Finally Friday

It's finally Friday and the remodel is finally over...

Well, at least the noisy stranger is finally done. He finished yesterday afternoon. Who knew it'd take all week to do a tiny backsplash and install the faucet! As you can see, there are still missing items such as a mirror...

It'll be up later along with other things including the door. Yes, the noisy stranger forgot to put the door back on! Makes it easier for us kitties to go in but guests probably won't like it too much. Anyway, we're all glad it's finally over. 

Since we take weekends off, we want to be sure and wish the moms of kids with and without fur a Happy Mother's Day!

Sending extra special Mother's Day wishes to our Grandma in Vegas! She had surgery last Friday but is recovering well. Our Aunt Dolly is a good little nurse!

Do you have plans for the weekend?

We hope you enjoy your day!

Angel

Finally Friday

Boy are we glad it's Friday! We're looking forward to a weekend with no noisy strangers. Why just a weekend? Well, progress has been made on the deck...

But they won't finish today so they'll return Monday afternoon after this little event that's happening called the Total solar eclipse. We're in the path of totality so hundreds of thousands of peeps are coming to our neck of the woods to watch it. As a result, the locals are staying off the roads Monday morning. Our Daddy said that yesterday the lines into the gas stations were so long cars were in the street trying to turn in! Don't worry, we have enough foods and treats so we'll be okay! We also have our ISO approved eclipse shades...

We're ready for everything! Especially the weekend!

Are you in the path of the solar eclipse?

Happy weekend to you!

Angel and Isabella

Tortie Tuesday

While I was sleeping someone stole our deck...

I didn't want to get closer to the door for fear someone would steal me too. Torties are valuable you know. Just sayin.

Enjoy your Tortie Tuesday!

Isabella

And So It Begins...

Noisy strangers showed up an hour ago to, well, make noise removing the boards on our deck...

Isabella doesn't know yet since she's power napping. She'll find out when she comes down for lunch. Paws crossed for new boards and silence by Friday.

Did you have a good weekend?

Hope your Monday is quiet!

Angel

The Week Ahead

Is it really Monday already?

We had a fabulous weekend but it went by way too fast. Normally every day is the same for us but we're dreading this week. We're getting a new roof on our house which will be nap disrupting and extremely noisy. We'll be hanging out with Mommy downstairs which is as far away from the roof as we can get. Depending on how Mommy we hold up, we might take the whole week off from our blog.  We sure hope your week is much quieter and relaxing than ours will be!

Enjoy some naps for us!

Angel and Isabella

Finally Friday

Once again we're so glad it's Friday!  This has been a very long week filled with lots of working on tax returns, the noisy stranger building a new deck on our house and of course Mommy's constant whining about sore muscles.  It's Day 5 of Week 2 of her going to classes every weekday and frankly, we're surprised she's lasted this long.   Anyway, tonight is movie night and we've been waiting for this night all week...

It's even better "watching" a movie with my sisfur...

Our sisfur Sadie used to love movie night too...

We're going to enjoy our Friday and keep on enjoying the entire weekend!  Hope you do too!

Do you have weekend routines in your house?

Have a great weekend!  Enjoy extra smiles on Sadieday!

Angel and Isabella

What Made Mommy Giggle?

It doesn't take much to make our mommy giggle but the other day she got a bad case of the giggles when she saw this...

Then this...

And finally this...

The feets belong to the noisy stranger and our daddy who were working on our front deck...

They didn't find it amusing at all that she took pictures of their feets but yet they didn't see the view she did.  It doesn't help that Mommy is just plain weird sometimes!

Do your peeps giggle at the weirdest things?

Hope you have a day full of giggles!

Sleeping in on Sadieday?

Yay it's Sadieday!  We survived the noisy countertop strangers here yesterday but Mommy was afraid of us being anywhere near the heavy countertop so we got locked in the office with her.  There's nothing that I hate more than being behind a closed door with scary noises on the other side...

Since I didn't get to sleep while they were here, I slept all afternoon so Mommy knows thinks I won't let her sleep in this weekend.  It reminded her of what our sisfur Sadie thought in this post:

Here she comes...

There she is...

There she goes...

Cats may sleep 18 hours a day but they sure seem to be awake when I want to nap. 

