It's never Trudy.
I decided to draw this lovely lady on paper instead to see how she would turn out and I have begun to draw here in a bunch of situations. She now has a name, as you saw in the title, and she NEVER goes by Trudy.
I haven’t decided on a name for her cat yet….any thoughts?
It's more of a promenade, really.
So I was just messing around with sketching and this came out. Maybe this is my future?
Sooo much fun!
I was reading a comment on a website where someone was trying to be funny (I think) and said they like to pretend that their bed is an island that they and their cats are stuck on it. So here is my rendition because that was too funny not to draw. Cats, of course, would not be amused by this at all.
I also added the pirate hat for my own amusement.
And no. This was not my own comment and I have not done this. Yet.
So first, we’ve been totally wrapped up in house stuff and not to throw excuses all over…but I will anyway. I’m mega-bummed that I haven’t had the energy and drive to get more cattoons done. Don’t worry, I will not disappear for too long but don’t expect anything prolific for the next few weeks, anyway. :)
My cousin, who I featured on my blog earlier, made a shout out to Duncan and Smudge with her own cattoon inspired nail design. I know I am slacking on putting up my own cattoons and should totally add a cattoon to this…but I’m tired and this was too cool not to share. ;) Enjoy!
Nails never looked so good.
I literally lol’d (and I never use that phrase but in the most extraordinary of circumstances, and this is one of those momentous occasions).
You look so determined.
Adam and I were talking and all the sudden Duncan trots toward and quickly past us. Not like a gallop sprint somewhere or a slow saunter, but a determined and focused jog. Was he coming to see Adam? Or me?
No….he was just running kind of fast but not actually fast to his favorite chair spot where he promptly plopped down and stared at us. He’s doing it right now, actually. I am looking at him and not the keyboard while I try not to break his gaze. …I just won. Actually he gave me that cat slow blink and I just stared back like a jerk.
This is the stuff my dreams are made of.
Firstly, so sorry about no updates for the week. We were on a bit of a vacation. And it was awesome! But that’s why I was busy.
Secondly, this story happened when we were on vacation. We were sitting in the airport about to board when I see a lady carrying a case with something white in it. I hope my hope of hopes that it was a cat and not a silly little dog, though either would have amused me.
As we get on the plane I start checking out where to sit (Southwest, you know) and I see not just a cat in a carrying case but a cat on a cat bed on a lady’s lap.
I almost peed myself.
I asked Adam before we got on the plane if we could sit next to the cat (no, I’m not making that up for humor here)….but alas, there was only the middle seat empty so we couldn’t. I totally should have ditched Adam for the cat (no offence, Adam!).
Unfortunately, my glance from a distance was the closest contact I had with the somewhat-ugly-smushed-face all white cat but at least I got a cattoon out of it.
So I have been peepin’ on my cousin’s blog and she kicks butt for cool ideas and has what looks like incredibly patience and skills for detail. Above is just one of the really cool things she posts. So if you want cool ideas for painting your nails, check out her blog Mixed Mama!
Plus, here’s a picture of me if I decided to do my nails. I would be proud and sassy. It would not make me look like I have monster hands, which unfortunately this drawing kind of does, haha.
Purty
Just cruisin'
So I totally apologize for not having drawings the last week but I seriously have not sat down on a couch since Tuesday. We have been doing house stuff galore and I ended up taking a 4 hour nap today because of it. Can a nap be that long? Or does it have a new name once it’s been longer than like an hour? If you have any ideas about the name, you let me know. Otherwise I’ll just call it a long-nap.
Anyway, I really wanted to do a drawing today but have no juice to get my creativity going, so I asked Adam for help. He told me I should draw a Shetland pony driving a car. I kind of suck at driving cars so I had to crop it, haha.
I'm ready for you to make me smell less disgusting.
It’s true. We got a house!!! It’s our first home and we’re excited…and a little poor. And the new house is actually an old house that needs some fixing up. Oh, and it smells like a nasty wet dog peed on itself and rolled all over the carpet for a year. So we have to clean that up.
But, a little TLC comes with a price to pay, namely time. So, please forgive me if in the coming weeks I am a little lax in my posting but I will putting my talent to good use fixing up a bungalow for us to live in. I’m on my way to not being a basement troll anymore!!
Here is a sketch of our house getting excited that someone will love it again! I think I’m going to think of a name for our house. Do people do that? I mean, I know people name them like “Sunset Manor” but I was thinking of a person name. Like Edna. More on that later.
Forget a regular collar!
I decided that instead of a regular collar Duncan should wear a tie everywhere. And then he can be a business man (business cat?) since he’s already wearing a tie. Or maybe a lawyer. Whatever brings in more money is good for me.
It looks sooooo good on him.
