I just moved this blog to WordPress today. I was on Typepad. Before that I was on Blogger. Can’t seem to get comfortable anywhere.
Everyone raves about WordPress so I’m giving it a try (again). Typepad was okay but their compose window is not robust enough for me.
Excuse my dust while I try to get settled here. I can see some pictures didn’t import as well as some sidebar stuff so it’ll be a bit before things look like home.
In the meantime, keep checking out my other blog, 40 and Fierce.
And it’s not because I’m a mean "mother."
I bought this Cat in the Hat toy when the movie came out. The hat is a crinkly bag that’s covered with plush fabric to make it look like the Cat in the Hat’s hat. Manufacturers make crinkly bag toys because cats like to crawl into bags, scurry around in them and make a lot of noise. If you have a cat, you know what I’m talking about.
My cats wouldn’t go near this thing.
I would have to spray liquid cat nip onto the hat to attract them to it. Frasier (the striped tabby) was not interested even with the cat nip. Kramer (the black cat) would go halfway into the hat and then stop even though there was plenty of room for him to fit into it. (He could do that back then, doubtful he’d fit into it now).
For about a year, that stupid hat lay on the floor collecting tumble-fur. I finally threw it away.
It was at that point I realized that it was stupid of me to keep purchasing expensive cat toys when they are happy with things they find around the house that they play with, then hide and you find under the furniture years later.
They do enjoy their cat nip mice and ping pong balls though.
Sketch template: Got Sketch 101 class
As I’ve mentioned here, I’m a consultant for Close to My Heart. Apparently, my other blog, Crop Chic was in violation of the company’s blog standards.
Crop Chic was started to help promote the wonderful products that Close to My Heart has and also to provide readers with tips and techniques for stamping and scrapbooking. My intentions were good, but apparently I was being bad.
So if you started reading Crop Chic and liked what you saw, you’re outta luck. It’s been shut down temporarily until I figure out what else I could use it for.
In the meantime, you’re stuck with "gotta be me." And frankly, this ain’t such a bad site.
Sincerest apologies to all Crop Chic readers and to Close to My Heart corporate. My bad.
It’s been a busy end of February. I went to NYC to see a show and quit my job. Strange things happen in Leap Year. Anyway, here are some highlights from my trip.
My friend Adrena (producer, "Robert Smalls: A Patriot’s Journey"–check it out!) is an anti-Apple person. She’s Windows all the way. So it came as a surprise to me when she said, "When we get to New York, I want to go to the 24-hour Apple Store."
Me: Mac store is cool with me. Are you converting?
Adrena: iPod will be my only foray…
Me: That’s how it begins…
Needless to say, I think she was impressed. Of course–it’s Apple! (Can you tell I’m a fan?)
Cardstock and chipboard: (apple–my design) Bazzill Basics; Patterned paper: Crate Paper; Dies: (Paige, Stilleto letters, tab) Quickutz
Adrena and I also went to see a revival of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" directed by Debbie Allen and staring Anika Noni Rose ("Dreamgirls"), Terrence Howard ("Hustle and Flow"), James Earl Jones and Phylicia Rashad. One of our friends, Nichelle (blogger of "55 Secret Street–check it out!) stayed after and was able to get pix of Anika and Terrence outside the theater.
Cardstock: Bazzill Basics; Patterned paper: Close to My Heart; Dies: (Vixen) Quickutz; Chipboard letters: Creative Imaginations Creative Cafe; Trim: Basic Grey; Journaling stamp: Rusty Pickle; Ink: Stampin’ Up
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