How cute is this? It's adorable!!! I saw this last week on Facebook and watched it several times. One, it reminded me of my kitty Valerie and two, it's just so funny! Enjoy and happy Friday!

It's crafty Wednesday. Today I am sharing my latest finished crochet project, the cat sac I made my cat! She loves it! And I love this pattern. It just might be my favorite. Might. I want to make something else with it. Maybe a scarf.

This was a double crochet where I chained three each turn of the work. So first I chained my width, then added 4 more chains. On the first row, I inserted the hook on the 4th opening and double crocheted down the chain. And at the end of each row, I chained three, then inserted the hook in the first hole. Make sense? Maybe? Hopefully if you crochet it does.

This is what it looked like before I started the sac part. 

Are you addicted to this game? When you first started playing, did it haunt your dreams? All you could see were those darn candies. And lives, you needed more and more and more in order to win the next level. It was so frustrating, yet you had to keep playing. And then you did it. You beat that level! And the next five you flew through, only to get stuck again. AGH! WHY?!

This June will be 2 years in our new house. LOL - I still call in the new house, even though, A - It's not a brand new one, and B - after 2 years, how new is this house anymore?

Anyway, our old house (yeah, you're gonna get old a new in this blog) didn't have vaulted ceilings. Just regular 8 ft. ceilings. Nothing fancy and glamorous, and I must admit, it was nice. The house stayed warm all the time and it wasn't complicated to decorate. But we out grew it and needed to move closer to hubby's work. So we are at the new house now. 

This house...it certainly had vaulted ceilings. Wait, let me take that back, I don't know if it's considered vaulted. The foyer and the living room are 24 feet high! I believe these are called 2 story rooms. Yes, when looking at houses, it's all Oooo and Aaah! Then you move in and you think, how the hell do I decorate all these tall walls!

Well, I'm going to tell you. Just in case you're cheap like me or want to attempt to be crafty, when really, you're not.

When did I become the mom to older kids? I guess to some, my children are still young. They are only 7 and 9. But I've entered this new world of parenting.  I don't have babies and I don't plan to have anymore. 

I've become that lady who likes babies, but I'm not really going to offer to hold yours for you. Oh, and I probably won't feel the need to change the diaper if I am in fact holding the baby. Okay, wait! It isn't that I dislike babies. I adore them. I have nieces and nephews and I love playing with them, holding them, and spoiling the hell out of them. It's just, I don't have that motherly desire anymore to go ga-ga over babies.

Over the holidays, we had a house full. Lots of little ones running around. I didn't realize before this holiday how much things have changed. The bottles, the diapers, the needing mommy for everything, and pleading with them to please eat and not throw it to the dog. Mine are older...they don't need me for so much. Though my youngest still tries to feed her food to the dog.

Wait...when did this happen? When the heck did my kids get older and become the "older" kids?

I'm so excited to share my new release with you. Below is the blurb, plus an excerpt, as well as a giveaway running until the end of the month. If you pick this story up, I do hope you truly enjoy it.

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They think they’re fooling their parents, but really, the joke’s on them.

Kayla Ames’s parents could win an award in meddling. Every time she turns around, they’re setting her up with someone new. Try as she might, she can’t convince them to butt out of her love life.

 Ryan Newell isn’t looking for love. After having his heart torn to shreds by his ex, he’s determined to never again fall in love and leave himself that vulnerable to being hurt. His parents, however, believe he just needs some help finding the right woman, and their friends’ daughter, Kayla, might be a perfect match. 

Realizing they both have the same problem—parents who won’t stop nagging them about finding a partner—Ryan and Kayla agree to an arrangement of sorts. All they have to do is pretend to date, and they don’t even have to see each other, they can discuss the details of their “dates” via email. But then the email conversations lead to real dates, and Kayla finds herself struggling to keep her feelings for Ryan in check as he’s made it clear love will not enter into the equation for him. Then Kayla’s parents suddenly announce they’re getting a divorce, and she begins to wonder if maybe Ryan has the right idea. 

When it all gets to be too much for Kayla, she has a hard decision to make—agree to stay with Ryan and never experience love, or walk away for her chance to find it.

It's Friday! Woo-hoo! We've made it. That right there deserves a pat on the back! Earlier this week I shared the story of how I got six cats, so today I thought I'd share a fun YouTube video about cats doing some pretty funny things. Happy Friday! And I'll see you on Monday!