DollsArtCats

So it's been hot, and the cat has been inside all day, so I went and got the leftover balloon from a celebration here earlier in the summer, and tied her favorite boot lace to the bottom, thinking it would amuse her.  It did not go well. Cue "Psycho" music... She refused to move until I took it away and put it in the trash, after removing her boot lace. Still working on the porch... I wanted something to put under the ends of the tension rods that will hold up some sheer curtains, because the rubber ends mess up any paint under them. But I was kind of baffled as to what I wanted to put there, until I went to JoAnns and saw these in the scrapbooking department: They even have a hole in the center for a nail. I put them up with carpet tacks, as they are easy to pull if I need to repaint: And you can see they are pretty unobtrusive at a distance, you have to look closely to see they are not standard hardware: The checkered floor is what it will lo...

I was walking around the house, cleaning up and absent-mindedly squeaking Squeaky The Rubber Rat, and Stripey was racing along behind me like this 0_o. So J took Squeaky and set her on the back of the couch, and wiggled the rat. This was even more perplexing for poor Stripey: "It doesn't smell like anything!" ("Better poke it to be sure"). We did a few other things yesterday, including ordering the table saw that might be used to put down floor in the living room eventually, and also we went to JoAnns, where I was planning on getting a coat pattern and some fabric. Alas, there came an announcement over the PA that JoAnns was unable at the moment to process anything but cash at this time, which meant I just got the cheaper pattern and no fabric. The cause of the credit problem? "Solar flares".