tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832475809313604554Tue, 10 Sep 2024 01:30:51 +0000catsBAKEMZiggyThe Amazing Husbandinivetgood stuffnewsBYHMLGKrandomnessThing 1gardeninggrieflinksschoolstressHorticultureChristmasSuper Explorer KittymovingTNRThing 2WTF?housenaughty wordsrantssewingBaseballEtsyFOTZHubble Space PawsOMGShut up Colorado Springsartbooksgeneral stupiditymoneynativity setsnew kittiesnew kittyreligiontelevisiontulipsworkCats. Horticulture. More Cats. Life is Good.http://kittychair.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Blogger169125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832475809313604554.post-9190774325146337874Wed, 31 Oct 2012 15:13:00 +00002012-10-31T09:13:36.721-06:00http://kittychair.blogspot.com/2012/10/with-less-than-week-to-go.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832475809313604554.post-1017696237179076814Fri, 22 Jun 2012 16:11:00 +00002012-06-22T10:12:01.521-06:00 A very Happy Birthday to my wonderful dad - the man who taught me to always put ice cream in the #1 spot on every grocery list! I wish I could be there to take you for some birthday ice cream, but since I can't, I'm taking ice cream bars to work with me today to treat everybody in your honor (and because it's going to hit 102 outside.)  I love you very much!!!http://kittychair.blogspot.com/2012/06/yes-ice-cream-is-staple.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832475809313604554.post-132430104278456509Tue, 22 May 2012 22:28:00 +00002012-05-22T16:29:10.915-06:00BYHMcatsEMLGKsewingThe Amazing Husbandini "Battle Stations!  Robins at 2 o'clock!"   Funny, I thought this was going to be a nice new (old) cabinet for me to house my Pfaff 130.  Silly me, I obviously didn't consider what its fully-open configuration was going to mean for the lords and masters of the house.  There will be no more sharing that one, puny kitty shelf for them, thankyouverymuchindeed. Le Sigh. http://kittychair.blogspot.com/2012/05/repurposing-furniture-cat-style.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832475809313604554.post-4274819620515064425Sat, 28 Apr 2012 13:12:00 +00002012-04-28T07:12:05.017-06:00 I recently came into possession of 22  boxes - yes, twenty-two boxes - of old canning jars. They've been hanging out in the garage for a while, but due to our ridiculous spring weather, the weeds have gotten to the point where I have to be able to get out the garage door and into the backyard in order to do proper battle.  So, last night while the Rockies were whumping up on the Mets,http://kittychair.blogspot.com/2012/04/ready-for-canning-season.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832475809313604554.post-3539017821698255763Sat, 21 Apr 2012 03:49:00 +00002012-04-20T21:49:09.586-06:00Pardon the cutting and pasting and linking, but I thought that the e-mail I recently got from Rocky Mountain Alley Cat Alliance spelled it out quite well.  (But to sum up, they're looking to raise $3400 over the next 10 days for an EXCELLENT cause.  We donated, so how's about you do the same?) From RMACA: Every week we receive phone calls from kind people who are caring for feral http://kittychair.blogspot.com/2012/04/lets-raise-some-money.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832475809313604554.post-2063000489460402478Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:02:00 +00002012-03-07T17:08:56.377-07:00HorticultureAs a horticulturist, I've become almost used to TV and movies completely screwing up plant id. (I'm looking at you, CSI:NY!) So I found this very interesting when I came across it today:TV shows and community: is it wise to insult us?Also, "The role of the tree branch was played by a Siberian Elm." Chortle!http://kittychair.blogspot.com/2012/03/for-my-fellow-tree-nerds.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832475809313604554.post-330431146760596775Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:37:00 +00002012-02-20T08:46:59.074-07:00randomnesssewingHas anyone else seen this? Am I the last to the party?This is the Singer 160th Anniversary Limited Edition sewing machine. On the one hand I think, "why?" There are plenty of vintage ones still around that you can pick up on the cheap and - if tended - will probably still be sewing along in fine shape years from now. This plastic and electronic version? Maybe not so much.On the other hand, http://kittychair.blogspot.com/2012/02/has-anyone-else-seen-this-am-i-last-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832475809313604554.post-5119497050190564935Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:23:00 +00002012-01-31T08:12:06.126-07:00randomnessThere should really be some photos to go with this post, but there just aren't. We will proceed anyway.Instead of sharing the long, boring story with you, let me just say that I went on a little redecorating/rearranging binge recently. My office/studio and my sewing room have changed places and I'm finally able to get the rest of my sewing stuff out of the basement where it has been residing http://kittychair.blogspot.com/2012/01/talk-about-first-world-problem.