WIP, Reading and a Window Visitor

Look at all that! Looks like I've had a case of cast-on-itis. There sure is good choice to pick from for whatever knitting whimsy strikes.

I'm about 11% (what can I say...it is how Kindle tells you where you are) into this book. It's good. And it is the winter that we aren't getting this year. Shh, don't tell anyone but I kinda am missing our regular type winter.

And while I was taking pictures by the best light source this time of year (patio door), look who showed up.

The bold cheeky little critter. I got a couple mug shots of him.

Front view.

Side view.

And when the kitties discovered him he ran so fast I didn't even get the thought put together to take a picture much less press the shutter.

But the kitties knew what was up. Up a tree!

The cold from H E double toothpicks

All along this winter I have been smugly thinking that I haven't had a cold for such a very very long time.

The smugness god has risen it's ugly head and bit me.

Spontaneous eye tearing and nose dripping. Swollen painful sinuses. Headache. Sore jaw from too many days of mouth breathing. Itchy sinuses with the need to sneeze. Augh! And then when you do actually sneeze...it's many times in a row...but it feels wonderful. Sneeze = an exposive sinus scratch.

And so I thought I'd do some reading or knitting but my reading glasses seem to set off some kind of pressure reaction from them just sitting on my nose!

If I could unscrew my head from my shoulders and put it on a shelf for a couple days, I'd be a really happy person.

I'll be ok. I think I'm feeling better today. I just really needed to complain a little.

Are you ready...

for some FOOTBALL?!?

A new shawl and checking in with the kitties

The yarn is a Christmas gift from 2nd DS & DDIL. It's Misty Alpaca Hand Paint Sock yarn. I have to say it is durable...I've started 2 other patterns and ripped them out and it has withstood all that abuse. Seriously though, it seems soft and aren't the colors pretty?

I searched and searched for a pattern to make me happy. I think I've spent enough on patterns that I could have bought another skein of yarn instead but sometimes it's part of the process.

What I came up with is TGV*. Just what I was looking for. Garter stitch so I don't have to really think much and actually as busy as the yarn is I didn't want any lace. So this is perfect...except for the little fact that I don't really like ribbing. But I'll have to deal with that later.

And I just had to share the kitties. They have their moments when they are growling and rolling on the floor in an all out fight but look at this. They love each other too. Oh, so sweet!

If you can tell where one starts and the other stops, you are better than me! It's just a mess of kitty!

*I can't get the linkie thing to work. It's a Susan Ashcroft pattern if you want to look it up on Ravelry.

Feeling blue

I had a high school classmate pass away over the weekend. Such a shock.

We were a small class. 12 girls. 6 boys. We were very close. And still are...you know where you can see someone after years and pick up talking just like you'd only seen them yesterday.

Our 20th class reunion was legendary. (That was 20 years ago. We are now at 40 years out of high school.) We met for supper and then went to a local campground where adjacent sites had been rented. Everyone brought in campers and tents. And we took our kids along. Our boys remember staying up and watching us out the window of the camper. They talk about it to this day.

It was so much fun. We had a huge bonfire and we all sat around having a few drinks, visiting and telling jokes. Some people stayed up all night. One of the guys kept saying "It doesn't get any better than this." And he was right. It was perfect. I'm so glad we have that memory of us all to look back on, now that we are fewer.

Rest in peace, Jay.

Giving...

the gift of life.

I donated 2 units of blood today.

I started donating years ago after my dad had surgery and needed a blood transfusion during the operation. We could have lost him if not for people giving blood. It was all I needed for incentive to start donating.

It's a good thing.

Wordless...ummm...Thursday? Whatever.