There's nothing like giving someone a hand-made baby blanket two days before the baby's born (and since we're in the office, on the last possible day we coulda given it to her). The baby was a couple weeks early, though Anna had some warning (you know, the dilation and the whatchacallit thinning of the cervix and all that other mumbojumbo.) and the ( Read more... )

On Saturday night, I approached the stash to see if suitable bulky yarn existed for Seth's next knitting project -- a scarf to be donated to the craft auction on December 1 to help raise money for Loretta Kennedy, a local woman who works for Fare Start, a local nonprofit, and who is undergoing breast cancer treatment.

But this is what I found:


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Maxcat is doing better. Thank goodness for Seth being such a great human and caring for the sweet beast with me. Thanks also to the commenters on that post ( Read more... )

Max cat got some serious(ly bad-smelling/messy) stomach issues yesterday and I took her food away this morning to see if that would help (most common recommendation for cats with first-time diarrhea). She's never been ill before so I'm a bit in denial. She's fine, right? Right? Anyone with any experience here ( Read more... )