Kitty Genius

A little sprucing up goes a long way

The corner of my dining room has been majorly spruced up and decluttered. I painted the ugly closet door with chalkboard paint (for menus or to draw a christmas tree on, perhaps? or honestly, to leave blank). It's a really great color and texture all on its own.

I haven't color coordinated my books for some time. So, I was happy to tackle that beast at last. It takes me sooo long for some reason.

Now what to do with the mess that has been left behind… I have to find new homes around the house.

Tidbits

I hope everyone had a fantastic Passover, Easter, and weekend!

For me, there was a little of this:

and a little of that:

Thanks to some friends we went to lovely seder and Easter lunch.

I bought this little book published in 1916 on Etsy and I had yet to photograph it. The cover won me over but that the little sayings inside are equally great.

"The best way to secure future happiness is to be as happy as is rightfully possible to-day."

"Be pleasant until ten o'clock in the morning, and the rest of the day will take care of itself."

"The first step toward happiness is to determine to be happy."

"Make one person happy each day and in forty years you have made 14,600 human beings happy for a little time at least."

"Blessed are they who are pleasant to live with."

Good work, 1916. I wish I could find more copies of this. It's filled with just the right amount of sentiment, sensibility, and snarkiness. And it's tiny and pretty to look at.

Happy Monday!

Even More Squirrel Goodness

So we made it to Powell's and I had to use a great deal of self control, since we just got rid of so many books before the move. BUT I could not resist this:
Really? REALLY!?! Perfection. True to its name, it is A Really Super Book About Squirrels.

Tomorrow we're heading up to Seattle for Emerald City Comicon. It will be Drew Heaven.

I haven't mentioned this yet, but Drew is one of the contributors to Comic Book Tattoo, an upcoming anthology from Image Comics based on the songs of Tori Amos. Drew wrote the piece and Kevin Mellon did the art. I'm really proud of him and I'm sure I will write more about this when the anthology is released (I believe in July).

Off to work!!

Happy Friday!