Whats In A NaMe..

 Good morning everyone!!! TGIF..hope you all had a great week..the weather here has been glorious..yesterday and today are supposed to be in the 80's..not loving that so much..but can't complain we have had a gorgeous summer so far..Karen over at My Colonial Home posted a challenge on how we got our blog names etc.;)so here goes..back in February of 2008 I was approached by a gal by the name of Brenda Sanker of Rusty Creek primitives..now she is the Vintage Polka dot..we were apart of a group on Ebay and she had mentioned blogging..I had never heard of blogging so she got me started..she made me my header above..I had one without the hats too..she did a great job of getting me started and look at where I am now..

 I had always loved this sign and I love kittys and so Cat Nap Inn was born...I even had the garden gate as shown above..I love cats and love collecting cat stuff..and that pic above is in my living room..the primitives part of the name came from my love of primitives..while surfing the net and seeing your homes..I still love it..but now I am loving the farmhouse cottage thing too..so mixing them both up.;)Blogging has brought me so many wonderful friends..some I have yet to meet but I feel as though I have known you all in person..I love the generosity and the giving nature of the gals and guys I have met through blogging..I will say it has lost some of its lustre this past year..guess I am getting burned out..or maybe its the time of year..I do have my favs that I keep..I have parred down from the 30-50 that I read and have my favs..so that is how I got my name..

 I had a wonderful blogging friend her name is Jeanne..she doesn't have a blog but has followed mine and I sent her some things and she insisted that she send me something..who I am to turn down gifts..not me..she sent me this beautiful handmade scarf in my favorite color..I can't wait to wear it this fall..

 and she sent me 2 dishcloths and a pot holder..all made by her..I love them and use them all the time..Thank you so much Jeanne..sorry it took so long to post this..

 well I have been at it again..shoe/boot shopping..I got these from Urbanog.com..I love their site..can't wait to wear these with my grey sweater dress and cable leggings.)

 these also came from urbanog.com..they are Ugg knock offs..they were only 27.00 compared to Uggs prices of 100+..can't wait to wear these with leggings and a baggy sweater.;)

 I got these at payless..I love the "wedge" and these are so comfortable..

 some brown pumps also from payless..I also purchased a new purse and leg warmers too..(not shown) those were a previous purchase..I can't wait to get into the layering thing again..but I will hold off for as long as possible as I am enjoying the sunshine.or rainy days are coming..they are saying Monday at a 30% chance of it..I hope it holds off as we have lots more work to be done on the back yard..shed needs finishing and painting..

 remember this pile of wood...

 well here it is again..this time we set up the old dog kennelso we can stack wood in it..

 here it is all done..I still have 2 more huge piles to stack..this took 4 hours..and my arms and back were feeling it..we will cover this up when we get it all done..we have to put more pallets down to protect the wood so its not on dirt..I want to plant some hydrangeas and flowers back here once all the wood is gone..

 on wednesday after my lunch date with the gals..I stopped by albertsons and rite aid and got my first touches of fall..

 2 burnt orange mums and the big yellow ones..I love them on the porch..maybe I will decorate for fall today..Cause when October 1st shows up..the halloween stuff comes outs..will post photos when its done..

 I have been still crocheting up a storm..here are 3 out of the 5 I have made..I just got 8 more patterns yesterday on Etsy..I am making a baby bird hat right now..gotta get cranking out these hats for my show at the end of november..it will soon be upon us..

 not sure why this is out of order..but here is another pair of shoes..these were only 6 bucks..I love the tweed look..they look great with white pants..well I am off to go get something to eat and watch t.v. for a bit and crochet and then get my exercise on..today its on the treadmill as hubby took my walking buddy to work with him..so hopefully there will be another walk instore for this evening..

I hope you all have a great weekend..relaxing and enjoying..thank you all for being my friend..:)