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We have a new look!

Today is the unveiling of my brand new blog designed by Ana from Chica and Pumuckl Blogger Designs! Isn't it wonderful? Ana did a great job of understanding what I wanted to convey through my blog and I'm very happy with the results!

I want to thank Ana for answering all my questions through this process. I'm great at numbers but understanding all this blog stuff and envisioning a final product, forget it! But, she knew what I wanted before I did and her design turned out better than I could have imagined. Thank you so much Ana! I appreciate the time you spent on my blog design and you have been an absolute pleasure to work with!

Also, I want to thank all my blog visitors because I sincerely appreciate each and every one of you who takes the time to visit my blog and comment from time to time! When I started this blog, I never imagined all the wonderful people I would meet and visit every day and who in turn visit me! I enjoy visiting your blogs and I hope to continue to provide an enjoyable blog for you to visit also! Thank you so much!

Happy Caturday!

This is a laptop? It's not as comfortable as Mommy's lap-top!

Not as warm as Mommy's lap-top either! Is it warmer out of the box?

As I noted yesterday, I was recently bestowed awards from two wonderful kitty bloggers - Lux and Chica and Pumuckl! I had never received these two special awards before and am very appreciative of receiving them:

Thank you Lux!

With the Premium Dardos, recognize the values that each blogger shows each day in commitment to transmit cultural values, ethical, literary, personal, etc. that, in short, demonstrate their creativity by alive thinking that remains intact from their letters and words." This label implies two rules: the first, link the blog to which he received the award. The second - pick blogs to deliver the prize."

Thank you Chica and Pumuckl!

And these are the rules for the Butterfly Award:

~ Put the logo on your blog.

~ Add a link to the person who awarded you.

~ Nominate 10 other blogs.

~ Add links to those blogs on yours.

~ Leave a message for your nominees on their blogs.

I would like to pass this cool butterfly award on to some of the cool EtsyBloggers - in no particular order:

The Copper Cauldron

Roseworks Jewelry

Tulips Treasure Box

LazyTCrochet

PurrPrints

Stormy Designs

Stroll through Storyland

moxylyn

Tote-N-Tots

Spotted Cow Soaps

Happy Caturday everyone!

Friday Facts

We're going to share some tidbits of information about ourselves today. Hopefully you enjoy getting to know us better!

Isabella was formally known as Miteeka until we adopted her on 11-3-2006. She then told us her real name is Isabella!

Sadie has never given puppy kisses to anybody. Unlike most dogs who give kisses or lick your hands, Sadie keeps her tongue to herself and has never kissed anybody!

Angel was known as Mia prior to us adopting her on 11-3-2006. She was named Angel because of the black marks on the top of her head and ears. The markings looked like angel wings and we have a Guardian Angel kitty in my beloved kitty Panther who I lost two months prior and she blessed Angel for us!

Isabella doesn't meow, she squeaks. Especially when her daddy leaves, she squeaks up a storm at the door and she does the same thing when he's due to come home. Never say that kitties aren't loyal and smart (but they are spoiled)!

Sadie doesn't like her feet to be touched. She'll growl up a storm if you just barely touch them and we've never figured out why. Isabella is a wet noodle cat! As soon as you touch her to pick her up, she goes limp so it's like trying to pick up a wet noodle.

Angel likes to be picked up as if you were picking up a small child (hands under the armpits) and then carried around draped over your shoulder (front legs at your back, tail swishing in your face). When I shut down my computer at night she comes running and gets on the desk, puts her front paws up to be picked up for her nightly trip around the house dangling over my shoulder. She does this many times throughout the day and will jump on anyone's unsuspecting shoulder if no one pays attention to her.

Another fact is that I am very grateful to Lux and Chica and Pumuckl for nominating me for some blog awards this week. It is an honor to receive awards and I am very grateful and appreciative! I will post the awards and my nominees tomorrow so stay tuned!

I ♥ Your Cats award!

I received the most fantastic award today - the I ♥ Your Cats award from PurrPrints! I was one of the 7 initial recipients to ever receive this award since she created it using her very own beautiful artwork! I absolutely love cats so this award means a lot to me - although I think it's Isabella and Angel's cuteness that is the reason for the award! Either way, I'm extremely honored to be chosen!

The rules are that I am to award it to up to 7 more blogs. That's where it gets tough for me! I ♥ every cat blog that I've come across!

I'm afraid I'm going to leave someone out but I do want to acknowledge a blog that I just recently came across and am enjoying getting to know very much, Mickey's Musings. Mickey, Tillie and Georgia are adorable kitties and Georgia happens to look a lot like my Isabella!

I also want to acknowledge Casbah Kitten, Chica and Pumuckl, Daisy, Luxor, Friends Furever, Willow and Gandolf and Grayson. All of these cat blogs bring a smile to my face and several chuckles every day. There are many more EC friends that I drop on that I ♥ too and each one is just as deserving of this award!

As my dog Sadie just reminded me, I ♥ dogs too!