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832475809313604554.post-8843847496385328360Fri, 13 Jan 2012 22:44:00 +00002012-01-13T16:00:56.965-07:00Please join me in wishing my wonderful parents the very happiest of anniversaries!!!...Even if there has obviously been some kind of mistake in the record-keeping because I clearly cannot be old enough to have parents who are today celebrating their 44th wedding anniversary. Unless maybe they were married for a good 10 years or so before I came along - maybe I'd allow it then. (Unfortunately, http://kittychair.blogspot.com/2012/01/forty-four-years.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832475809313604554.post-2153678749647076687Wed, 04 Jan 2012 23:08:00 +00002012-01-04T16:33:23.934-07:00catsnewsWell, that's not strictly true. I've been debating for several months whether to get back to the blog or just let it go. For the time being, I've decided to post a little here and there to get the feel of it back, and then see how it goes. My other blog will be going away soon, since the project it was designed to chronicle has fizzled out. (We now have one upstairs-only cat and two http://kittychair.blogspot.com/2012/01/im-only-posting-because-my-mother-told.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832475809313604554.post-4783992667495579648Fri, 13 May 2011 01:00:00 +00002011-05-14T18:39:30.428-06:00BAKgriefThe Amazing HusbandiniZiggyWe are sad to report that Hubbard, aka the Big Acoustic Kitty, left us on Thursday afternoon. He was with us for almost 12 and a half years, and while we know that all kitties are irreplaceable, Hubb was even more 1-of-a-kind than most.His ongoing battles with age and disease have been documented here, but in recent weeks his decline became more rapid, and it was obvious that any further http://kittychair.blogspot.com/2011/05/goodbye-buddy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832475809313604554.post-4443265686015246735Thu, 05 May 2011 14:15:00 +00002011-05-05T09:10:39.165-06:00BAKBYHMcatsEMLGKThe Amazing HusbandiniHave you talked to your kitties about the dangers of 'nip?Little Grey Kitty decided that since his humans were too busy to attend to his recreational herbage needs this morning, he was going to help himself to the catnip bag. Which would have been fine, except that someone (me) had left the bag on top of a rather unstable CD rack. Down came the bag, along with the rack and about 100 or so CDs.http://kittychair.blogspot.com/2011/05/10-feet-tall-and-bulletproof-he-aint.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832475809313604554.post-7374103814036544029Thu, 21 Apr 2011 19:58:00 +00002011-04-21T14:03:49.551-06:00newsI have 1 final exam, 1 semester project (that I'm horribly behind on), 1 assignment and 1 quiz between me and the end of my very last semester in school. Technically, I won't graduate until August, but since it's taken me about 20 years to finish this degree, what's a few extra months?There are kitty updates, horticultural updates, and just some general life updates I've been meaning to post, http://kittychair.blogspot.com/2011/04/almost-there.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832475809313604554.post-8550760132657318239Thu, 03 Mar 2011 04:16:00 +00002011-03-02T21:49:41.279-07:00BAKcatsThe Amazing HusbandinivetI'll skip the backstory and cut right to the chase:This afternoon, The Amazing Husbandini and I found ourselves hurtling down the interstate to the vet's office, with Big Acoustic Kitty drifting in and out of consciousness in the carrier in the back. Not many minutes earlier, we'd heard odd noises coming from the bedroom and found BAK stretched out on the floor next to his food dish in a limp, http://kittychair.blogspot.com/2011/03/dammit-cat.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832475809313604554.post-5235480979940866146Wed, 16 Feb 2011 20:43:00 +00002011-02-16T13:54:20.898-07:00BAKcats... since I know that explosive, bloody sneezes are not the kind of thing you just mention once and then abandon forever.Big Acoustic Kitty has decided that I am the most horrible person on the entire planet for making him take his nasty liver-flavored antibiotics twice a day for the better part of two weeks. He's back to rushing underneath the bed whenever I come in to the room. However, sincehttp://kittychair.blogspot.com/2011/02/nose-update.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832475809313604554.post-488323563186239055Sun, 30 Jan 2011 03:13:00 +00002011-02-01T22:44:43.144-07:00BAKcatsThe Amazing HusbandinivetWe've been having some problems the past couple of days."Snoorrrff?"Big Acoustic Kitty has been taking his meals in his suite recently, after being startled a few too many times by Big Yellow Hallway Monster in the main floor dining area. When I took BAK's dinner up to him on Saturday, his nose was noticeably red. The light in the bedroom is fairly dim, so I leaned in to get a better look (as http://kittychair.blogspot.com/2011/01/everythings-fine-now.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832475809313604554.post-9178874350152711077Thu, 13 Jan 2011 22:06:00 +00002011-01-13T15:16:42.623-07:00randomnessI'm an intermittent thrift-store junkie, so several years ago when I found out that Goodwill had gone online, I was thrilled. If I had a dollar for every hour I've spent on that site...Anywho. There's an auction going on right now that I am increasingly tempted to wade into. You can view it here. If you can't figure out why I'm a sucker for this particular listing, just look at the detail http://kittychair.blogspot.com/2011/01/only-relevant-for-another-28-hours.