Last weekend, my mother delivered a belated birthday present: she reupholstered my couch cushions! In typical cat fashion, Sasha snuck into the shot. I didn’t notice her until after I uploaded the photo to my computer.

Or rather, 12:34:56 7/8/9. The first one came in the wee hours of the morning. In other news, I’m on kitten watch. A friend of my mother’s has a cat that recently gave birth to kittens. Once they’re old enough to go out into the world, I have a reservation on a little boy, white [...]

Turns out Sasha likes the snow. I got off work today, so I spent the day watching too much TV and hanging out with my cat.

Some of you may remember that my mum has two cats. Well, once upon a time, they were adorable balls of fluff: Then they got a little bigger and started to get into mischief (Yes, that’s Emmett and yes, he’s in a Christmas tree): Now they spend their days tormenting my cat when I take [...]

I know it’s been a while since I posted anything. I got busy with Otakon, the Ravelympics (a knitting event that runs from the start of the Olympics to the end), and life in general. However, there was a little surprise waiting for me this morning when I come downstairs on my way to work [...]

This Christmas was a blend of the practical and some frilly fun. My Aunt and Uncle got me some cocoa mix and some tea (yum), and my grandmother got me a beautiful necklace. From my parents, I got the following: one dishwasher (!!!) one bath and body set (a bath robe, a scrubbie, and some [...]

I got the strangest email from my dad on Monday. The message said “We is too cute! We is too many?” and included a picture of a podium from a conference he’d gone to earlier this year. I shot him back a quick reply asking what the picture was for and forgot all about it [...]

My dad and my brother, all fired up from what turned out to be a temporary network failure (go, go wireless), disappeared into the basement with a bundle of carpeting, an armful each of wood, and a hammer and came back with an assembled “cat perch”. It’s higher than my couch. Within minutes, Sasha found [...]

A few days ago, unbeknownst to the public at large, my secret pal sent me a gift certificate to knithappens.net, a yarn store in VA. (I held off announcing this happy occasion until I had agonized enough over my choices and placed the order. No need to spoil the surprise early.) I placed the order [...]

I’m finally confident enough of my knitting abilities to unleash them upon the unsuspecting public. I have signed up for Secret Pal 9, one of a slew of knitting exchanges on the Intertron (sometimes referred to as the Internet). It’s starting up in just a few days now, and runs for about 3 months. I [...]