Charlie has decided that his first brush with fame wasn't enough. So he decided to enter a contest. Check him out!

     

This post has turned into a totally disaster! I started working on it weeks and weeks ago and for some sad reason I have been totally unable to get a handle on how to control where the text and images go! Some images are right aligned, some left and others centered. To top it all off this text was also showing up here there and everywhere! This is the best I can do. (and I'm not even going to try and add descriptions to the photos) So before I change my mind and spend another 3 weeks trying to do better, here you go. My house.

Happy Birthday Buddy! Maybe you should have taken it easy on the Birthday treats. That fat belly has immobilized you :)

Charlie is destined for fame and fortune! At least that is what I have been telling him. On Monday Charlie was lucky enough to be featured on Desire to Inspire's Monday's Pets on Furniture post. Charlie was soooo thrill about it that he just sat on the computer hoping that someone would open up the page and show him his picture. I think fame has gone to his head a little.


Charlie and I will have to try to take another picture that actually has more of a furniture focus for next time.

Fancy Pants

Charlie is a very fancy jumper. He is also a bit or a risk taker, he really prefers to land his jumps as close to the edge of the counter as possible. As you can see from the above photo his little front paws are barely hitting the edge!

The flip side to his "living on the edge" tendencies is that he often crashes. With claws drawn and paws flying he tries to hang on to the granite. Knocking over glasses and bringing everything in his reach crashing to the ground. Poor guy. But, it is all very funny for me to watch.

Weekend Mornings

There really is nothing like a weekend morning. Sleeping in, coffee in bed, some snuggles from Charlie, a yummy breakfast!

Breakfast One: Buttermilk Biscuits

Breakfast Two: Pumpkin Rolls with Brown Sugar Glaze

And Charlie, the bringer of cuddles

Clutter Removal

Perhaps you are like me, when you move into a new house you mind is full of grand ideas that at the time seem like they will change the world. Or at least change your world.

This was my thinking when I moved 6 months ago. I had plans and ideas! My first plan was to strategically placed a nice tray on the edge of the island in the kitchen. It was a convenient place to put keys, mail, receipts, you know, thing of that nature. But some how instead of putting the mail there and then cleaning it up and putting it away, the lovely catch-all tray just turned into a mass of clutter. Everything was throw in and just left for weeks on end. So it was time to abandon my genius plan and make a change. And the new solution WILL not encourage the collection of clutter.

Charlie, my partner in crime wasn't all that helpful. He spent most of his time lounging. He did however giving me a few encouraging meows now and again.

Ta-da! The final arrangement. No more massive pile of clutter. Now all I have to do is keep the fruit bowl stocked and the cat out of the fruit bowl. As is happens I have a cat the enjoys apricots, plums, peaches, and nectarine.

Now on to the next area! The espresso machine.