Oh my! I had to round up the whole family to check out Kitchen over the door! DH wants to know how you got Kitchen to pose that way in the Avatar. :D

All that new thread! WOW! Everyone here agrees you have over $100 in thread! At least you'll have a long while worth of sewing before you have to buy more! I love the photos of your kitties checking it all out, ours do that too, it's wonderful how they want to make sure it's safe for you to use.

A Cheetos celebration is in order! Great machine! I know you'll create beautiful things with it. Orange fingers unite!

Happy Birthday!!! Now you can play without the guilt!! I'm sooo happy for you and I'm drooling over your new thread! Looks like the furry babies had as much fun as you did with it. Those are great pics.! Enjoy!!

WOHOO!! Happy Birthday!!

Pretty Kitty , Trust your own judgement i feel you know what that is. But we all need a hobby and mine has become quilting and it is contagious. I do hope you have a wonderful birthday . Esther

Elizabeth, my cats are a law unto themselves, I can never get them to pose how I want, but sometimes they stay still long enough for a nice pic! My avtar was one of those lucky captures, taken while they were having a mad half hour on top of the kitchen cupboards (see links below for more pics). They are quarter Bengal so they love climbing up high on anything they can - cupboards, doors, curtain poles etc.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/maryelizajade/page15/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/maryelizajade/page14/

Great pix!
Love the machine
NOW, GET SEWING!! lol

Wow cool cat pics and the sewing machine is great but i do have a question did you get the thread as a bonus? Happy Birthday again too.

Yes, the machine came with a 'Bronze' free gift - 70 x threads, two pairs scissors, 4 packs needles, 8 bobbins and a tape measure!

HAPPY BITHDAY!!!!!. Your babies are so sweet, I love the black one. So happy everything work out for you and you could get your sewing machine, you will have many quilts made in no time.