Wednesday, February 14, 2007

You want a little snow with that heart?

First - apologies to those of you who may have had problems posting comments yesterday.  That situation has been remedied (that is, the symptoms have been treated!) and we’re working on a permanent cure :) One further addition to yesterday’s note:  Comments will now be turned off after a week.  I had been leaving them open for a month but the comment spam was making me nuts.

Second - cats are crazy - you ever notice that?  Goldie likes to lick things.  God knows what he’s looking for but he lick the handles of the TV cabinet, the cotton thermal blanket on the bed, the edges of the shelves in the bathroom.  His especial favorite is the kitchen table and chairs but I always stop him when I catch him at it because I worry that this isn’t good for him.

He followed me out to the kitchen last night and promptly started licking the table leg.
“Stop that!”, I said, nudging him away gently with my foot.
He jumped into Myria’s chair and began licking the back of it.  I nudged him off the chair and he went around to the other side of the table - where I couldn’t reach him easily - and started licking that leg :) He may be eccentric but he’s not stupid.

After faking him out with a treat, I hauled him into my lap for a small, utterly ineffective lecture.
“Look - you can’t keep doing this.  We’re going to wind up with bald furniture and you’re going to have a bad case of varnish-tummy!”
His response?
Purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...

We finally have some snow - and I mean more than a dusting!

For days now, I’ve been getting emergency notifications about the status of this storm, the likelihood of it hitting hard in this area and predictions of snowfall ranging from 8 to 24 inches.  Right now it’s not doing much of anything out there but we’re supposedly under a blizzard warning (I’m waiting for “the storm of the century") and we might get as much as 2” of snow per hour later this morning.

Really?  Tell it to Buffalo....

I have worked more on the sweater sleeve, but set it temporarily (very temporarily) aside to work on these:

Nothing terribly fancy, I guess, but cheerful and fun.  I do wish I had some idea of what this yarn was (no labels) because it’s very nice to knit with and even though it has many, many plies that are only loosely twisted, isn’t inclined to be splitty.  I grant you, the cables aren’t as sharp as they could be with a nice, crisp wool, but a soft cable for Valentine’s Day seems like exactly the way to go and I think they look nice in any case.  These will be for Myria.  I know she’s “seen” me working on them the last couple of evenings - but I don’t know if she’s noticed exactly what I’m doing - Heheh.... 

I hope you’re all having a pleasant and romantic Valentine’s day.  It’s only mid-February, so it’s not like snow is untimely and I have no idea why it seems funny to me for it to be snowing today.  But what the heck - the white sets off all those red hearts very nicely indeed :)

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1. Happy Valentines Day Robbyn! Love that red yarn....mmmmm :)

   Posted by Lisa in Oregon  on  02/14  at  02:42 PM
   Location : Bend, Oregon



2. to both of you there- likewise the critters- a very happy valentine’s day-

   your snow pic is beautiful- we’re having a grey day here- nothing pretty going on outside-

   stay happy-

   Posted by  on  02/14  at  03:46 PM
   Location : right here waaay to the south of you



3. Oh, Robbyn, I too made light of the news’ prediction s of “the storm of the century.” (They cry wolf too often.) I was still giggling, but nervously, as I drove home at 8 mph through 10” of very slushy snow.  took an hour to get me into the driveway. I love snow. It’s still snowing as I type this. I still love snow. Especially today. Snow Day = Knitting Day. Hooray.

   Did it snow where you are?

   Happy Valentine’s Day to all, even those who aren’t getting those very pretty red mitts. Me, envious? Why would you think that?

   Best wishes.

   Posted by  on  02/14  at  05:56 PM
   Location : Ohio



4. Lisa - Thanks - hope you’ve had/have/will have a lovely day :)

   Posted by Robbyn  on  02/14  at  08:24 PM
   Location : Inside looking out...



5. Barb - You’re not alone, it seems - apprently the whole country in under clouds at the very least.

   Hope your hearts and flowers have been enjoyable down there - and your chocolates too!  Heheh…

   Posted by Robbyn  on  02/14  at  08:26 PM
   Location : Inside looking out...



6. Mimi - Thank goodness you made it home safely - I am very glad to hear that!  Yes, we did get snow here today and serious winds too and it is still going on.  I’m very grasteful not to have had to go outside today :)

   Posted by Robbyn  on  02/14  at  08:28 PM
   Location : Inside looking out...



7. Bitter cold here, lots of snow and ice and those mitts look so warm and cheery!  Franny, my tiger cat, loves to lick the double-faced adhesive tape meant to keep the cats from scratching the furniture or pulling yarn out of the openwork cabinet doors.  Eww.

   Posted by Rob  on  02/15  at  08:48 AM
   Location : keeping warm in the Allegheny Mts



8. Rob - ROFL!  Leave it to the cats to find something to enjoy that’s utterly icky to their human… Double-faced tape...good grief :)

   Posted by Robbyn  on  02/15  at  09:54 AM
   Location : Inside looking out...

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