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Kitty Day

Hi! I’m Munchkin, resident cute kitty! lime wanted me to tell you 1) she’s crazy busy (fortunately not so crazy that she doesn’t forget to feed me or laptime after lunch!) and 2) ‘Thank you!’ for your lovely comments about the green socks.

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If I were a book…

ETA: Schrodinger (yes, the one I test-knit the Twisted Tweed socks for) is running a contest in preview of her new Etsy shop. Go over there right now and leave a comment for a chance to win a cool cube-shaped sock bag!

What? What? There was a miniseries? How did I miss this? Oh yeah… I was buried under a ton of books in grad school. Time to update my Netflix queue! : ) Cute quiz, even if I’m not Camelot-obsessed. (Quiz via Kimbooktu.)

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Birthday Swag

(A couple readers have expressed interest in the Sockamania Club Knitalong, which, up until now, has been closed to new members. The club has opened to new participants with a possible cap at 100. If you signup before the 10th, you can participate in the current July pattern-along and qualify for the monthly drawing if you finish before the deadline. Email signup and KAL details are on the club’s blog sidebar.)

My birthday was simple but lovely: quesadillas on the grill at my parents’ house, then gifts.

Being from a bookish family, I wasn’t surprised to receive some books,

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Keep your paws clean

Two quick things before paw business: The “What’s in a color?” (Contest #5) Winner will be posted tomorrow! And, several people asked about the yarn I’m using for the Yarrow Ribbed socks. The yarn is the Calzetteria shown here, specifically the Venice colorway. I finished them a couple days ago and will post FO pictures this week. :)

La’s having a DeFeet of Cuteness contest. I’m kind of late, but I couldn’t resist posting a few good pictures I got of Munchkin:

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My cat licks plastic

How’s that for weird? I hate when Munchkin does that, I swear, it’s like she’s addicted. She likes to eat popcorn (plain), cream cheese, or ice cream and will sniff you out if you try and hide it from her. But I guess this post needs to be about me, so, here goes…

I was tagged by Stephanie for this meme going around currently. Recently, I also saw this conversation on Runaway Bride about how one person is weird, another quirky. Seems pretty much a matter of perspective.

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It’s cold!

Thanks again to everyone who left comments about my Dad. I’m glad to report he’s well on the way to recovery, and was able to spend Thanksgiving at home.

It’s been busy, busy. We’ve been shopping, working, solving jigsaw puzzles, baking and cooking, eating, and knitting. (Okay, that last one was just me!) Here’s a picture from when Grandma and I baked some of my favorite Pumpkin cookies. Continue reading »

Update

Thank you again to everyone who left comments about my Dad in my last post. We really appreciated it. He did leave the hospital last Monday. But by Friday, he had a high fever and signs of Pneumonia, and Mom took him back to the hospital yesterday morning. He has had oxygen and also new antibiotics. The folks at the hospital are hopeful that he will be able to go home tomorrow or the day after that.

I’ve been keeping myself busy knitting and cleaning my parents’ house and have hardly spent any time at the computer. I’m ridiculously behind. Grandma is in town for Thanksgiving, so we’ll be hitting the day-after sales this weekend. I hope to be able to share pictures of WIPs and FOs next week.
Happy Thanksgiving!

Worn Out

I have no energy today. It’s been a busy and tiring weekend. My dad had to go into the hospital; he had a heart attack (20-year history), but is OK now and will go home in a couple more days. There’s plenty that needs to be done before Thanksgiving, so I’m going to take the week off.

I decided earlier that I wanted to participate in the “From the Stacks Winter Challenge.” Continue reading »

Strata

Recently, my dad found a box still filled with stuff I had packed when they sold their house (3 years ago). It was one of these boxes containing different things that I’d had neither time nor room to pack properly.

It was fun looking through to see what I would find; saved books and comics from my childhood, school papers, and even an address book I thought was lost ages ago. I picked out and photographed this selection from different stages of my life—all from this one box.

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My Aliases

Ack, this week zoomed by! I have not had time to blog or spend much time at the computer lately. I have the day off tomorrow, finally, so will be catching up then! Meanwhile, here’s something fun to distract you. : )

Parts of this are taken from the Name Game meme, and from The Amazing Meganame Generator at Blogthings. Continue reading »