All hail Diego’s healthy liver!
Diego’s bloodwork came back completely normal (for the first time in a long time, actually). So the bleeding seems to have been a broken-off rotten tooth or something of the sort. He’ll have to go back in for another dental …
Because we hadn’t been to the vet’s office in almost two weeks…
…clearly we were due for another visit. Let me begin by saying that Diego now seems to be mostly fine and is asleep on a comfy chair in my office, tucked under his favorite smelly dog blanket. I’m on a …
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Yes, correct pronunciation DOES matter
Overheard on the way home this evening, 6th Ave and 54th: “If he keeps up this pace, he’ll be comma toast by tomorrow.” Sounds kinda tasty, actually. Comma toast. A healthy part of your grammatically correct breakfast.
Guess it’s handwashing from now on
The washing machine ate one of my feather and fan socks. Its first time through the washer and it came out all chewed up! I was going to show you a close-up of the hole, but its just too gory …
Romper progress
I’m in the home stretch on the romper, but I’m not sure I’m happy with it. Take a look: There isn’t enough of a top to knit the top in a solid color, I think. It looks off-balance. I’m also …
In case I’ve tempted you to have a stash sale on your own blog…
…something you should know… All the packages have now been sent out from my stash sale the other week…and I spent over $200 in shipping costs. Yeah. I decided to include shipping in the price, thinking yarn is light and …
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The best possible news
You may recall that when I first found Oscar he tested FIV+. The vet said at the time that there was a chance that he was just expressing antibodies from his mother, and that a retest in six months would …
Cold baby! Thumper needs something to romp in!
In all the flurry of the destashing and stash sale, I forgot to tell you something. Remember what started the whole urge to destash? I was looking for the right yarn to knit the Child’s First Sock from Knitting Vintage …
Evidence of actual knitting activity
Rolltop Trekking socks (ball band lost and I have no idea what color # this is) finished. Next pair of mindless rolltop socks cast on (Regia #5399). I’d forgotten how much fun the simple self-patterning sock yarns like Regia can …