Ergo-Eric

And the gifts keep rolling in.... people are so nice! Well, in this case, my parents are super nice (which we knew); they sent us an Ergo-baby!

I'm pretty sure that this is one of Eric's favorite gifts that we've received so far. He was pretty excited to try it out....

..... and he doesn't look thrilled here, but I think the cat liked it pretty well, too. He kept tucking his head down on Eric's chest and trying to fall asleep. If Eric hadn't been galloping around the house in glee, he probably would have succeeded :)

Thanks, Parents!

Spring!

This morning was gorgeous. I spent most of it outside, repotting plants and watching the cat race across the yard like a maniac. It was glorious.

The Standoff

The Admiral: Hide & Seek Round 2

The Admiral's Game of Hide & Seek

The Admiral Up a Tree

Going to be missing this little guy's antics while we're in Iceland.

The Admiral...

...isn't always terrifying; sometimes he snuggles....

The Admiral Loves Heaters & Alpaca Wool Rugs

The Admiral at Play

The Admiral is Recognized

Thank you, Kinfolk Magazine, for making my cat famous! Yesterday, the very lovely (and extremely expensive) magazine, Kinfolk, compiled their favorite Instagram photos featuring their magazine. Guess what?! Mine was one of them!

You can see it here. I think it's in the sixth block of photos? It's of the admiral curled up on the sofa....

Irony is, I don't even get the magazine; I was borrowing it from Chrissie :)

The Admiral's Education

The Admiral's Football-Watching Pose

The Admiral on the Lookout

Clarification

I may have gotten a little carried away with one of my past posts - calling myself a cat lady and some such nonsense - and I feel the need to clarify.

When I say I am a cat lady, I mean that I like my cat. Not your cat, not the neighbor cat, not strange cat tchotchkes. My cat.

Your cat often has eye boogers and looks unhealthy.

My cat is sleek and glossy.

Your cat is annoying and needy.

My cat could sleep on my lap all day and I would sit there, frozen, until my legs fell asleep and the boredom nearly drove me mad, so as to not disturb him.

Much how women prefer their child to anyone else's. Your kid's slobber is gross, but my kid's slobber, especially when it kisses me with its mouth wide open, is adorable.

See the difference?

I do not like cat figurines, cat pictures, cat posters or folders (you know the ones I'm talking about). I like my actual real, furry, purring cat, The Admiral (aka Lord Burlington aka Pounce de Leon aka Hashtag Cat aka Buddy), and galacticat. And that one tape dispenser that just so happens to be in the shape of a cat.

That is all.

The Admiral Loves Autumn

The Admiral - Camouflaged for Fall

Sitting in my Shopping Cart...

This installation of "sitting in my shopping cart" brought to you by the word "cat"

In case you haven't noticed, I am fast becoming a cat lady, people! While others brag about their children and jobs, I tell (what I think to be) hilarious tales of my cat clinging to tree branches, playing chicken with oncoming traffic, and silently ridding the neighborhood of vermin one song-bird at a time. I even have a voice specifically reserved for speaking to The Admiral. It is high-pitched and hugely obnoxious.

Here are a few goods that no modern-day cat lady can live without:

Galactic Cat!

Available at BurgerandFriends on Etsy

Or for days when Cat Lady is feelin' sassy:

Available at BurgerandFriends on Etsy.

The purr-fect place for a cat nap (sorry, couldn't resist):

Available at Xenotees on Etsy. 

I've mentioned this before, but it's still adorable and still in my shopping cart:

Available at Sosie.

Technically this is a catbear (whatever the crap that is), but whatevs. It's adorbs. 

Available at Miriam Brugmann's Etsy shop.

And finally, because Cat Ladies have cats and cats have needs too: the most amazing scratching post EVER

Available at Purr-fect Design.

...and then he came right back inside.

The Admiral Huddles for Warmth (i.e. Look, Ma! No Hands!)

Weekend Wrap-up: I GOT TO SEE MY HUSBAND!!

Eric got a half-day off on Friday! Well, a half night. We went to the rodeo and out to dinner and it was fabulous to see his face! Sigh, I really want him to be finished and for our lives to be back to normal.

Ok, so, also..... I know I promised I wouldn't share pictures of the cat any day but Sunday, but he is flipping adorable. And the worst/best raking partner ever.

Sigh, I love the fall.