So I have a horrible secret to reveal. I cause my husband gratuitous injuries. Not like in a secret abusive relationship way, but either directly or indirectly, I cause Adam injuries on a fairly regular basis.
For example, this weekend we decided to try cross-country skiing because the park system had a rental for boots and skis. Sounded awesome. So I got him to try it with me. He hasn’t ever skied but decided to give it a shot. Well, in seriously the first 2 minutes of having his skis, on he fell and twisted his already sensitive knees. Like a trooper he kept going and did that again at least 5 more times.
THEN, the next day he was out taking the ice off my car. And he poked himself in the eye with the ice scraper and we had to go to urgent care for 2 hours.
This was just this weekend. I can’t even count how many times I’ve accidentally (yes, ACCIDENTALLY) poked him in the eye or hit him in some way.
So either he is a big ol’ wimp or I might be a sociopath.
Mrow
So I’ve been drawing on paper while I wait for my stylus to arrive and I kind of like it more. Except for the scanning. I don’t know why but I seriously hate scanning stuff – for some reason it just irks me.
So anyway, I got a kitten daily calendar (go figure, right?) and there was a pair of goofy looking flat-faced cats that cracked me up. So here they are. :)
Info first, video second…
Adam and I were looking at YouTube videos of speed climbers to see them their climbing superpowers. Seriously, that’s ridiculously impressive. So anyway, we click on this one….and I about died from laughring (laugh-crying). Mostly the music made the whole thing. And the intro text in the video. You might not find this hilarious, but I totally did.
Just hanging out with the cats.
So my dumb ol’ drawing tablet stylus is still broken and I had to order one from Amazon. Boo. But at least I’ll soon be able to do better digital drawings than I did today with my mouse.
What is this, you ask? I’m sitting on the couch, making a dumb face, with the “cats” sitting behind me. I had to add this whole description because Adam said…”Huh? What is that? Why are you making that dumb face?” when I showed him.
Thanks.
I just decided to do a stupid picture of myself and do something funny with it. So there you have it. Plus, I’m too lazy to do it in pen and then scan it. I don’t know why that whole scanning process drives me nuts.
Sorry for all the caps up there but I AM EXCITED! This marks the end of the first year of notacrazycatlady and also the conclusion of my post a day challenge.
For those of you from the beginning, you know that I have boldly accepted the challenge (from WordPress.com and I suppose myself) to post every day. Now, being that I am a teacher and don’t always have free time on my hands (ok, that’s a huge lie) and have gone on some vacations and whatnot, this proved to be a bit difficult sometimes. But I loved challenging myself and have made some great strides in my cattooning.
Poor Adam had to deal with me jolting out of bed at 11:30 more than once or sitting on my phone trying to get a phone cartoon done when we were out with friends when I forgot that I had a post to complete. And despite all this, he surprised me today with THIS!!!
Yes, that is a two-pound resealable bag of Twizzlers
All his favorites!
Yes, you saw correctly. My man got me a bottle of champagne, a two-pound bag of Twizzlers, and a hand-crafted, hand-selected anniversary picture of his favorite notacrazycatlady cattoons. This might be better than our real anniversary!
Now, don’t think this means that notacrazycatlady is kaput. I will be posting at least 2 times a week, if not more. I just don’t think the everyday thing will happen. It was a great experience and I love creating something every day, but with the Etsy store and the fact that thinking about posting everyday sometimes made me cry (not really), I will be trying to test out a few more new adventures. But keep on checking back, because I’ll be here!
As a bonus treat today, I will share with you a little something Adam and I did on our honeymoon. This was pre-notacrazycatlady but post-me-starting-to-cattoon-a-lot.
meow
We got matching Duncan and Smudge tattoos. Yes. Yes, we did. And we call them cattoos. Well, I don’t know if he does, but I do.
Now this kind of looks like it sucks. And it was supposed to be a little “sketchy”…not like sketchy sketchy, but like a sketch. It’s all mellowed out now and blended nicely. This was literally the day after we got them. Yes, Adam has the same cat tattoo on his ankle, too. I’ll spare him the embarrassment and just use my leg instead, ha!
Thank you to all you not crazy cattoon loving fans, friends, and family and I look forward to sharing more cattoons and stories with you in the future and hearing you share your stories with me, too!
Dogs love costumes
I’m not quite sure why I’m so into dog drawings lately, but here’s another! This one is in ink on paper….since my tablet stylus is acting up. So this funny fat dog
is all dressed up with nowhere to go.
You know...just chilling here on the chair.
I found a funny picture of a dog that looks like it might just get along with Gabby the dog.
AHHHHHH!
It’s a huge lobster in a raincoat! Run for your lives!!!!!!!
Yay!!!!
