Cats and Quilts

Well, it's new Year's Eve! Briana drove alone for the first time today. We were both nervous wrecks, but she made it aok! Don is watching TRANSFORMERS II for like the third or fourth time in two days. I made some gingersnaps and some chocolate chip cookies and date-pecan cocoanut macaroons and some cranberry-apricot cocoanut macaroons and some homemade bread. After all that, it's just 3 p.m. and I still have nine hours to kill before the new year. Soooooooo . . . . how about some cat pictures.

We have a new kitty named Shamu. He is a rescue kitty of sorts with crossed eyes and 24 toes. Yes, you read correctly. He has seven toes on each front paw and five on each back. Usually cats have only 4 or 5 on each foot. He's a crack up and fits in well.


Here's a close up of his front paw!!


Noel is the QUEEN!! At anytime of the day or night, you can find her sleeping right here on my bed.


And this is the ailing and aging, albeit quite gracefully, QUEEN MUM Snowflake. She's been sleeping at the end of my bed since 2002.


A few posts back, I featured a quilt with circles. It was done in purples, greens, and blues. For this one, I used the exact same pattern only with different colors. I think I'll give this one to Barbara. Tomorrow is her b-day!!


Now, I'm off to design two new baby quilts for Don's nephew's two little ones, Chloe and Carter. I'll post pics of those when they are done.

Happy New Year Everyone and Best Wishes for a safe and prosperous 2010!!