Kitten Mittens

I promised to post my knitting and then didn't, but I was in the middle of a mitten class; I thought I would wait until I had all of my mittens done.  This class I had clever names for all of the mittens and started because of the clip above.  I always said I took a kitten mitten class, and made a pot holder mitten (it works too), then the Kool-aid mitten, then we made the Jackie O's, and finally the f@$# awesome mittens (I was impressed that I got the design right) Mittens from left to right.

 Unfortunately I don't enjoy making mittens, so most don't have pairs except for the Jacki O's and the f@$# awesome mittens because they are awesome!

Trouble with Dos

 

Dos has been out of sorts lately.  He started limping and first we thought it was the right front leg then his left.  He shut himself down, sleeping not eating.  Daniel loved it because he could attack the cat with all the love he wanted to and Dos was too tired to get away like he usually does.  It go so bad that we started picking him up and moving him in the same room as us so he could be with us or else he would meow and act all pitiful like we were doing something some much cooler than we actually were.

 Finally I couldn't stand it and asked my mother-in-law if he should go into the doctor, she sounded like we should so I made the appointment right as the vet was closing for the weekend for Monday morning. That weekend to act better so typical because I always seem to do that.  Monday came around and Dos wasn't sure, but thought if he could hide behind me it would all go away, but that wasn't good enough, so he hid his face in the cushion and thought he was safe. The vet announced that he had lost two pounds since seeing him last (three weeks ago), and not only were his front legs just fine, he threw a disk in his back near his left hind leg.  Only 1 in 50 cats do this and he gets to not jump on things (yeah right!) in order to get better and not to chase things(mostly dogs throw their disk out so they have the problem of chasing things).  He got sent home with steroids to strengthen his muscles. Dos has no problem taking the meds. He thinks they are treats, but their too small for him to eat, so down they go with our hands.  Daniel said he purred while it happened, but when I got home he was over that.  Still loves his drugs though, and is clumsy when he jumps (I can't always prevent him), but he is mending quickly.

Lazy Saturdays

Clearing the clutter

Before

I have not quite gotten to my kitchen because I still don't think that I can throw out any of my kitchen gadgets, but I have a whole year to work on that goal.  I did notice what a mess my laundry room had became, so I downsized and straighten that area.  I incredibility accomplished today.

After

Nights with the crew

I don't usually talk about what I do when I go out with my crew.  Partly I do this because I am a "slam clicker" (someone who goes to their room, shuts and locks the door)therefore nothing happens, and well some of the little restaurants are just exciting to me, there isn't really anything to rave about, but I just like them.  This week my crew had heard of Gus' famous chicken in Memphis on the travel channel, so we had to check it out.  It was some awesome chicken; grease galore!  It took a while to make, so we knew it was fresh.  Can't get any better with cheesy memorabilia,  large amounts of beer, and genuinely great company.  The only downer was that it was a good mile and a half from the hotel and we had to walk home in a down pour of rain, and I was the only one without a hood.  I looked like a drown rat with my crew looking refreshed  and ready to play some more.  At that point I definitely slammed clicked and burrowed into my warm bed.