So I had a lovely time with my grammy today. She lives like 10 minutes from work so I stopped by to hang out for a bit and we went out for a bite to eat. I introduced her to Jimmy Johns and we both got my favorite…the Beach Club. Turkey, provolone (I think), lettuce, sprouts (yum!), avocado spread (double yum!), and no mayo. Soooooooo good. My love affair with Jimmy Johns is on-again, off-again and began in college. I know it’s not the best food around but dog-gone-it, I love those subs. And the chips. Mmmmm. Gram loved it too. And we love each other. So it was a lovey day!
Kazaam!
Does anyone else have the problem where they believe their couches to have some sort of magical powers? It’s like as soon as I sit near/on one with a moderate amount of relaxation, I’m immediately cast under its spell for a minimum of an hour, usually 3. What the heck?
True story.
Oh, hi.
So browsing Reddit, as usual, I come across this little dog named ChaCha (awesome…I love it) who has three legs. The owner decided to outfit with another one. Sort of….
But this pup was so cute that the creepiness of a misplaced baby arm just seemed to meld with the cuteness of the doggy and make it at least 1056% cuter.
Just click the cattoon above to check it out!
So I’ve decided to open a store on Etsy! Check it out!
Right now I have some baby onesies but I might be branching out to whatever floats my boat, so to speak.
Here’s a sample!
Animal trip onesie
Dino onesie
So I took this photo on our honeymoon in Maine and I decided…you know, since I’m not a crazy cat lady….that it would be fun to pretend the cats were there, too. Since Smudge loves to get in the way of things he is photobombing a lovely shot of Duncan dipping his toes in the ocean.
Yum!
I really hope Jimmie Chew doesn’t get sick of me drawing pictures from his blog, but I just love them. They crack me up. Here is a basket chewing cat cattoon.
On another fun note, in just a few short days (10 maybe? I can’t recall) I will have posted a blog post everyday for the last year. Woo! So even though it’s 2012, this is the finale to my postaday2011.
Thanks to everyone who follows along with me on my somewhat ridiculous cattooning adventures.
SQWAAAAAK!
You remember that crazy owl I cartooned from a crazy owl photo? Here’s the painting version. My friend made an innocuous comment on Facebook about how he would hang the cartoon up in his house….so I decided to just do it. He’d better hang it up next to the crystal bear holding a heart we got them as a house warming gift.
Majestic
Not too long ago, Kerry posted a picture of her cat Sid. Here is my version of her buddy. Enjoy!
Dangit! A good friend is in town so I got distracted. But they’re on a different time zone, so I’m going with that.
Good day, sir.
Adam found this picture of a pretty dapper cat. Here’s my take on him!
He's so pleased
Here he is in all his cattoon glory.
Just a little picture showing what
Smudge does in his free time.
To the death
My little brother and sister got remote controlled helicopters and they were a big hit for everyone to play with. However, JoJo the dog also found them….intriguing. I can’t really say how JoJo felt because he fervently began barking at it, following it, retreating from it, AND madly wagging his tail at it. I can’t quite determine what his intentions were but it was funny all the same to watch him in his awkward small dog confusion.
Huzzah!
This is a post live from a family holiday party! I am a leaning cat because I am a bit tipsy, haha. There are a lot of family members here and I don’t want to eavesdrop on their conversations so that’s why I made them say “blah blah”…not that they just blah blah it up. :)
Ok, this totally sucks but I did it in 10 seconds on my phone because I’m at my aunt’s house and I fourier to do one earlier. But I really saw the fattest squirrel ever today. 12
pounds easy.
There it is. Sorry my phone couldn’t zoom fast enough. Dang technology.
Woo!
So yesterday my brother and I talked about tobogganing and I thought it might be fun if Duncan and Smudge went with me.
harumph
So it’s late and I hadn’t done a cattoon yet and I made a silly one about sleeping in and then I went to put it in the blog post and it had somehow not been saved and this is the second or so time this has happened so I made a cartoon about pouting and this is a really long sentence.
I know, I know. Squirrels (to my knowledge) don't eat carrots.
That dog is a kleptomaniac.
At work we had an ugly sweater contest. I decided to make my own. Here is my recipe for a delightful ugly sweater, which was actually a sweatshirt.
P.S. I won the “Pimp My Sweater” contest with this baby. Huzzah!
Feel free to use this to your coloring heart's content.
Just a little seasonal fun. Coloring contest anyone?
Finally!
So I am in the middle of making an incredibly awesome holiday sweater, which should be ready for a post tomorrow I think, so here is a dumb drawing of a mini me getting super excited for this gum I tried today which totally tasted like apple pie. My fantasy of living in Willy Wonka’s world is steadily getting closer and closer!
