Carlton and Mustacho Are Loved (A Lot)

I feel like I haven't blogged about the famous Carlton and Mustacho in a bit, so this post is going to be their claim to fame.

As previously mentioned, I was gone all last weekend (I left Friday morning and returned Sunday evening) for the wedding, which thusly left kitty boys all alone.  Unfortunately, the bride and groom refuse to acknowledge their nephews and didn't want them to be flower kitty boys or ring pawers. 

Normally when I travel, I have my mom take care of the boys, but obviously I couldn't do that for her son's wedding weekend.  My buddy Mrs. Lauren C's mom to the rescue!  Grandmommy H came over on Thursday to learn the inner workings of feeding my cats.  She was a bit overwhelmed by the process (I had a 3 page document outlining how to care for them), but she took her job as catsitter very seriously.

I was a lot less worried with having Grandmommy H take care of the boys, because she seemed to understand the need to follow directions and wasn't like my mother, who likes to modify as she sees fit.  I know this makes me sound extra crazy, but the boys have a serious routine going on, and they don't like it to change.  Andddd, they've been doing the same thing for 2+ years now, so why change it?  But I digress.

After I finally got home from the wedding weekend, I was greeted with this amazing letter from the boy's new grandmommy (well, actually, it was from the boys ... written by their new grandmommy):

How adorable is that?!?!  I know that this letter is just encouraging my Cat Lady persona, but anyone who loves my boyboys is a-ok in my book.  Shout out to Grandmommy H!



The prrrrfect present

I told my mom (the boy's original Grandmommy) about what a great job Grandmommy H did and how much she loved them. Jealousy quickly reared its ugly head, and my mother went into a tangent about how she was the boy's only grandma-ma (that's seriously what she wants her grandchildren, human or beast, to call her) and that no one loves them more than their original grandmother.  I decided that I'll be purchasing this for both Grandmommy H and Grandma-ma for Grandparent's Day (September 11th, mark your calendars).

Sooo there you have it, ladies and gents.  We now know where I get my Cat Lady tendencies.  And you now know that I am surrounded by crazy.

Tubular Tuesday and Animal Plug



Future sisters @ the bridal shower

Well folks, I know it's been awhile since I last blogged, but I do have a good excuse!  I drove up to Boston on Friday for my future sister-in-law's bridal shower/bachelorette party and got home Sunday night.  Here is proof that I will soon have some sisters:


As I was oh so proud of myself for remembering my weekly Friday post for several weeks in a row, I would like to introduce Tubular Tuesday (and why today is so tubular) to carry on the usual Friday tradition.  Here's why today is tubular:

• After meeting most of my future sister-in-law's family, I am happy to report that they are really awesome people and am very thankful to be joining families in a few short weeks.  I even got a date out of the deal ... who may or may not be my future sister-in-law's aunt.  Technicalities, schmecnicalities.




Another successful craft


• My craft for the wedding, after several attempts, turned out ok.  And yet again, I say ... BOOYAH to all the haters
• I don't want to jinx it, because the bridal shower presents are still in my car, but at the moment, all of my brother and future sister's presents are safe and sound, despite the 9+ hour drive back to the Baltimore area.  I'm driving them down to VA later this week
• I took PTO yesterday and pretty much vegged all day.  I slept in later than I have in years (ok, so I had to wake up to feed the kitty boys, but then I went back to sleep til noon--it was quite the accomplishment)
• Seeing my kitty boys when I came home Sunday night made me the happiest cat mommy in the world!
• I had some nummy Jesse Wong's for dinner last night with my mom, and it was delish.  I highly recommend the orange chicken
• I just checked the 100+ emails that I missed while I was out Friday and Monday, and I'm pretty much caught up.  Life at CHG simply cannot go on without Cat Lady!

Now for a little animal plug:  I got an email from the agency where I adopted my kittens discussing the inhumane acts that the Baltimore County Animal Control performs on animals.  Please read about the cause and sign the petition so that they may update their policies.  I hate getting all political, but our tax dollars are supporting the killing of innocent, adoptable animals and it disgusts me.

Thanks, friends!

XOXO