Do they teach Annoyance 101 in kitty school?

Well, I don't think I'm annoying no matter what Sadie thought or what Mommy says.  I don't wake Daddy up so she should consider herself lucky that she's the one I want to get up and feed me at 5am on weekends!  Just sayin.

Whether you sleep in or not this weekend, be sure to spread some smiles!  You never know who's day you'll make better just from your smile!

Happy Sadieday and weekend!
Angel

Finally Friday!

We're so glad it's Friday!  Today is for the first time in a month the noisy stranger won't be here.  Yay!  It doesn't mean he's done, it just means Mommy told him to stay home today.  He did finish grouting the tile so it's officially done...

But the rest of the room, not even close...

He was going to finish the baseboards yesterday but he has to replace some of them so Mommy said just bring them back on Monday.  We all wanted a break from him being here!  At least the floor is finished so I can play wiggly worm...

Cold, dusty tile is the closest I'll ever get to rolling in the wild!  

We're going to take a break until Monday too because our mommy isn't feeling too well.  She doesn't have a cold like Daddy did so she can't technically blame it on him but she's battling a sore throat, headache and ear ache and it's worse when upright so we'll hold her down this weekend so she gets well soon.

Have a fabulous Friday and a great weekend!

Angel

Finally Friday!

Once again we're so happy it's Friday.  As you noticed, we didn't do a post yesterday and that's because after us helping Mommy do tax returns for over 10 hours on Wednesday, she decided to paint the guest litter box for two hours instead of helping us post.  She is not a fan of white walls so the painted walls are the only thing finished after three weeks into this remodel...

We have discovered that contractor speak for 'being ahead of schedule' actually means 'I'll still come every day but not stay as long'.  A little of everything is done but nothing is complete (except for the painted walls).  Don't worry, we're inspecting the progress...

He'll grout the shower Monday and today he'll grout the new tile floors and clean up the mortar mess he made with the shower niche thinga-ma-bob yesterday...

As if that mess doesn't churn the stomach of a stressed out CPA in tax season enough, the tub will do it...

At least the paint job looks good Mommy!

We're doing our part to ease her stress and make her smile by being sweet like this...

Now admit it, that made you go awww too didn't it?  Thought so!

Hope you enjoy your Friday!

Angel and Isabella

Finally Friday

Yay it's Friday!  Even though we're not being locked in the bedroom/new home office anymore, we're still glad it's Friday especially since the noisy stranger won't be here today!  Wednesday evening Isabella inspected the progress and told him to pick up the pace...

Yesterday she hung out in the original home office/construction storage pit so she could keep an eye on him and make sure he got to work...

I hung out with Mommy playing with my fevver toy under the chair...

By the time he left last night, the floor was in place and so was this sign...

Clearly he knew that non-humans would be in to check out the progress.

So far so good and since the tile has to sit for a few days before the grout can be added, he won't be back until Monday!  Yay!  He even said he's ahead of schedule so double Yay!  

We hope you have lots to be happy about this Friday!

Angel

Finally Friday!

Normally I don't care what day it is but this week I'm very glad it's Friday because in a few hours the noisy stranger will be gone for two whole days!  I'm doing better then I was with being shut in but I still hate it and do what I can to get out while crying all day which drives Mommy bonkers.  (Believe me, it's a short trip!)  She tries to divert my attention by opening the door...

And the window...

I do sit still for a few minutes at least...

But I make sure to listen to every single thing that goes on on the other side of the door...

Oh, and in case you're wondering, Isabella is really catching up on her beauty sleep this week...

As soon as the noisy stranger leaves and we are sprung from the bedroom/now home office, I run downstairs and after a few minutes I come back up into the room with Mommy and eat and sleep.  I don't mind being in there as long as the door is OPEN!

Hope Friday goes fast and the weekend goes very slow!

Angel

Weekend Wrap Up

Hope you had a great weekend!  I filled my weekend with naps since I didn't sit still nap at all on Friday.  I knew something was up when we started the work day in the bedroom/now home office starting at 6am.  At least my crinkly paper is in here and of course Isabella is in her normal, every day spot...

