A Little Yarn On The Side

It's 3:00 PM here and so far, no one has needed to go to any sort of doctor or vet--we're making progress!  We're not great, of course, and I don't think I've been forgiven for yesterday's trip to the vet just yet, but after being pulverized by the physical therapist yesterday, I felt good enough this morning to go for a walk around our subdivision today.  Not a long one, but I think I could have.  Because of all the issues in the last few weeks, it's more important than ever that I don't hurt myself because it just winds everything back up and undoes all the progress I've made the last 4 months.  So I'm trying very, very, VERY hard to do nothing to upset my back, so a small walk that I can do is 1000-times better than a longer walk that I can't do.  Of course, yesterday after physical therapy I wasn't feeling nearly as good, so I've had a bit of a crafting marathon.  Being so close to my ornament goal, I decided to dig out t...

I thought I'd do a quick update. Andy: Cold mostly gone, still some coughing Calisto: seems to be doing better, no more horrible things happening in the bathtub, has only drawn blood during two doses of antibiotics Theo:  able to pee in small doses this morning but yowling a great deal.  Most likely an actual urinary tract infection and would mean two cats on antibiotics simultaneously Toni: totally flattened by a back relapse Monday and Tuesday, feeling good enough today to be flirting with the idea of running away from home............. We're a sad lot around here, needless to say.  I am going to be even sadder if I have to medicate both cats.  But at least I'm up and around today and have Jeeves making new ornaments, which is a nice change after the last few days.  I'd like to say I know what I did, but I don't.  The only thing I do know is that doing my stretches Monday night to help "fix" the problem made it much, much worse, and I spent th...

As it's the weekend, it's hard to really say whether I'm still on vacation or not--especially considering how much kitty-care has been happening during my "vacation," but there was some ornament progress yesterday, and I am only 29 ornaments away from my goal!  I'm going to can some tomatoes this morning, but the jars and lids are already cleaned so it should be a pretty quick project, so I'll have some time for crafting this afternoon, so maybe there will be two more cat ornaments by the end of the day.  That little mass of fabric in the center is an attempt at a candy cane ornament from a cookie cutter, and is being such a pain to turn inside-out that it may never get past this stage.  I had hoped to finish a bunch of sewing projects this past week, but next time I'll know to check with the cats to see what their schedule is going to be.  Theo seems to resent the attention Calisto is getting, and is refusing to eat his supplement-enriched foo...

So I was going to wait until January 1 for the sake of simplicity, but after a second visit to Joann's yesterday, I'm not setting foot in that place again for the next 2 months anyway, so Crafting Buying Ban #2 kicks off today.  This year I will make one exception up front:  I didn't get another embroidery card for Jeeves, and the dealer I use is a 4-hour round trip drive away which I won't be able to do for a while yet, so if I need one next year, I can go get one.  Otherwise, no new crafting anything until November 9, 2014.   Andy's plane was arriving yesterday, so I decided to run to Joann's for the black fabric and the grocery store for chicken soup before heading to the airport.  I do not say this lightly, but the grocery store was WAY more fun than Joanns.  For those of you who don't have Joann's Fabrics , it's a big chain store that depends on volume, not loyalty.  They closed two smaller stores here a few years ago to implement a "Supe...

I have been to a fabric store WITHOUT going crazy!  Actually, I've been to two.  The morning started with tracking down Calisto and dropping her off at the vet's on my way to physical therapy.  I was worried she might have worms, and decided that even I have limits on my vacation, so thought she was best in the hands of professionals.  I grew up on a cattle ranch and have wormed horses and done all sorts of bizarre things, but Calisto has never been given medication of any sort outside her normal shots, and before risking life and limb to do it, I wanted to make sure it was necessary.  And I have been rewarded for my sins with 10 days of antibiotics to give her twice a day.  Because what's more fun than medicating one cat--why, medicating TWO cats. Not surprisingly, my back was was pretty wound up for therapy, so the massage was painful, but I finished up just when the stores were opening at 9:00, and decided to take the plunge anyway.  I had a "25...

It seems I spoke too soon. Theo was able to pee Monday morning, but by evening not so much.  He could get small amounts out, which is usually the sign the trouble is going away, but it's not been followed by getting worse.  So Tuesday morning, I packed up Theo in the cat carrier and bustled out the door first thing so I could have my little buddy at the vet's when they opened at 7:30......which would have been a much better plan if the VETS arrived at 7:30 as well.  They, however, roll in at 9:00, so to add to his stress issues, Theo spent 3 hours at the vet yesterday in addition to getting his pain shot.  I was finally able to pick him up and by the time we were back home and everything taken care of, my little buddy and I both needed a nap. Not to be outdone, I woke up to find Calisto had done unspeakable things in the guest bathtub--tracking it all over the floor and carpet for extra fun.  Theo's vet visits always freak her out a little (I'm not sure why...

Theo can pee!!!!  Day two of my vacation WAS going to consist of cramming him into the cat carrier and dropping him off at the vet's while I went to my appointment with the physiatrist.  It would probably be more of a vacation if MY appointment got cancelled as well, but as only one of us was facing a rather unfortunate episode involving a thermometer, I can cope my own appointment.   And in the I-can't-believe-I've-made-it-this-far category, I'm starting day two of my vacation with 321 ornaments done for the year so far and 44 to go.  I think making Christmas ornaments is actually going to continue as a regular part of my hobbies, but I do have to admit that the idea of making something slightly larger than 6 inches is alluring as well.  Guess size DOES matter.  :) I finished one of the blue kitty ornaments, which is cute, if not very Christmas-y, and the ski boot is stuffed and sewn up, but looks a little bit boring.  Maybe this is why I ...