The love never ends...

Smudge is a cat.  As a cat, she proudly behaves as most cats might.  She eats (a lot), she sleeps (a lot more), and she has a love/hate relationship with Lily.  It reminds me of Garfield and Odie a little bit.  Except Smudge isn't witty, and Lily's tongue isn't hanging out much.

The other night, Smudge found a new spot on the couch--a few inches away from her usual spot.

You know how sometimes you sit on a really cushy couch that just seems to suck you in?

And the act of getting un-sucked is a lot of trouble?

Smudge seemed to find herself in that situation.

Of course, Smudge thinks that just getting up from laying on the back of the couch is too much effort.

She got herself into the space between the cushions on the couch and just laid there for awhile checking things out.

For the first 8 seconds of the video, she's just watching Lily gnaw on Amber.  Then Lily sees Smudge....

And rescues her from the couch that was eating her!

Sorry for the terrible quality of the video--I took it with my phone, and it was so dark I had to lighten it as best I could.

Home Improvements

Since we can because we OWN THE HOUSE, and since I love slate, the guys put in a backsplash in the kitchen for me.  Here are the pics of the process and the end result, which looks TOTALLY AWESOME!!!

You can click on any of the pictures to view them in a larger size.

And many, many, many thanks to the Mister and his husband for doing this!  I loooooove it!

Before

Baseboard removed.
That red was the original color of the kitchen.  blech!

Faceplates removed

Thinset applied

First row applied

First row completed

Adding accent layer

Accent layer complete

Top layer added

Ready for grout

Applying grout

Grout complete

Sealant added

Right end

Corner

All done!  Beautiful kitchen.

Fabulous.
And, it matches the kitchen and paint color perfectly!
Come on over if you want to see how fantastic it looks.  :o)