A couple of hours later the door got shut and I was locked in! ALL DAY!  I do not like closed doors and let everyone know it.  When I wasn't doing laps around the room and across Mommy's cardboard table desk, shoulders, laptop and chair, I was trying to open the door...

The noisy stranger was being extra noisy, Mommy had a pounding headache and Isabella was, well, normal...

All I know is it's going to be a really long six weeks!  Friday was so awful that Mommy would've pulled the plug on the whole remodel except it's a little too late...

Today is going to be really noisy too but hopefully it'll quiet down some although I'll still be trapped in this room every day until it's all over.  I don't know how Bella can be so calm!

Hope it's quiet and peaceful in your neck of the woods!

Angel

Switcheroo

Thanks for everybody's suggestions on yesterday's post on ways to help me cope with all the changes going on around here.  Mommy is going to try some of the calming things suggested on me but we have to be careful about Isabella getting any because if she gets any more calm, her bones will disappear and she'll turn into a true Tortie slug.  Yes, she's really that calm.  Anyway, I'm not calm at all so until we get anything we're going to move Mommy's office into the master bedroom.  It'll be a quite a change since she'll have to work on a laptop at a card table instead of her desktop at a, well, desk but she'll do it if it helps me get farther away from the noisy remodel.  I also requested my crinkly paper be moved too...

The real loud noises start tomorrow so we'll be do the office switcheroo today so we're going to take a short blog break until Monday.  

Have a great rest of the week and weekend!

Angel

What's Going On?

As if working on tax returns all week isn't enough, other things are going on around here causing lots of commotion.  First of all, the noisy stranger is coming back soon to remodel the human guest's litterbox.  Also, the dishwasher started making loud noises that scairt me so this huge box appeared bringing a new one...

I'm the sensitive type so I don't do well with lots of changes.  As you can tell, my sisfur Isabella isn't phased by anything...

Okay, I admit the box is kinda cool but I think I need to be held so can you come pick me up Mommy?

Sometimes a kitty just needs her Mommy!

We will be posting sporadically for awhile until things settle down around here.  We'll try to keep visiting though!

Hope you have a great day!

Angel

Mommy here:  Angel does not like changes and she doesn't like strangers including the contractor who's been stopping by to prepare for the remodel.  With the latest disruptions, she's been clingy to me but also has been overgrooming and even starting fights with Bella for no reason (they rarely get rough with each other).  We've been giving her Rescue Remedy and that seems to have helped but the remodel will start either this week or next and they'll be confined to my office with me which happens to share a wall with the guest bathroom where all the noise will be.  I can confine them in the master bedroom but then she'll be away from me so not sure if that'd be more stressful.  Is there anything thing else we can try besides Rescue Remedy or does anyone have any suggestions?  I'm afraid it's going to be a long 4-6 weeks so I'm trying to prepare her as best I can but I don't know what else to do.  Thanks for any ideas!

Tortie Tuesday

It's Tortie Tuesday, my favorite day of the week!  You'd think by now that everybuddy would have the memo that it's my day to lounge around and enjoy a peaceful day watching birdies in the sunlight but noooo.  The stranger in our house is still making noise upstairs and there's more strangers making noise at the next door neighbor's house...

And even more strangers at the other next door neighbor's house mowing the grass noisily...

Because of them there's no reception for the birdie channel.  Not like it matters anyway since it's only picking up white floof...

I really need to check the distribution of that memo so I can have peace and quiet on Tortie Tuesday!

Hope it's quiet and peaceful in your neck of the woods!

Isabella

Well, Whaddya Know...

I've always been extremely mellow unlike my little sisfur who gets scairt from doorbells, car doors, delivery trucks, etc. while I sleep through it all.  But I don't like the noise that is coming from the stranger working on the human litterbox.  Of course it doesn't stop me from sleeping most of the day but when I'm up, I keep my distance from where he's at...

What's odd is my scaredy cat sisfur goes in there and acts like she's not scairt at all...

She even shows the stranger her floofy belly...

She doesn't look scairt at all does she?

I don't get it.  Oh well, I hope he'll be gone soon.  He's making progress but there's still a long ways to go...

I guess I'll get in more naps for the next week or so while he's here!  I'm pretty good at napping! 

Hope you have a few cat naps today!

Isabella