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Caturday

March 31, 2018June 10, 2018 Lisa

Once Zara & Safari began living with me, I started posting pics of them every day on Instagram. Lots of pics. That’s when I fully embraced #caturday.

Of course I had previously seen the hashtag all over social media and understood it was about posting cat pics. It’s just that before I started living with cats, I didn’t fully get how much I loved them. I thought it would be cool to have one when I was a kid and I loved other people’s cats. Then I met my two and bam! I fell so hard. I love them with all my heart.

Caturday is now a way of life for me. They are the center of my universe. I want them to have a great day, every day. My heart swells when I see them playing together, grooming each other and snuggling. If they are cuddled together with me, I’m in a state of bliss. The joy helps to compensate for the discomfort and pain in the body part(s) that are falling sleep or getting stiff because I don’t dare move.

I offer this pic as evidence. I’m cat-trapped. The struggle is real and so is the love.

T-shirt and long sleeve at Amazon.

Have a beautiful day!

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These are not fidget spinners

March 26, 2018June 22, 2018 Lisa

I’m cat-trapped. I have a cat snuggled up against me, so I can’t move. I’m stuck and I love it. Good time to phone blog.

I’ve never considered myself a highly driven person. I enjoy doing nothing. Still, my cats have a way of pulling my attention at times when I probably need it. It’s not good for my knees to sit at my desk too long. If I’m into what I’m doing though, I can sit there for hours. Zara doesn’t really let me do that anymore. She’ll pull me away to feed her or play with her. Sometimes she’ll just sit next to me or on my feet and her presence makes me want to stop what I’m doing and pet her. Safari pulls me away as well. Often it involves squirming on his back and showing me his most magical belly. He knows I cannot resist it. He’s the one snuggling me now.

I’m not fidgety, so my kitties can keep me curled up for long stretches of time. Usually it ends because someone is hungry or my bladder is full. I know a lot of people have trouble with stillness. No surprise fidget spinners are big now. I’m guessing they are especially helpful if you don’t have cats or are away from home and can’t pet them. I’ve seen all sorts of them and I’m sure someone will be fiddling with one at trivia tonight.

Anyway, I’m not an expert on what makes a good fidget spinner, but I did have an idea one day and made this t-shirt. 😊😆😇😜🙄

Enjoy!

These are not fidget spinners t-shirt (amazon)

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Meow

March 25, 2018December 22, 2022 Lisa

I’m feeling much better and have made headway on this site. If you check out the pages under shop, you’ll find product pictures that include t-shirts, cases & skins, wall art, home decor, bags, and stationary.

I posted this pic on my facebook page yesterday. It features two of my amazon shirts, Cool Vibes and Meow. I think meow is a pretty cool vibe.
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I’ve also posted a pic of my kitties, Zara and Safari under Cats. They are a bonded pair of siblings I adopted in August 2016. They are amazing and have become the center of my world. I love them with all my heart. More about them in future blog posts.
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Yesterday was the March For Our Lives event and I got this pic from my friend, Susan. Our friendship is one of the longest and most cherished in my life, and I was so happy see her wearing one of my love is better shirts.
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The snow that was supposed to come this weekend didn’t make it. I hope that means that spring is actually coming instead. I’m ready for it.

Have a beautiful day.

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I’m falling in love with redbubble

February 22, 2018June 10, 2018 Lisa

I recently started a t-shirt business on Amazon and then expanded to more products on redbubble.com. My head is spinning with thoughts of new listings, setting up another round of social media accounts, trying to decide which things that are finished to put up and getting distracted with wanting to make new stuff. I’m excited, dizzy, confused, feeling the urge to rush in full force believing this is going to be great and wanting to ignore everything else in life, and then falling back a little on some realism … putting myself out there may be a great experience, but no one may actually want my stuff.

That’s falling in love, right?

Fortunately my cats pull me from my computer via their cuteness, head bumps, and pawing on me. Sometimes they want something, and other times I think they just know I need to be pulled away. They have inspired many kitty themed items and images. I love them so.

Love is the dominant theme for most of my designs. My first t-shirt is one I had wanted to make for a long time. Simply white text on a black shirt “love is better.” I got all jazzed when I first saw it for sale on amazon. Even more so when someone sent me a picture wearing it. I registered the domain HeartZenMinds.com years ago and decided that would be the name for this new website. For now it still points to my epicmeditations.com page. Once I decide if I will keep this blog or make a different kind of site, I’ll redirect.

I still need to fix up this blog space. Choice of template and links to stuff coming soon. I’ll post more later. Right now, I need to play with my cats.