A Long and Intense Day

This morning I bought muffins for the horde and spent a few hours making mysterious secret Valentines. Then I took Son #2 out to lunch, and went to see my hospice patient. I got home tonight feeling worried and drained. My little hospice lady is a recovering alcoholic, taking morphine etc. and some damn fool idiot took her money and bought her alcohol. She's disoriented, filthy, and upset. She got confused and wandered outside and had a bowel movement in the chair on the back porch. She'll have to go back to hospice. I wanted to hunt down the asshole that gave her alcohol and beat his ass.
Anyway I got home and there was chicken n dumplings homemade by the hub, and three excited little boys, and doggies. After loves, I saw a PILE of packages! OK, one was somebody else's mail, I guess the mailman just decided to leave me extra. But let's see... one box was from Sonshine, filled with sweetswap goodies- yum! And even little pug treats! Thank you Sonshine!
Also I got the green Peace Fleece that I had traded for, it's for another swap. So pretty! My good friend Brenda sent me a mitten pattern but OMG don't tell the killer clowns. Hugs B!
The last package (I know, right?) was from sweet MarySK, a total surprise RAK- it had a bath set of crabtree & Evelyn, a cute vintage crochet book with Mary joking she could just see herself in this seventies yarn skirt (see pic). Ya, Mary, let's make that! She also sent me my first Rowan Kidsilk haze, it feels like a small kitten. Yummeh. Not that I'd eat a kitten. Im too full of dumplings and chocolate. She sent a pug card too, and this cool shopping notebook pad holder thingey from a fair trade company. So ALL these goodies definately cheered me up and I was feeling so spoiled, yay!
Then I checked my email, and a UU friend had chosen to share with me her journal from when her son was killed in a car accident. I read it, and I am amazed at this dear woman's courage and strength. She is my hero for today. I will always have her son in my heart because she chose to share her experience of his passing with me, and I am so thankful for the opportunity to know them both.

I was right, wasnt I- long and intense day. I'm going to go watch tv. - Pugger

Poned

So i stayed up too late last night, and then Lizabee and I had a wonderful knitty Friday at World Cafe, gabbing about Ravelry friends and swaps and plotting secret Valentiney crafts, then we went by Purrl's and the post office. I got home right before the horde invaded. I just had time to roll around on the bed giving puggy hugs when I was overrun by little boys. What was I thinking? Two spend-the-night guests = five little boys saying "dude" a LOT. Two of them have clarinets. So many electronic games were going that the power flickered in the house. I've frogged my GAA square #3 four times, DUDE, and abandoned all hope of washing dishes. I just ordered pizza. DUDE.
I'm happy though, because I mailed off a few goodies including spoiling Bittlerelly's cute daughter Esme, and a chewed up baboon toy for Grandpa. Dude.
And oh! Lulu sent me the Volume 2 Vogue Knitting Stitchionary! And the most awesome fag hag sticker that is going on the van. Dude.
BTW: what does "poned" mean? Anyone?

Valentine Ideas

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Originally uploaded by cattycamehome

This one is adorable! So glad the internet is crammed with crafty people because I suck at thinking up cute stuff like this and Secret Valentine Swap is looming on the horizon.

Candypants

My friend Amandaleigh, otherwise known as candypants... sent me a pug calendar! And a funny card that says "Fleas Navidad" Thank you, 'Manda Candeh! I love it! Although I dont know where they got these pugs because my babies are five times as cute. Uh huh. Yesterday I finished my Tractor dishcloth, which you can hardly see the pattern dammit. Also today I added onto one of the purple Group 44 Traveling Scarves. Fun!

Pink Scarf!

My first Traveling Scarf has arrived back home after traveling all over and meeting new friends. It is so beautiful! Thanks to the great gals of Group 29. XOX!

Back by Popular Demand!

Here is the January Caption Contest Photo! December's Winner, Bittlerelly, won a skein of Noro Kureyon. Deadline is January 20th, and the prize this month is a knitting book AND some yummy yarn plus whatever handy treats I decide to pack into a box. :) Thats TWO contests in Two posts!

ETA: No disrespect is meant towards that bastion of faith, the Catholic Church. Oh come on, it's my bloggy and I'll cry if I want to. Blast away. But if you get mean I will delete your post. This is all meant in fun. I love nuns. No, no, not in "that" way.

Big January Plans

Jolly is back to his usual shenanigans. I think he decided that not having testicles isn't such a big deal as long as he can still terrorize the household. January is going to be a fun month. I'm in the mood to destash by doing little sneaky contests (see Tractors and Odd Ducks) but I will go ahead and say for the record that anyone who makes me a sock monkey nun will get a prezzie.

Here are the January plans: 1. Finish the hub's giant socks 2. Make sheep intarsia minitote for mikelswool mini purse swap! 3. Make these dishcloths for tractors: pentacle (unforgretable), dragonfly (Shebear29), love to knit (up for grabs), cat (up for grabs), and bobble the sheep (up for grabs) 4. Make cute Valentine thingey for Lulu's group swap.

Also frog Mr. Greenjeans and then attempt to trade eight skeins of blue auracania for enough brown tweed checkheaton to do the hub's sweater. *sigh*

Now I'm off to watch Bones allllllllll day long. Happy New Year!

PS: Walgreens near Asheville Mall has Elvis Beanies on sale for 7 bucks. Very tacky. Very awesome.

PSS: HAPPY BIRTHDAY LIZABEE!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOVE YOU CHICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!