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Tuesday, March 7, 2017

Quick Refrigerator Front Clutter Busting for Tidy Tuesday

Photo by me; Magnet by https://www.opendoorsusa.org/

Happy tidy Tuesday! My Great Clutter Purge of 2017 continues. Until this week I'd been operating on a spontaneous method but yesterday I started a clockwise organization of the kitchen surfaces. I feel like these surfaces are clutter magnets so my current plan is to go from room to room and deal with all the visible surfaces. Today I tidied the front of my refrigerator.

"Before" clutter busting photo of refrigerator

I liked everything on the freezer section but it was just too much. The stuff on the refrigerator section was just to remind me of things to do and could definitely go somewhere else.

Totally clear refrigerator front

So I removed everything and gave the front of the refrigerator a quick cleaning. Truly, I don't need anything on it at all. If I were a minimalist, I'd probably leave it like this.

"After" clutter busting photo of refrigerator

But I decided it was reasonable and not untidy to keep one row of things that inspire me.

This is my favorite photo of my husband and I just before getting married, along with a little poem and a magnet of a cheerful sunflower. I call it my refrigerator's love corner.

Psalm 118:24 art by Linda Grayson; Photo by me

This is a Bible verse I like to recite every morning. I don't remember who gave it to me but I've had it for at least 10 years and it makes me smile. Thank you, mystery family member or friend!

The whole time I worked on the refrigerator I had to be careful not to step on my most curious cat, the Sandman. Technically he's still a kitten but he weighs almost 14 pounds. He and his sister, Braveheart, will be one year old on March 27th. I'm not sure how we'll celebrate yet but would love to hear your suggestions.

Thank you for visiting! May God bless you!

Related posts:
Linen closet organization: http://lovejoyandpeas.blogspot.com/2015/07/from-disaster-to-delight-organized.html
Mystery corner clutter busting: http://lovejoyandpeas.blogspot.com/2016/01/mystery-corner-in-master-bedroom.html
8 minute microwave area clutter bust: http://lovejoyandpeas.blogspot.com/2013/03/8-minute-microwave-and-cut-flower.html

Note: Not a sponsored/paid post. All opinions are my own

Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Braveheart and the Sandman Kittens: Cuddling Cuteness

Happy wild Wednesday! I'm totally biased but I think these cuddling kittens are totally cute. They're huge for kittens and still growing. But they're still full of that baby cat energy and it's nice to catch them being still.

Cuteness! Two kittens hug sleeping. I love to see them like this. They totally love each other and cuddle often.

Of course, the clicking camera sometimes wakes them up. But they're cute that way too.

Thank you for visiting! May God bless you!

Related posts:
Cute wrestling kittens: https://lovejoyandpeas.blogspot.com/2016/08/cute-kittens-wrestle-and-surrender.html
Tiny new kittens: http://lovejoyandpeas.blogspot.com/2016/05/braveheart-and-sandman-our-new-kittens.html
Yawning kitten tongue: http://lovejoyandpeas.blogspot.com/2016/06/cute-kittens-yawning-and-cuddling.html

Wednesday, August 3, 2016

Cute Kittens Wrestle and Surrender

Happy wild Wednesday! Our feral-born kittens, Braveheart and the Sandman entertained us this week by wrestling in one of their sleeping baskets. Braveheart is smaller but clearly has the better wrestling moves. However, the Sandman wins extra points for extreme cuteness with this double paw surrender pose.

You'd think they'd want separate baskets to have more room but even when I placed identical baskets side by side they chose to stay together in one. We love how much they love each other.

Although it looks like Braveheart is trying to smother her brother, she's really just trying to pin him down to groom him.

Braveheart has mastered putting her brother in a headlock. Don't worry though, he could breathe and could defend himself if he wanted. He weighs about a pound more than she does.

Once Braveheart finished grooming/wrestling her brother they both snuggled and surrendered to sleep. Aren't they cute kittens?

They already weigh almost as much as Baby, their 16 year old housemate cat but they're still growing so I suspect they'll end up being much bigger than her. I hope they learn to all get along but for now Baby doesn't care for the kittens. The kittens love her though, so if Baby ever changes her mind maybe I'll have photos of a three cat snuggle.

Thank you for visiting! May God bless you and those you love!

Related posts:
Introducing our new kittens: http://lovejoyandpeas.blogspot.com/2016/05/braveheart-and-sandman-our-new-kittens.html
Cute kittens yawning: http://lovejoyandpeas.blogspot.com/2016/06/cute-kittens-yawning-and-cuddling.html
Baby cat with cute pink tongue: http://lovejoyandpeas.blogspot.com/2015/07/black-cat-pink-tongue-cuteness-photos.html

Wednesday, July 27, 2016

Stretching Kitten for Wild Wednesday

Happy wild Wednesday! Just a short post today. The summer heat is getting to the kittens, who are lounging about lazily. I thought this photo of our Sandman kitten was funny. He started to reach for something and then gave up and just stayed there. Cuteness!

