Manly Mancat Monday

9: Good Morning! Do I not look very manly in this picture?


I love to sprawl out on the back of Grandpa's chair. It's so comfy. And when Mom sits in the chair I can look over her shoulder and see what she is doing.

Mom is thinking about making the above picture a giant poster that she can hang up one day. What do you think?

Happy Monday all.

And hooray for Mom! She finally got the timing right and posted these shots on Manly Monday!

Chani in a Kimono

Today was the Crafty Foxes Boutique. It's a Japanese-American craft festival where you can buy all sorts of goodies. One item was a kimono for the American Girls doll series. Of course, I thought of Chani instantly.

A full on back view
Chani: Bit freaked out here wearing this thing... every little noise causes me to jump and run away!

Chani: I'm a little calmer here. Not happy wearing bean clothing, but I'm impressing Mom with how well I can run in it.
Chani: and I'm not like 9. I don't try to bite it off to get rid of it.

Chani: Mom, if you are quite done with the flashy box thing, could you please take this off of me and give me treats!

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My beloved Mac is somewhat resurrected in the form of an external hard drive plugged into my laptop. Apparently, there's an issue with the power supply. This particular model had recalls on it back in the day, but I missed it. AND the best part is that the power supply is no longer available from Apple. If Apple tries to order it, it may take up to 3 weeks and cost about $500...

My monitor is fixed, thank goodness, so I can hook up my laptop to my monitor and the mouse and keyboard and work off of the external hard drive. Depending on how it all pans out, I'll make my decision on fixing the tower and ordering that power supply...

Yoga Kitty

More shots from my camera phone. 9 was in my lap and decided to clean himself, displaying such flexibility that I was quite impressed.

My beloved Mac tower is in the shop. The monitor is working, and I have faith that my tower will be fixed too.  Happy Friday everyone!

Tama-chan revised

Tama-chan gave me some critique on the previous version of her. And I looked at her blog for some reference photos (what I should have done in the first place!), so here's a revised version of her.

Hope I get her approval. And Misha, I know that Tama-chan only has eyes for you, so please don't be offended when I call her flirtatious ;)

Enjoy!

New Marker Kitty

So, Tama-chan sort of inspired the sketch for this particular one. Tama-chan seems to have a flirtatious quality that just sort of came out in this sketch. I had to use my camera phone to take the picture, so the color isn't quite right.

I will have to take a better picture of this and repost one day. HOWEVER! my beloved Mac tower has sort of died. I had to unplug it, and tomorrow morning, I will take it over to get fixed. Keep your fingers crossed that it will be revived and back to it's normal self soon!

I do have to figure out how to draw long hair cats in this style one day.

9 and Chani in my lap

Although I said that they can't really share my lap, they still did their best. Chani lay on top of 9 for a while, and then they sort of pushed and rearranged themselves like so. Notice how 9 is actually resting his head on the table top.

Am I complaining? Heck no! I loved this so much. If only my knee didn't start to ache and my foot fall asleep...

Rainy days and Tuesdays...

It's a rainy day in San Jose. The first of many to come, no doubt...

While it pours on my car, cleaning the dust and the dirt,

I look through my windshield and wish I didn't have to go out.

While the cats are inside playing,
Taking a few breaks for some self-cleaning...




A sweet dog with a collar but no tags has lost her home.

I couldn't leave her in the wet and the cold.
So, to the Animal Care Center I took her, and now I pray that her owners will find her...
Or perhaps someone new who can love her as she deserves.

Bit of a wreck after leaving that sweet dog at the Center. I know it was the best thing to do for her as I really couldn't bring her into the house nor take care of her as she needs. 9 and Chani were freaked out enough just seeing her nose. And she was limping and not really putting any weight on one of her back legs, not that that stopped her from running around as much as she did. Still, it worries me and the rain doesn't help.

At any rate, here is a photo to leave you with something a bit more uplifting.

My two babies really can't share my lap anymore.