What’s the first sign of crazy cat lady syndrome? When you’re standing in line at Big Lots behind a crazy cat lady with a cart full of kitty supplies…. and you decide you just have to buy one of the milk-crate-sized kitty cubby hideways for your own little beasties…. Seriously. It’s a fabric-covered, upholstery-grade foam cube with a hole in the front and a dangly kitty toy hanging from the top inside. In other words,…

I’ve been posting a lot of art to my Etsy shop, http://allisonstein.etsy.com. I hope ya’ll will stop in and take a look around. I’ve also joined the Etsy’s ACEO Street Team, and I’ve been posting to its group blog at http://acetsy.blogspot.com/. Lots of cool art to be seen there, so come on over and check it out, too. And, while I was at it, I decided to add a few entries in my own art…

It’s warm and sunny today. I’ve opened up the doors and windows to get some fresh air into the house. That means the door to the porch is open, and the Trouble Twins are curious and eager to go explore it after being cooped up in the house for months. There’s just one problem: the wind. We’ve always used puffs of canned air to discipline the kitties, so with the wind blowing in great gusts,…

Mischief’s New Toy Originally uploaded by AllisonStein Mischief has been tormenting my Sweetie’s daughter this week by stealing her fluffy pink pen and dragging it about the house. Repeatedly. Alas, Sweetie’s daughter leaves tomorrow and will take Mischief’s cherished fluffy pink pen with her. So what does a good pet mommy do? I searched the world over (well, one shopping center of it, anyway) in search of a fuzzy pink replacement. I found it! And…