Gizmo learns a new trick

So I have decided to try and teach Gizmo how to walk on a cat harness. I went to my local pet store and purchase in my favorite color of green a cat harness and leash for about $20,00 among other cat toys and food. remember bribery goes along way with cats especially when you want them to do something. So the first thing that I did was put the harness and leash on him while still in the house. As you can tell from the below picture he is playing dead. At least he learned one trick from this.

Gizmo playing dead in hopes I will take it off of him.

He is getting use to it a little I hope.

I manage to place him briefly in the yard for about five minutes in hopes he would explore. Instead he cried to go back inside so I will just have to take this in baby steps. My goal is hopefully to get him to want to explore a little while on the leash but in due time. Has anyone out there manage to train their cats with a harness?

Have a Happy Easter Everyone,
Candi

The Fates are Against Me!

So this was the weekend that I was supposed to finish my DIY flooring project that I started a few weeks ago. The floors are being made from 3/8inch thick plywood boards. The boards I had cut down to 8 inch wide planks. So back to why the fates are against me. Tuesday I went and had my hair done well let's say it turned out horribly wrong. My husband reference me as a Super Saiyan from Dragon Ball Z. Which I already knew it was horrible but not that horrible. So one word of advice to anyone out there stick to a color that looks best on you and don't try to be something that you are not. The color was fixed this morning and looks much better. Since I purposely took Friday-Sunday off to work on flooring I have been sick since Wednesday with a horrible upper respiratory infection. So as I said the fates are against me on finishing my floor. I will advise everyone that I totally stole the flooring idea from Pinterest which I am an addict. So I am using this time off to rest, watch Netflix, and Pinterest ideas of what I want to do to my house next.

So my hair was supposed to look like this but instead looks like this

So now I am back to my original look

Self-Doubt

Self-doubt is what kills most dreams. I have been having lots of self-doubt and fear about going for my dreams. I know that with hard work, good business decisions, and faith in myself that I can accomplish anything. The problem is that when I have a quite moment to myself that is when the self-doubt whispers in my ear of all the things that could go wrong. I am afraid that if I do not go for my dreams then I will forever regret not going for it. So as I work through conquering this fear and build up my self esteem, I want to take a moment to encourage others out there to live life to its fullest. Life is too short not to go for your dreams. So to quite my self-doubt demons today I binge watched some X-Files. I have learned that Gizmo likes X-Files and to cuddle. Gizmo has not had any misadventures in the past few days. He even was able to cuddle with my Great Pyrenees, Shiva. 

Gizmo misadventures part two

Happy Friday to everyone that has the weekend off. Unfortunately I work in retail so that means I work every weekend, Working retail has taught me to laugh at the stupid jokes that customers will make. Normally these jokes are not funny in the least but I still laugh at them. The other day I had a customer reach to grab me by the arm "so that he could take a bite out of me to see if I tasted like candy". I did not find this humorous at all. I was very humiliated by this show of humor. I love to laugh and I am not easily offended but this was some strange man trying to grab me.  I really don't understand people at times and often wish I could be a hermit. Hopefully I will be seeing my dream come to life. Its okay to tell a lame joke but its not okay to try what this guy did.

If anyone is wondering Gizmo my cat who took a tumble in the dryer (see last post) is doing well and is currently asleep at my feet. I am not the crazy cat lady that has hundreds of cats. I have three cats and two dogs. They are part of my family and would be lost without them, Gizmo rules the house even though he is the littlest of them all. I will admit that I am very partial to my cats though. Gizmo latest adventure has been getting himself trapped in the fridge. My youngest boy who is 16 eats like a linebacker. He did not realize that Gizmo had climbed in the fridge while he was getting something to eat. Thankfully he put the mustard away and found him in there looking quite dazed that someone actually shut the door on him. "Sigh" will he ever stop being so mischievous and curious. At this rate he will be out of his nine lives within a month. Any advice would be appreciated on keeping Gizmo alive.

Blessings and Good Fortune,

Candi

Misadventures of Gizmo

Gizmo is my one year old cat. He is a long hair Persian. While doing laundry he decided to climb into the dryer without my knowledge. Yep you can only imagine what happened next. I had turned the dryer on and heard a thump, thump sound. I threw the dryer door opened and found poor Gizmo tangled up in the sheets. He was very wide eyed and quite upset about his tumble in the dryer. Of course my dear husband was of no encouragement and asked if the fluff cycle had been turned on. Well Gizmo thankfully is doing well after his tumble and is being treated like royalty. Of course I do not think he has never not been treated like royalty. LOL I never would have thought he would climbed into the dryer but from now on will always check before turning it on.  

Blessings and Good Fortune,

Candi 

New Adventures

I have found comfort in coming home from retail hell to my little cozy cottage. I have found that I cherish the simple things in life more now than ever before. I prefer the quiet of my house to the busy workings of retail stores. I can not quite figure people out. They go to these big box stores and expect that you should know there homes dimensions, what there plumbing looks like, and if anything has been updated. They all say the same thing "Isn't everything standard size?" I hate to break the news to everyone but no it's not. Just like there are no two snowflakes there is no standard size plumbing, register vents, or electrical. As with all things there is new building codes that require new plumbing and electrical. I really don't understand how someone can buy a home but not know anything about it. I am not saying you have to be an electrician or plumber but at least know when things were last updated and know how to read a tape measure. I do many things at my job in retail hell and with most things I try to keep my temper in check and thoughts to myself, but when someone comes up to me and asked the question "Do you work here?" It is really hard to say nope I just stole this apron on a beautiful Saturday afternoon to stand in a random aisle just so you can ask me that question. I will admit that I have looked at the person and said nope and just stared at them until they realized what they said, which by the way normally doesn't take long and laugh. 

So with all of this in mind I am looking forward to my retirement from that big box store to my next phase in my life. As I mentioned before I will be leaving to live out a fantasy of mine of working from home. I plan on designing items for individuals that have their own little cottage that they love. 

Blessings and Good Fortune,

Candi Highmiller