Wednesday, August 5, 2020

Christmas in July Wrap Up

As I sit here typing this Isaias is knocking at our door, predicted to pass right over my town. I'm worried sick about a repeat of Halloween when we got 4" of rain and my basement had tons of water in it. I've replaced my window well covers and have the wet vac plugged in, ready to go, hoping to not get caught off guard this time. It's been such a long day just waiting for the storm to arrive, I can't wait until it's outta here!

Storms like this with heavy rain are one more reason I *hate* summer. Give me a good ol' snowstorm anyday! 


Today we want to thank our sweet friend Ellen at 15 and Meowing for her surprise Christmas in July gift that arrived last week. Mudpie got a precious pink fishie that she absolutely loves, and I got Grumpy Cat footie socks and note cards!


Among other things Ellen and I share an intense dislike of summer and a love for all things Christmas and Grumpy Cat. Her package was the purrfect way to end Christmas in July!

UPDATE: Thankfully by the time the storm reached northern Vermont it was losing steam. We got over 2" of rain throughout the day and into the evening but it was nowhere near as bad as I feared. On the plus side, we got a fabulous north wind blowing through!

15 comments:

M Dawson said...

Your heartfelt words hit home. As a summer person I am lucky I don't have your challenges and I like the warm but it's not like your warm or hot AT ALL.

I love your gift, how sweet to have such a friend. Ellen sent Harvey a Toothfair gift and he and I were so proud.

I am glad you are safe. Stay well you two.

Summer at sparklecat.com said...

I'm glad the storm wasn't too bad for you! Those are lovely gifts from the 15 and Meowing human!

Mickey's Musings said...

Ooooooo! Pawsome goodies for you two.
That pink fishie looks like it will be fun to play with.
Glad to hear that the storm fizzled ;)
Purrs, Georgia and Julie

The Island Cats said...

What fun gifts you got! And we're glad the storm wasn't too bad.

The Florida Furkids said...

The storm pretty much fizzled for us (which we're okay with). We only got 1/4 inch of rain here in Florida.

What great gifts!

The Florida Furkids

Patricia T said...

Nice gifts! Glad the storm lost steam.

Eastside Cats said...

Dodged a bullet, I'd say!
Mudpie, Sweetie ADORES her Ellen fishy toy too; in fact, I sleep with it almost every night, because she really likes to bring her toys to bed!

Brian's Home Blog said...

Those were fun goodies! Glad the storm wasn't too bad for you, we got really lucky here.

Timmy Tomcat said...

Those are some awesome goodies Mudpie so you send Ellen a thank you note. Glad you were safe

Hairballsandhissyfits.com said...

glad to hear the storm passed you by!! And i think Christmas in July sounds like a fantastic idea

meowmeowmans said...

Those gifts are great, Mudpie. We are glad the storm was not so bad for you and Mom. We had a bunch of damage and a lot of power outages here in our area. But we personally only lost power for 5 hours, thank goodness.

Rene said...

We love Grumpy Cat too! Those socks look adorable.

World of Animals, Inc said...

Thanks for sharing this Christmas in July post. The footie socks look so cute. Mudpie, we hope you are having a great time with your new fishie. Have a great day.
World of Animals

The Menagerie Mom said...

What purrfect Christmas in July gifts! Grumpy Cat is our hero. And aren't Ellen's crocheted fishie so much fun, Mudpie? Now that we've celebrated Christmas in July, can it just be autumn and Halloween already? And we're so glad the storms weren't too bad for you! Purrs!

pilch92 said...

Thank you for the shout out. I am glad you both liked your gifts. I will tke snow anytime too> XO