This was the scene the other night around midnight. Both of my boys sleeping soundly in the often fought over chair. I guess they were too tired to fight anymore and decided sleeping together wasn’t so bad after all.

The black and white one is Slade and the brown tabby is Daniel. Daniel is 10 and has been with me for 8 years. He was rescued from the streets by some kind folks in the small town where my parents live and then given to me.

Slade has been with me for 2.5 years and came from a local family up here after being rescued from the cold weather. He’s around 7, but a little harder to say for sure as his health isn’t the best. He was obviously abused and it took a good year before he’d even come out of hiding when friends came over to visit.

Daniel is a momma’s boy. He’s almost always near me, and if I sit to watch TV he’s on my lap even when I don’t want him to be. He’ll often come sit beside me as I work or stitch and demand to be picked up. He’s still very playful, loves toys and the laser pen.

Slade would be happiest if I went to bed by 9:30 and got up at 6:00 each morning. Late at night, he’s often in the bedroom meowing for me to come to bed. He’s still skittish and scares easily. He adores Daniel and always wants to cuddle with him or be close by. Daniel could care less. He loves his Aunties Julia and Linda best.

I’m not sure that alpha male is as important to cats as it is to dogs, but Daniel still has the upper hand even tho Slade far outweighs him. I’ve been expecting the power to shift, but I’m not sure it’ll happen as Daniel is too easy going to really care.

I finished cleaning the very messy sewing area on Saturday afternoon and took a few pictures as proof before I messed it up again. :)

I even have some extra space left on my shelves for more fabric that needs a good home.

As you can see, my helpers were very helpful.

And, I got to start on a paper-piecing project.

I had a great long weekend, how was yours?

I’m ready to hand over the reins of this blog to some very talented quilters from all over the world. There are 62 guest bloggers lined up for the next month. It’s going to be very exciting. Many guests are offering give-aways. I must admit it’s been a bit strange not searching for new content for this site for the past few weeks.

Slade, my other quilt inspector, is packed and ready to go on holidays. He figures with all these wonderful guests, we can leave this cold and snowy land for some place warm and cozy. I agree!

I hope you enjoy this series. We’ll start off with a post from Meg Cox later today, the eve of Guest Blogger Month… haha!

Promote Your Guest Blogger Post

Here are some images that you can use to promote your Guest Blogger post in your blog. The code provided links directly back to the full series. Once your post is published, if you wish to link directly to your post, change the code, /tag/february-2009-guest-blogger-month/.

This image works best on a light-coloured background as it is a transparent gif.

Promote the Guest Blogger Series

If you’re not a Guest Blogger, and would still like to help promote the Guest Blogger Month series, here’s an image that you can use in your blog post.

Many thanks to my talented graphic designer, Viviane Katz, for creating the images for this series.

Now to go break the news to Slade that we are not going on holidays.