Meet Fluffy

by | Mar 12, 2015 | Life | 19 comments

I arrived home from my trip Sunday to find Steven working in the garage on this:

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Meet Fluffy, the cat!

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I smiled so big when I saw he made me this for me while I was out of town! What a sweetie!

Steven’s had a MIG welder for awhile, and recently purchased a TIG welder so he could weld some different types of metals (and expand his tool collection, of course!). He wanted to work on his TIG welding skillz, which requires a lot of coordination and practice, so he made Fluffy! Fluffy is composed entirely from random parts and pieces Steven’s saved from various assembly kits (hope we don’t need any of those pieces in the future, ha ha!).

As suspected, Data does NOT like having a sibling.

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Data was actually scared to eat his dinner around Fluffy. Oops. Guess we need to keep them separated for awhile!

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I love Steven’s homemade gifts!

19 Comments

  2. Chaitali
    Chaitali on March 12, 2015 at 7:42 am

    Very cool gift! I love the photo of Data meeting his new sibling and hopefully they come to love each other 🙂

  3. Rachel
    Rachel on March 12, 2015 at 8:22 am

    Now Steven needs to make a Fusilli Jerry! 🙂

    • kilax
      kilax on March 12, 2015 at 6:43 pm

      LOL! With the welder?!

  4. Pam
    Pam on March 12, 2015 at 9:05 am

    Hilarious! I love it. lol

  5. Jen2
    Jen2 on March 12, 2015 at 2:15 pm

    Nice job, Steven!! Fluffy is awesome and I’m totes not surprised at Data’s dismay. Maybe he’ll get over it (or not).

    • kilax
      kilax on March 12, 2015 at 6:44 pm

      Ha! You know Data – probably not 😉

  6. Margaret
    Margaret on March 12, 2015 at 2:32 pm

    That’s too cute!

  7. HoHo Runs
    HoHo Runs on March 12, 2015 at 7:17 pm

    That’s not Fluffy, it’s Data-Too. What a nice surprise for you!

    • kilax
      kilax on March 15, 2015 at 4:13 pm

      Ha, OR, if you follow Star Trek, which Data is named after, it would be Lor 🙂

  9. Kristina
    Kristina on March 13, 2015 at 8:52 am

    So fun! Hopefully Data will get used to Fluffy.
    BTW – my first cat’s name was “Fluff”. So much for creativity from a 5-year-old!

    • kilax
      kilax on March 15, 2015 at 4:14 pm

      Ha ha! Wait… are you saying we are not creative?! LOL. We did think it was funny to call a hard metal thing Fluffy 🙂

  10. Karen
    Karen on March 13, 2015 at 12:52 pm

    What a cute creation!! I love it 🙂 and Data’s picture made me chuckle.

  11. Michelle
    Michelle on March 13, 2015 at 2:16 pm

    Awh I love homemade gifts. So glad you two had such a nice time!!!!!!

  12. jan
    jan on March 14, 2015 at 9:10 am

    Dang, I thought you got a new cat when I saw this post title! 🙂 Well I guess you sort of DID get a new cat. Your hubby is a very talented welder, wow!!

    • kilax
      kilax on March 15, 2015 at 4:15 pm

      Ha ha! Sorry for the trick! Data will be an only child 🙂 He’s too set in his ways. 🙂

      Thanks! He welded some more this weekend! He really enjoys it!

  13. Mica
    Mica on March 19, 2015 at 8:35 pm

    LOL at Fluffy being so-named. I didn’t realize (somehow…) that Steven was so good at making things! And that he made you such thoughtful gifts (How did I miss this?? I’ve been reading your blog forever!). What a sweet surprise to come home to, though not as cuddly as Data, I imagine. 😀

    • kilax
      kilax on March 20, 2015 at 10:14 am

      He is super crafty and loves to fix things himself (and take things apart, lol). Hee hee, it’s okay you missed it! 🙂 I mean, I can’t brag about him TOO much.

      Funny thing, the space between our new washer and dryer is narrower than before, and that is where Data’s litter box is. So it was all slanted after we got our new washer. So Steven welded him a little stand this weekend, to even it out!

      And he is not so cuddly! Did you see someone commented I should make a little teeny scarf for Fluffy? LOL! Each row would have two knits!