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832475809313604554.post-1370910685806671029Sun, 09 Jan 2011 14:07:00 +00002011-01-09T07:26:48.568-07:00good stuffLGKnews"3 Out Of 4 Felines Count Their Blessings And Go Back To Sleep."Yes, that's right ... somebody's been put to work, and that somebody would be this guy:Little Grey Kitteh has been appointed to the position of "office cat". This position will allow him to fully realize his napping, cuddling and paper-throwing-on-the-floor talents, as well as allowing his humans to pretend that at least one of The http://kittychair.blogspot.com/2011/01/feline-unemployment-rate-plummets-to-75.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832475809313604554.post-2184820106066284645Sat, 18 Dec 2010 23:49:00 +00002010-12-18T17:09:07.203-07:00Christmasgood stuffrandomnessThis morning I got up early(ish) and set out to run some holiday errands. While the early start did help me avoid some of the usual crush, by the time I'd visited three different stores and dealt with cranky clerks, rude customers, whiny children, ugly traffic and some of the worst Christmas music ever, I was most definitely In. A. Mood. I was thinking decidedly un-jolly thoughts about the http://kittychair.blogspot.com/2010/12/holiday-scene.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832475809313604554.post-1603963539380823707Wed, 15 Dec 2010 19:43:00 +00002010-12-15T12:52:21.442-07:00catsgood stufflinksNothing like finding out about this stuff at the last minute!Please go here today and vote for "Pets Forever". (It's option #1) The voting ends tonight!!!You can read about the program on their website, here, but the gist of it is that the Pets Forever program matches veterinary students at Colorado State University with elderly, low-income and disabled pet owners so that the owners are able tohttp://kittychair.blogspot.com/2010/12/vote-today.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832475809313604554.post-8752146998469815705Thu, 09 Dec 2010 05:16:00 +00002010-12-08T22:22:23.131-07:00Christmasgood stuffrandomnessI just felt like saying, what with the holiday season in full swing and all, that I am one of the very few people in this world who lacks the necessary gene for overdosing on "Feliz Navidad". It's not Christmas for me until I've heard that song 70 or 80 times. It puts me in a happy, Christmas-y mood each and every time I hear it - no matter how many times I might hear it in any given day.That http://kittychair.blogspot.com/2010/12/absolutely-no-cat-content-in-this-post.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832475809313604554.post-8833325088498767329Sun, 05 Dec 2010 02:58:00 +00002010-12-04T20:40:36.045-07:00BAKcats...We brought this guy home from the shelter:"Presents? Catnip mousie? How about a little tribute for the A-Day boy?"He was huge, he was stinky, he had goo coming out of his eyes and he made weird wheezing noises. He hid under the coffee table that first night, coming out only when we put the new litter box where he could see it. Then he made a beeline for it and kicked scoopable kitty litter http://kittychair.blogspot.com/2010/12/12-years-ago-tonight.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832475809313604554.post-6755727548421294629Wed, 03 Nov 2010 04:03:00 +00002010-11-02T22:09:21.308-06:00BYHMcatsEMvetBig Yellow Hallway Monster went off to the vet this morning with all 20 teeth. He came home with only 13. Other than some residual loopy-ness from the anesthesia and the pain meds, he's doing pretty well - but he has taken up residence in a dark corner of the basement, under the watchful eye of (surprisingly) Miss Electric Mayhem. More details to come.http://kittychair.blogspot.com/2010/11/poor-little-monster.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832475809313604554.post-4767212141407295261Thu, 21 Oct 2010 19:18:00 +00002010-10-21T13:30:13.018-06:00BYHMcatsLGKI'm a day late in wishing Happy Adoption Day to our newest troublemakers, Little Grey Kitteh and Big Yellow Hallway Monster!(Shown here in less-antagonistic times)Here's hoping that (the aggression issues will get better and everyone will stop trying to kill each other and will stop peeing all over the damn house and) we'll all have many more Adoption Days to celebrate together!http://kittychair.blogspot.com/2010/10/belated-recognition.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832475809313604554.post-5066386871389558050Sat, 09 Oct 2010 03:21:00 +00002010-10-08T21:37:59.309-06:00houseOMGIf you find yourself dealing with kitty-piddle issues in your house, you will probably come across advice that suggests you invest in a black light** to more easily locate (and then eradicate) said kitty-piddle locations.It's good advice. However ...As someone who finds herself the owner of a 35+ year old house that was previously home to (at least) one aged cat and two elderly dogs, I must addhttp://kittychair.blogspot.com/2010/10/word-to-wise.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)4