I’m sure you can see from this picture mister harley is soooo excited to announce the winners of his birthday raffle. Hopefully though what you DO see, is how this little guy is really starting to settle into his new home, and I think he is pretty happy. He is ready to lounge for the long weekend…. wait who am i kidding he lounges EVERY day!
Now to announce our winners! I decided to choose 2 winners!!!
Tracey and Tobey!!!!! (email me your mailing addi so i can send along some crafty goodies!!) Congratulations, and thank you so much for mister harley’s birthday cards- he LOVED them!
Tracey’s card:
Tobey’s card:
Reminder: you can still email me a link to a 5th birthday card you created for mister harley and be entered into a raffle. It was fun the last time we did this for his 3rd birthday, can’t wait to see what you guys come up with this time! More details about it here, and you have until May 7th!
So today’s tgih (thank god it’s harley) post is about how mister harley is doing in his new surroundings. I get more questions on how he is doing then how i like the place, so I thought it’s fitting I answer that first and then later have a post about my thoughts on my new space.
Mister H definitely knew something was up as I was packing the island- sticking close to me and looking concerned each time i left. The moving day was pretty traumatic for him… he had to stay in the bathroom while we loaded the uhaul, then on a very long drive (which he hates) and then back into another bathroom while we unloaded the uhaul. All he has ever known is the very quiet island, and now he was in an apartment building with noises all around, and in the city.
For the first few days he was very jumpy, and if I wasn’t home he was sleeping under my bed. At night he started sleeping right at my shoulders, not at the foot of the bed as usual. He really wanted nothing to do with the massive windows, which i thought he’d love. I loved however watching him climb on top of the cabinets, the top of my food pantry becoming one of his favorite snoozing spots, he can see everything from up there! As he got a bit more comfortable, and playing with his toys… it was comical watching him slip and slid on the hardwood floors.
Almost a month later, he is settling in very well. He still hangs out with me in the bathroom as I get ready in the morning, and he will race you in there to make sure you turn the faucet on for him. Just like when we were at the island.
He loves the island in the kitchen, since its in the center of everything and he can see what i am up to. It also is where my stove top is- so i have just vowed whenever i DO cook.. to wipe it down very well. Mister Harley is spoiled, and it’s hard for me to say no to him.
I bought him one of the cat grass trays from the pet store, hoping that will curb his cravings for when he used to much it outside at the island. He has also started to look outside the massive windows a bit more. He is still the messiest kitty when eating and using his potty, and still into everything… even helping build some of my new furniture
More on the move and my new space from my prospective soon!
thank god its harley! (tgih) ;) and even better that it’s his 5th birthday!!! I am all moved into my new place (more on that later) so i have time to bring back my tgih posts on fridays and blog in general again, yippeee!
Today is all about celebrating mister harley’s 5th birthday!! i can’t believe he is already 5. I know how many fans he has so I thought I would include you guys in his birthday celebration. You guys may remember for his 3rd birthday we had a little fun, sharing greetings for him and then HE picked a prize winner. I thought it would be fun to do something like that again. I will be doing a little raffle in honor of his special day!! Create a birthday card, just for him. Post it on your blog or email me a pic (or if you’d like you can mail it to me) …. if you post it on your blog, email me a link… i will put everyone’s names in a hat and draw some winners for some crafty goodness!!
I will also post the pics and links here as well- please email me (jenn@shurkus.com) all pics and links by may 7th, in order to be entered into the raffle!
Mister Harley and I are wicked excited to see what you all create!
November 2: today i am thankful for my snuggles with mister harley. I know you all know how cute and handsome he is. And he certainly has personality… but he’s not much of a snuggler. Only on his terms :) so those times when i need some snuggles and he senses that OR he needs snuggles and hops up into my lap- i’m a happy kitty momma
Feel free to share with me what you are thankful for. If you are blogging your thankful thoughts feel free to use my banner image. Over on facebook I also have a cover photo posted that I would love for you to use as well :) (thank you Amy and Jacqui for using it!)
October 16th came and went. This week was super busy, and I was a bit under the weather- but I still was thinking of watcher, as I do often. I posted a little bit on fb, and then wanted to capture a picture of his urn, and the awesome pic my friend Jen got of him and i just a few months before he passed. mister harley has always been drawn to his urn. I often found him sitting next to watcher’s urn on the book case, or laying the same exact way in the same place watcher would. I have posted pics of it before on here- it just touches me a certain way. I know watcher is still around- making sure i’m ok :) ok.. enough crazy talk… just wanted to share a few pics, and the link to the post i did remembering watcher
(if you are looking for Laurel’s Birthday post, click here (or scroll down) )
A message from Mister Harley:
“Little did my mommy know but her team at work helped get me started on twitter!
I have been a tweeting maniac since July. She just found out about it the other day and was a little disappointed in some of my tweets,
but over all i think she found them funny! I hope you will head over and start to follow me- I promise to entertain you with my witty sarcasm ;) “
while my mommy has been at the beach and out with her friends i have been hanging out on the island- waiting for her to return and show me a little love *sigh*
she promises more studio time and time on the island in the coming weeks, although i’m not holding my breathe ;)happy friday! enjoy the long weekend :)
Happy friday! I decided to take some time off this summer, to enjoy cape cod and RELAX! it’s been a whirlwind of a year, and I’m happy to just stay on the island, beach it, hang with friends.
Mister H started this staycation off nicely with some morning snuggles- and last night as we were waiting for some guests to arrive he surprised me with some kitty kisses :)
I’m one lucky kitty momma ;)