Thank you for visiting! May God bless you and those you love!

Related posts:
Our new kittens first pics: http://lovejoyandpeas.blogspot.com/2016/05/braveheart-and-sandman-our-new-kittens.html
Yawning cuddling kittens: http://lovejoyandpeas.blogspot.com/2016/06/cute-kittens-yawning-and-cuddling.html
Lion cubs: http://lovejoyandpeas.blogspot.com/2014/05/little-lion-cubs-for-wild-wednesday.html

Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Cute Kittens Yawning and Cuddling

Happy wild Wednesday! Our cute feral born kittens continue to delight us. I took these photos two days after their spay/neuter surgeries. I love the first photo because it looks like Braveheart is sticking her tongue out at us but really she's just yawning.

Here both kittens give a hearty yawn.

The Sandman quickly went back to sleep but Braveheart liked watching the camera.

This is one relaxed kitten.

He loves sleeping on his back, paws up. Both kittens do, but the Sandman does it more often. If you'd like to see more kitten photos, please comment below.

Thank you for visiting! May God bless you!

Related posts:
Our new kittens: http://lovejoyandpeas.blogspot.com/2016/05/braveheart-and-sandman-our-new-kittens.html
Fishing cat kittens: http://lovejoyandpeas.blogspot.com/2012/09/fishing-cat-kitten-photos.html
Baby cheetahs: http://lovejoyandpeas.blogspot.com/2012/07/cute-cheetah-cubs-and-wild-wednesdays.html
Baby lions: http://lovejoyandpeas.blogspot.com/2014/06/cute-little-lion-cub-photos.html

Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Braveheart and the Sandman - Our New Kittens!

This might be my most exciting Wild Wednesday post yet! This week we welcomed home our two adorable and feisty new kittens, Braveheart and the Sandman. They're about nine weeks old and super cute. Braveheart is a fearless little girl who is determined to conquer every inch of her domain.

The Sandman has a fascination with the litter box and lives his little cat life full throttle. His foster mom called him "Spot" because of his unusual nose markings. He's almost half a pound heavier than his sister but he scares easily and often runs to me for protection from loud noises outside.

This amazing sleeping-cuddling-kitten-cuteness photo of Braveheart, the Sandman and their siblings is by their kindhearted and generous foster mom. Hearty thanks to Kelli for sharing her photo, raising these kittens and caring for their feral mom until they were old enough to come to our home! You, Ellen and friends are making the world a better place! Thank you all!

It doesn't seem to matter what I put in this bowl, the kittens will play with it and have fun fishing it out. Braveheart also likes to curl up in the bowl when it's empty. I remove toys that have parts that could come off (like the mouse in the photo above) when I leave their quarantine room (they have worms, which is pretty normal for feral born kittens, but means they can't be introduced to my elder cat for a few more weeks). But they have some safer toys that stay 24/7. They are happy, healthy except for the worms, and well loved.

Friends keep asking for Baby cat's reaction to the kittens. Mostly, she doesn't seem to care a bit! That may change when they come out of quarantine but for now, I try to visit with the kittens only when Baby's asleep because she has some separation anxiety whenever she's apart from me. She sat outside the door and cried the one time I visited with the kittens when she was awake. But when I came out she didn't try to get in to see the kittens; she just wanted to be with me so I gave her lots of love and all was well.

If you'd like to see more kitten pictures I've been posting daily on my Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/lovejoypeas/ It's embarassing to admit but I don't yet know how to get photos from my phone to the computer (other than by emailing them to myself one at a time) so that's why some will be here and others there. The kittens try to attack the straps on the camera so it's easier to take photos of them with the phone (no straps to attack).

Thank you for visiting! May God bless our kitties, Kelli, Ellen and the cat saviors, and may He bless you too!

Related posts:
Wrestling kittens: http://lovejoyandpeas.blogspot.com/2016/08/cute-kittens-wrestle-and-surrender.html
Cute lion cubs: http://lovejoyandpeas.blogspot.com/2014/05/little-lion-cubs-for-wild-wednesday.html
Cute pouncing tiger baby: http://lovejoyandpeas.blogspot.com/2014/03/tiger-cub-launches-sneak-attack.html
Cute Christmas cat: http://lovejoyandpeas.blogspot.com/2013/12/christmas-cat-santa-and-reindeer.html