April 15th Finally!

Boy are we glad today is finally here! We made it to tax day and only have one more return to do - Mommy and Daddy's tax return! They're going to owe this year so she doesn't want to do it. It's a good thing we're on the job though! Anyway, since the last time we posted, we've had quite a bit happen. First of all, let me update you on what's been going on with me... 

Turns out I'm allergic to the pills for hyperthyroidism too. My head was all itchy but not as bad as it was on the transdermal stuff. I scratched myself so bad that I had open sores for about a week but it's healed up and just a few little scabs remain. The vet says that I'm not a candidate for the radioactive iodine therapy because although my kidney levels are normal, they're on the high end of normal and something about iodine therapy would mean that if I developed kidney issues in the future, it wouldn't be treatable. So, I'm not on any treatment right now and I'll be tested every 6 months to check my levels and weigh options if anything changes. This news stressed Mommy out but she knows I can't tolerate the medication and she doesn't want to do anything to risk kidney issues in the future.

Isabella is doing fine on the meds, is hungry all the time (like normal) and sleeps a lot (like normal) so she's, well, normal...

Lexi is doing fine too. She's still crazypants but there are finally more moments of calmness than there used to be. Now that she's 11 months old, she sleeps a lot more which is a good thing...

Anyway, that's a bit of what's been going on here. We'll be back to regular visits now that we're not buried in tax returns. Thank you for being patient with us! We can't wait to catch up again!

We hope you have a great Tax Day!

Angel

Wordless Wednesday - How We're Spending Our Week

Weekend Wrap Up

We're well on our way to re-converting our Mommy from the accounting type of CPA to our type of CPA - Cat's Purrsonal Assistant! I helped her relax as well starting with movie night...

On Saturday she left us to go to an art class with a friend. They did something called gel plate printing. She doesn't really understand the purpose of it but she had fun rolling paint on the gel plate and transferring it to paper. Here are a few of her creations...

Notice how the tiger's eyes in the middle bottom print still show through. She was pretty impressed with that but don't tell her it was pure luck since she had absolutely nothing to do with that happening. Anyway, she had good time despite not knowing what was going on. 

Oh, I successfully got her up early enough Saturday to avoid starvation and when she yelled "SHUSH" to me on Sunday, she woke Daddy up so he fed us. We usually try to let him sleep but hey, whatever it takes!

How was your weekend?

Hope you have a great day!

Finally Friday

We're finally done with tax season! It's the last day I'll watch the world, and birdies, wake up outside this window at o'dark thirty...

Oh my Cod, I just realized breakfast is going to be later from now on!

Nah, that won't happen. I'll just do laps all over Mommy to wake her up. Nothing's going to change except we don't have to work so early nor so much. Much more time for naps!

Do you have any plans for the weekend?

Hope you enjoy your day!

Angel

Finally Friday

Tax season is finally over and we're off every Friday for the rest of the year! Yay! We spent the week enjoying much deserved relaxification. *yawn*...

Mommy has been doing things around the house that she's put off for months. She also went with a friend to the Wooden Shoe Tulip Fest...

The rain held off long enough for them to enjoy the 40 acres of tulips and seeing many different varieties...

Today is supposed to be our nicest day of the year so far with sunny skies and a high near 70. We'll be sure to soak up some sunpuddles before they give way to rain once again this weekend. 

Do you have any weekend plans?

Happy Friday to you!

Isabella and Angel

Tortie Tuesday on Tax Day!

The rain has returned and our mommy is falling into her usual after tax season funk so I thought it was the perfect time to remind her of my wise advice from way back in 2012. Here's a rerun which she needs to hear again. Okay, maybe I'm hoping she makes another cake so we have frosting. A Tortie can dream! Anyway, hope you take my advice to heart too!

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Yay it's Tortie Tuesday and it's also Tax Day! We had to help Mommy work an extra day this year since yesterday was the Emancipation holiday in Washington, DC so the whole country got an extra day to invest in their IRAs and to file their taxes today...
But now it's time to get back to normal around here. One of the things Mommy doesn't like about tax season is that so many things get put on hold because she's working so much. My wise Tortie advice is that life is too short to be put on hold! I even convinced Mommy that it's okay to take a cake decorating class she's always wanted to and she listened! Here's her first cake that she made last Thursday:
She said it was more stressful than a 6 hour tax return but she did have fun. We love the buttercream frosting and can't wait for the next 8 weeks of cakes!
Huh, what's that Mommy? Why are the next cakes going to Daddy's work? Can we at least have some frosting?

