough shape. But again, I'm sure they will find their way into a project or two. Yep, the first picture in the post is from the little Dictionary.
I have always loved Robert Louis Stevenson, so I love "A Child's Garden of Verses". The inside inscripton reads: To Kenneth Clark from Tommy Bristow, 5th Birthday, August 1, 1939.
I hope Kenneth enjoyed it in his time, because I surely will.

I also got a couple of old travel postcards from the 30's thru the 50's.

Well, I best go fold my laundry before they wrinkle too bad.

Have a great day and a wonderful weekend.

Hugs,
Penny

Thinking of You Today

Hello Everyone,

I AM BACK.

My class is just a fond memory. I gave myself permission to R&R for a couple days and now I feel ready to get back to blogging and more importantly to crafting.

While I was cleaning up after my sewing marathon and trying to ground myself back in this century - Sir Knight was busy working on a few things in the garage. This sweet little Chandelier is what he finally came in with. Isn’t it just the cutest thing? It’s a baby to the main mommy one in my studio. When we were re doing the breezeway into my studio we had picked up a couple of chandeliers at an auction. Sir Knight painted the big one in a great bubble gum pink for me - and hung it up over my work area. Well, as of late I was saying how I needed just a small sort of light for when I am working on the computer.


Well there it is - He cleaned it up and painted it to match then hung it in the corner by the windows and when it’s the only light on - its just right for working on the computer ( no added glare on the monitor.). I had forgotten we even had this little guy sitting in the garage. I'm so glad he didn't.

Thank you dear, you are just too good to me.


I needed to show you this cute little tea pot that Sir Knight picked up for me, the last time we stopped by the Goodwill. It is so cute - I had to put it in the library. Yea I know teapots don't belong in the library - but this one is books, for goodness sake - it was made to sit in the library.


Hey, Hey, Garage sale season is back. The warm weather we’ve been having here in the Midwest is conducive to its start - so today I headed to my first of the season. Yeah!!!!! Oh I picked up so many Neat things - but it was too late to get a decent picture when I got home - so I’ll show you tomorrow.

Rain is suppose to start tomorrow morning and rain all all day and into Saturday as well - good thing I have a cool pair of Wellie's and a new umbrella. It doesn't hurt that a few of the garage sales this weekend are indoors. I'm all set to go.

Hugs,
Penny