Move aside, Mom.

"Move aside, Mom." If my four-legged furballs could talk, it seems that would be one of their primary mottoes. That's okay, though. They're cute, and so I usually just let them have their way.

This evening at supper was one of those "Mom aside, Mom" moments. It was Thimble who requested me to move aside. She wanted my chair, and since her face is just so darn cute, she got her way.

"Move aside, Mom," Thimble said at the supper table tonight. "Feel free to sit on the sharp edge of the chair, Mom, while I sit on the nice, cozy cushion."

I can't even begin to count the number of times that I've moved to another seat, sat on the edge of a chair, or even sat on the floor because one of my animals wanted my seat. Rosie constantly requests that I relocate so that she can sit in the seat that I've made nice and warm just for her. Needless to say, Queen Rosie always gets her way. There's also the fact that Thimble and her brothers all like to sit on the seat of my exercise bike. They especially like to do this when they see that I'm going to use the exercise bike, of course. And Astrid likes to beat me to the couch in the evening and stretch out on it, and if I happen to beat her to the couch she'll sit next to me and then use her feet to ever so nonchalantly push me out of her way. I'm convinced that Astrid gave Evan lessons in this tactic as well.

So be it, though. My four-legged furballs are usually just too cute to say no to. That's okay, though, because I'll just pretend that "Move aside, Mom" translates to "I want to sit by you so that I can cuddle you, Mom."

A close-up of Thimble after she usurped my supper throne. I just can't deny that face.

Awww Interlude (I'm still here!)

Let me begin by again apologizing for my neglect of this blog as of late. I intend to get back to making at least a couple posts a week as soon as possible. I'll explain myself by again saying that things have been rather hectic lately. As in, I've started a new job (which is a good thing!) and I'm just sorting out the kinks in my new schedule.

I already have a couple of posts planned, and they should see the light of day on this blog soon enough. But, in the meantime, here's another Awww Interlude for you to enjoy.

Thimble loves belly rubs!

Awww Interlude

Sorry for the lack of posts lately. Things have been very hectic, but I hope to get back on track with writing posts this weekend. In the meantime, here's an Awww Interlude.

Toby's adorably failed attempt at hide-and-seek.

Happy Halloween!

I hope all the furballs out there (and their people, of course) have had a spooktakular Halloween! I tried to get the furballs in my life as excited about this fun holiday as myself. As I expected, my success rate was not all that great.

I bought a costume for the family cats to all try and share. Cat costume success rate? 50%. That's about what I had guessed it would be, though. I knew that Evan would not tolerate being put in a costume, and the same went for Rosie and Talon. Toby, Trapper, and Thimble at least humored me, though.

I bought the cat costume (which I've been calling "Grizzly Adams") with Toby in mind. He's so laidback, he's the one I figured would be most amenable to celebrating Halloween with me. Toby was a very good model for the costume, although he did practically refuse to walk or in any way move while wearing it.

Trapper gave me no trouble while I was dressing him up, but once he was wearing the costume he was not so pleased. Just like Toby, he refused to walk while wearing it.

Thimble really showed off her glaring skills for this one.

Although I'm certain Astrid would have chewed and shredded any costume I put on her, I was still able to bring out her festive side.

I bedazzled Astrid's collar with a Halloween bow. She's accustomed to wearing cute little bows on her collar, so she was perfectly happy to appease me by wearing this ghostly adornment.

So, from my gang to yours...Happy Halloween!

Awww Interlude

Nap time with Evan!

Photo Shoot Shenanigans

I realize that I'm past due on giving a kitten update. Early this week I plan on sitting all four of the kittens down for a photo shoot. Easier said than done, though. The last photo shoot I attempted was of course full of much adorableness, but it was also full of kitten orneriness and chaos.

That being said, please be patient with me. I will do my best to get new shots of the kittens to share. But, if it's anything like the last photo shoot, it will take a lot -- and I mean a lot -- of patience.

To give you an idea of what I'm talking about (as if you fellow parents of furballs don't already know exactly what I'm talking about)...

I asked Thimble to pose for me. Instead, she decided to chase my camera's wrist strap.

Still chasing the camera wrist strap. While being absolutely adorable.

Still chasing it...

...and finally caught it!

I guess I was an un-fun Mom that day, because I took the camera wrist strap away. So, Thimble resorted to glaring.

When Talon's turn came up he followed his sister's example. It took him all of half a second to snatch the camera wrist strap from me.

Remember how Thimble had resorted to glaring after I took the camera wrist strap away from her? Well, Talon just decided he'd climb his way back to it, using me as a human ladder.

Trapper didn't try to steal the camera wrist strap. But, he did refuse to look at me.

This was after I asked him to "say cheese".

And then Toby simply refused to wake up from his nap. (See that white paw coming in from the right side? That's Talon helping me, trying to wake Toby up by sticking his paw in his ear. Toby didn't care. He'd just kept on napping.)

This winning shot was a joint effort between Thimble and Talon. Thimble's in the background, chasing the wrist strap again, of course. And that blurry, whiskered blob in the bottom right corner is Talon, biting my camera. At this point I just called it a loss and gave up.

So, I'll do my best to post some new photos of the kittens as soon as possible. Maybe I can get them to sit still and/or look at me this time around. After all, miracles happen every day.

Awww Interlude

I have decided that I will start a new series of posts. These will be short posts, perfect for those times when life calls and keeps me from writing a long post. These little posts will be called Awww Interludes, and they will each include a picture that will hopefully make you say, "Awww." Because, well, we all need those "Awww" moments every once in awhile.

So, here's the first Awww Interlude.

Just a girl and her orca.