Typical
So my Aunt Kathy was in town not too long ago and we took a family photo. Unbeknownst to me, apparently it was a bunny-ear-required photo and I didn’t get the memo. I can’t share the actual photo since I don’t have it (Aunt Kathy, if you’re reading this, send that thing my way!) so here is a cartoon about it.
Secondly, here is an actual photo of how we created the set-up for the camera to shoot. It was set on an automatic timer but we had to figure out how to get it angled properly and to the right height. No lie, we did not do this to be funny. It took four adults to achieve this level of engineering.
Yes, that's a butter knife down there.
I'm heeeeere.
So I was showing students this neat online whiteboard website and they asked me to draw Santa. So I did. Comments included, “He’s creepy,” “It’s good but it’s not good” (maybe ’cause it’s creepy?), and “I like it.” I guess that isn’t so bad. Thanks, 7th graders; your 12- and 13-year old insights are invaluable and generally hilarious.
Hey, there!
Duncan totally winks at me. It might just be a one-sided blink but I like to think it’s his way of saying hello and that he loves me.
Maybe if they don't see how desperate I am...
Yes, I’ll admit it. Sometimes Adam and I make up songs about mundane everyday things. Today Adam was singing about the cats. Specifically Duncan. Pretty much because Duncan was looking ridiculous and desperate but as if he was trying to hide it. We decided that it was his way of getting food since he knows that being annoying and meowing just won’t work anymore.
me-sigh-ow.
love of snacks = love of each other?
Adam’s parents’ cat does not really…um…fit in with our cats. They are a bit brutish with him. However, we had a breakthrough with the cats. They were all amicably near each other within a foot when Adam and I gave them all snacks. Could this be the beginning of a change around here?
Flowers 'n' Chocolates
So today turned out pretty awesome. Sorry for no cattoon but this was exciting. I got to go to my bff Sarah’s community band concert (haha, I know. I totally am joining soon so there’ll be funny cattoons on that topic coming up in the nearish future) and THEN I come home to this! What a treat! Adam is a cool dude.
Best part? The friggin’ awesome rainbow wafers courtesy of Malley’s – a Cleveland local chocolate company that is super delish. I am kind of obsessed with these wafers and talk about them a lot so Adam was kind enough to indulge my hunger for candy.
Worst part? He told me he was going to get a few groceries and he didn’t really go get them. But he DID at least get me my Frigo Cheese Heads string cheese sticks – the BEST by far of the string cheese cheeses. I’ve done extensive research and taste testing…I know. But totally jk about the whole “worst part” thing. I’m no brat. (Ok, I suppose I can be at times…)
You will experience my 3.5" wrath.
So this was an interesting weekend. I got to go see the ballet The Nutcracker with Ken (yay!) because Lee was sick (boo!) and I went in his place. So then we found out this morning that Lee was sick not because of a stomach-bug but because of a stomach fight. His appendix was ready to go to blows with Lee.
Yes, it was an epic battle that the appendix was winning until Lee bravely admitted himself to the ER and got an appendectomy. Take that, appendix.
When he was out of surgery, the doctor came to us to tell us it went well and that the appendix was not ruptured, just angry. So here’s in honor of your angry appendix, Lee. Suck it, appendix.
Raspberry
Anyone know why it’s called a raspberry? I suppose I could look it up but…..meh.
No fair.
Just a little sketch on the ol’ computer drawing pad. Poor kitty.
Rad.
Duncan and Smudge weren’t a part of the 80s but now they can be! In cattoons.
This is one enthusiastic wild boar.
So I offered a mini-contest to whomever got the 100th fan of notacrazycatlady.com’s Facebook page. Thanks to Connie and Betsy who made that happen!
Their prize? THIS CARTOON! Wooo!
Anyway, here’s what they had to say about this….
“Here is our 100th member picture choice! Kind of a crazy one, but this is my mom and I at an outdoors weekend a few years back. We made a new friend there. Ever drawn an enthusiastic wild boar before? 
… ”Lady Hoggers”- on A&E Wednesday nights at 10:00—yeah, that’s us.”
I kiiiiiinda of can’t tell if they’re being serious and really are reality tv stars or they just do what those ladies do. Either way I haven’t actually seen the show (which is why I don’t think I know this or not) BUT I have seen the previews and I’ll admit…I’m intrigued.
But thanks again to the fans! Otherwise I would just be here drawing dumb pictures for just myself, and while that’s fun, it’s way more fun to share
Me-owch
The other day Smudge was climbing on me to get to some food on a tv tray – way to go Duncan teaching your brother dumb tricks and bad habits. Adam tried to gently dissuade him with a wee shove but Smudge wasn’t ready to budge. So he just casually pierced my fleshy quad with his razor sharp talon claws in an attempt to stay close to his beloved food bits. So I had 14-ish pounds of cat hanging from my leg. And now I literally have 10 little claws lines in my leg. No joke.