Anyway, today's lesson is: Life is too short, enjoy the frosting!
If there's something you've always wanted to do - do it!

Hope you have a very Happy Tortie Tuesday!
Isabella

Tortie on Tax Day

Today is the official end of tax season and as we said last week, Mommy was supposed to go to Colorado and we were going to have a week off. Well, thanks to Mommy being a worry wart Mother Nature, she canceled her trip to stay home with us because of a snow storm in Denver...

She was looking forward to the after tax season party but we're glad she's home with us and Daddy.

Thanks Mother Nature for snowing in Colorado so Mommy is home with us...

Thanks for the birdies too!

Now, about that week off. We haven't prepared anything and we're wanting to change things up around here anyway so we may or may not post. We're all tired and really need the break to do nothing. Thanks for your patience with us!

If you have ideas or something you'd like for us to do or do differently, please let us know! We're stumped!

Hope you have a Happy Tax Day!

Isabella

Finally Friday!

It's finally Friday!  We're still trying to adjust to life after tax season.  Mommy made a to-do list of everything she's put off the past 3.5 months but of course it's different than our list.  Our's includes spending more time catering to our every need but her's includes weird things like boring house things.  She's also trying to get out more after being inside all.the.time.  To do this, she's been going on hikes in the forest...

This may come as a surprise but our mommy is a little chicken of being in the forest by herself.  Okay, she's a lot chicken but she just loses herself in happy memories of going on those same strolls with our angel sisfur Sadie...

How could she not enjoy remembering Sadie's sweet smile?

One thing Sadie loved most about hiking in the spring was mud puddles...

So it made Mommy smile when she saw a pretty girl name Molly enjoying mud puddles too...

Yeah, okay, her eyes may have leaked a little after that but she still smiled a lot too.  Anyway, she's off work until next Wednesday and Daddy is taking off today so they'll have a long weekend together.  Guess that means it'll be awhile before she finally gets to the things on our list.  Oh well, gives us time to rest up after tax season too!

We hope you have a great weekend filled with lots of smiles!  Be sure to spread those smiles around so they brighten someone else's day too!  

Happy weekend!

April 15th!

It's finally April 15th!

That means tax season is over!

YAY!

Sorry, I got a tad bit excited.
Even though we had the best tax season ever, we're still glad it's over.  Now comes the real hard work of changing Mommy from a tax type CPA to our type of CPA - Cat's Personal Assistant!  Our work is never done.  

Happy Tax Day!

Angel

Finally Friday!

It's finally the end of the week!  Mommy didn't feel like doing much but we'll get her in gear next week and make beady goodies at least.  She did go on a photo shoot at the Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival in Woodburn, OR with a friend.  There were tulips as far as the eye could see...

The noisy strangers finished most of the work on Monday so now I can take a bath in the bathtub...

Mommy even got it all cleaned up for me...

Hey Bella, you show them the new cabinet...

Alright little sis!  There was zero storage in the guest litterbox so that problem has been solved with this new cabinet...

There's two pullout drawers and the cabinet guys are bringing another shelf for even more storage.  Pretty clever huh?

The wood looks like different colors in the photos but they're both natural cherry wood so they are the same color...

So, the guest litterbox is complete except for the knobs for the cabinets, backsplash, mirror, pictures and towel rods.  In other words, it's thisclose to being complete but it's come a long way from where it began...

We're hoping for an uneventful day for relaxing since we really haven't been able to do any yet.

What are your Friday plans?

TCIF!

Angel and Isabella

Tortie Tax Day!

It's finally the day we've all been waiting for - Tortie Tuesday!  Oh, and it's also Tax Day!  It's the day that we switch our Mommy from this type of CPA...

To this one...

Since it's my day, I will make sure she's up to speed on her purrsonal assistant duties by catering to my every whim!

Hope your CPA is up to snuff today!  

Happy Tax Day!

Isabella

Tortie Tuesday

It's Tortie Tuesday and first of all we want to say that we're sending our thoughts and purrs to all those affected by the tragedy in Boston yesterday...

Since yesterday was also the end of tax season I thought of a way to get Mommy's mind off of everything by offering to help make beady goodies...

I even picked out and taste tested some of the beads for her to use...

She hadn't made anything in so long that by the time she got done and wanted me to model them, I was already napping but she used my head anyway...

Anyway, today she's off all day so we'll probably nap a lot or at least I will.  

Hope you have a Happy Tortie Tuesday and be sure to give extra hugs to your loved ones today!

Isabella