bday camping

All I wanted to do for my birthday was go camping... so I did!  We went to Idyllwild, CA up in the San Jacinto mountains and it was a blast although really short (I can't be gone from the kitties for too long or they may die).  I ate thanksgiving leftovers and a TON of smores, drank a little too much, tripped on a log, cut my leg and smashed my nose with a hula hoop!  Luckily Dustyn took oodles of photos.

he found harry potter's wand

led hula hoop

nose smash

To top it all off, Dustyn surprised me with a cake that he made to look like cat doodoo and put it in a litter box (new and clean).  It's a combination of vanilla cake, chocolate cake, pudding, cookies and tootsie rolls.  It was really weird eating from the box.

work in progress

Currently I am casting upholstery.  Took one of my favorite chairs (which was ruined by Ranger) and am casting the backrest, seat and arm rests in concrete and setting them back into the chair frame.

Next I will make the 2 part mold, pour concrete and then figure out how in the hell to get it back onto chair!

Upholstering with carpet is really hard... but I went ahead and did it anyway and hand stitched it all together.  The chaise needs a few changes: I don't like the way it spills onto the floor, the rug underneath needs to be larger and there will be no carpet under the seat.  Some progress photos and where it sits at the moment:

And the cats!!!

plasticat bed

I want this my cats wants this:  kitty meow by Studio Mango