A Soft

When Paper Pushing Gets Intense

She Did Not Take This Picture Herself

Believe it or not.

Lazy Sundae

I wish I could lay around on the couch all day...

It's an Oldie, but Still One of My Favorites

I took this picture when Sundae was about 10 weeks old, and we had only had her for a couple weeks at that point.  She seemed to like us ok, though the things we did were sometimes confusing and weird.  She would almost always cozy up to me, but on this day, she decided to cuddle up to DH, and she found the perfect, kitten-sized spot for it.

What a happy kitten...

Two of my Favorite Things

Summer Knitting: A Whole New Kind of Fiber

On Ravelry, there is a lovely little group called the 3 Country Shawl KAL, where myself, my buddy from Canada, and my buddy from England are all mods and we have a rotating schedule of things to knit (or crochet!) along to.  There's generally a big, 3 month project going, and on the off months we do minis - fun little things to keep us busy until we start the next big project.  As we're getting so close to Summer (I can't wait, it's my favorite season), we wanted to do something a little different, and suggested a little Summer knitting in a fiber that hadn't been used before.  We figured it was good motivation to step outside the comfort zone.

For me, that unused fiber would be cotton.  I love using animal fibers and have been hesitant to try plant fibers, they're not usually people's favorite fibers to use.  But after I had such a good experience with linen, I figured "why not?"  I bought some kitchen cotton years ago when I was first playing around with crochet, and it's finally time to use it.

So I'm working on cotton cleaning scrubbies.  So far, I have one done.


Unofficially, it also makes for a fashionable 1950s style kitty cat hat.

Meowfred Hitchcock

 "Not Psyko.  Just watchin Teh Birdz."

The LEAST Comfortable Way to Sleep?

Or the MOST?

For the record, we do have other, more comfortable things to sleep on.  I don't get it, either.

^^

Meet the Meow

Here's the reason my lap is warm and I don't get anything done around the house:





































This is Sundae.  Though she won't answer to that name.  She prefers Kitten!, KittyKat, Meow, the Meow, Meowf (don't judge me), Beasty, and anything that rhymes with the word "treat".

She picked us from her shelter when she was 8 weeks old, and quickly shed her "quiet, nap-loving kitten" disguise to become "I can climb you with my CLAWS!" kitten.  She calmed down a bit now that she's almost 4, but she still has a sassy streak, which usually ends in me declaring "me and the cat aren't talking!" (yes I know, it should be "the cat and I"), and my husband stepping in and trying to talk sense in to the cat in meows.

I figured I would introduce you, since you'll be seeing her a lot.  Here's one more.