9 and Chani by the morning light

Backlit for mood...

It was a lazy morning for me. I like lazy mornings...

Mancat Monday

My handsome boy by the light of the morning sun. Taken with my phone... Love the soft fuzziness of the diffuse light.

He looks so soulful and thoughtful here, but I bet he's just trying to figure out ways to get more food and treats.

Chani close up

Mom discovered the zoom feature on her camera phone. Now, she is constantly trying to get me to look at her so she can take zoomed in pictures of me. I shall only cooperate a bit. I am a cat after all...

-Chani

More about the Condo

9: Mom begged and pleaded with me to allow her to hijack the blog again for this condo thing. Chani and I are not sure what it is yet, but it seems to be taking Mom, Grandma and Grandpa's attention away from us... I can be gracious enough to let Mom do this, but she couldn't even be bothered to take a picture of me with the regular flashy box thing. She used her camera phone. All I know is that she better make it up to us soon!
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Hi All. Here are some pictures of the pre-painted/pre-remodeled condo. And yes, I am making things up to 9 and Chani with extra cuddles and hugs :)

Marlene

The guest bedroom and the only paint where I put it on the wall and said: that's the right color! The orange, not the green...

The paint test in the guest bathroom continues. I am going to go with the light turquoise blue right below the whitish color.

The kitchen before it gets new appliances and new cabinets and basically rearranged.

Another view. The angled wall on the left is a pantry that is kind of inconvenient and oddly shaped. I hope to change that out. Plus, the sink and the stove are opposing each other. Talk about bad Feng Shui! That will get rearranged too, I hope.

Finally, my bedroom. The yellow on the wall is pretty hideous but not as hideous as the above picture makes it seem. I'm going to be putting a nice purple on the walls. I love purple! I was going to go dark, but decided to go with a lighter more grey purple.

That is the remnant of the wallpaper that was originally there. It's applied in a rip and apply method that makes it hard to take off. Just as an fyi, the wallpaper was fully covering the walls before I got in there. This picture was taken about 3 days after Mom and I started ripping the paper off. It's taking a while because it covered two full walls.

And there you go!

I promise not to hijack this blog for my condo more than once a week. So, I'll be sure to post more 9 and Chani pics soon :)

Condo update

Hello All,

I am hijacking 9 and Chani's blog for the express purpose to say thank you all for the congratulations and good tidings on my condo. It's been a long road to get here and I can almost see the end!

That being said, there's a bit of remodeling to do and a lot of wall paper stripping and painting. So much work! Plus, my mom really disliked my kitchen appliances and joined me in my dislike of the kitchen cabinets, so it's going to get remodeled. Sigh... This means about one or two more months before I can completely move in. And, I definitely don't want to take 9 and Chani there while construction and painting and remodeling go on.

Thankfully, I have my dear parents who are spending some of their well-deserved retirement in helping their only daughter get the place of her dreams. While I am at work, they shall be wallpaper stripping and calling in people to help me get my place into top shape before I move in. And my mom will put up with my stuff in her living room for just a bit longer.

On the plus side for my parents, they get about one to two more months with their grandcats.

I will post pictures of the condo in its current condition on through the remodeling and finishing. I promise not to hijack 9 and Chani's blog for this all week. It is after all a kitty blog and not a condo remodeling blog.

So, I apologize for the long pictureless post and for going on about my life instead of my kitties. But, they understand and I hope you do too.

Thanks!
Marlene

Strange things are apaw... afoot hehe

Mom, Grandma and Grandpa spent a lot of time away from home today and all three came back with strange smells. Mom came home with her fingers covered in flecks of strange yet pretty colors.

And all three seemed very very physically tired.

We're not sure what is going on...

Chani-chan!

At last, I have the tower to myself. And a post all to myself.

Here I am with Grandpa. I know that I don't look too happy, but seriously, I am. I love my grandpa a lot. I let him pick me up and pet me and give me love. And no, that is not my tail behind my head, it's part of a curtain that Grandma has hanging between the dining room and kitchen. There's a split there.

Mom's still thinking about repacking some boxes. I'm not sure she'll actually do it before the move though. We'll see.

purrs from Chani!