There’s nothing like it when it comes to winding yarn.
Laying down on the job is not for Maude.
She uses several methods.
After all this hard work, it’s time for a nap.
And here is the end product. Not bad for a seven pound cat.
Archive for the ‘my pets’ Category
Cat Help
September 5, 2008Autumn
September 2, 2008
I forgot to mention that Autumn received her socks. I sent along one of my sock patterns and enough yarn to make her own pair. I hope it inspires her. I also sent the rest of the yarn in case something happens. In exchange, she is sending me something truly unique. I forgot today is Labor Day hence there was no mail and no sock club kit. Pook.
Poor Gus. I had to lock him outside so I could work on pinning my quilt in peace. You would think he was dying. It was very nice out there, but he could see me and was not at all happy. There is not much left to pin. I should be able to start quilting in a day or two. And then, I can do SOMETHING ELSE!!
My first glove is almost done. I worked on it some today. I needed to get into a comfortable position for a while after all the pinning.
Can you see my little finger sticking out?
Dr Pepper, What Happened?
August 29, 2008Has it changed? Or is it me? I used to like Dr Pepper. I’d get it when we stopped for fast food. Since I retired, I have plenty of time to cook so I hadn’t tasted it much in the last few years. A few weeks ago, we were out doing errands and I was rather tired so I stopped for burgers and I got Dr Pepper. It seemed weak, but I thought it was from all the ice. The other day, Doug picked up a case of Dr Pepper at the supermarket. He has always been a Dr Pepper fan. He said to try some. Even straight from the can, it did not have the burst of flavor that I have come to expect. It’s kind of—–boring. What happened?
Be sure to get my good side.
I decided to work on my quilt this afternoon. I needed to lay it out on the floor so I folded up my cutting table so I would have plenty of room and light. Zip took this as a sign for a photo op so here you are. Maude could have cared less.
I forgot to take pictures of my gloves, not that I have gotten that much done on them anyway.
Venting
August 23, 2008I’m glad I did it. I feel so much better today.
I finally tackled the weedy mess on the other side of the garage. I am getting some Iris and Daffodil bulbs from Kevin in the fall and I want to put the Iris there. I found an old mostly dead rose bush so I cut it way back. We’ll see on that. I like roses, but not the thorns. There are also two ugly, prickly, little bushes that I think I will dig up.
I didn’t get much knitting done and I didn’t take a picture.
Elvis and Maude
- a good day for turtles
Finished Quilt Back
August 20, 2008
quilt back
It was hot again today so I was able to finish my quilt back. And it is the exactly right size. Sometimes, I am so good, I can’t stand myself. It isn’t even a 1/4 inch off anywhere. Now, I have to sandwich it together, which sucks. It means I’ll have to completely clean off my cutting table. Trying to do it on the floor would kill me. I also have to decide how I am going to quilt it. I never done anything this big before.
I have got to take a better picture of the top
Doug is not stomping on Gus. He is about to rub his belly. No wonder he follows him everywhere.
Only a Few Lines
August 19, 2008It’s much hotter today. We put the air conditioning on shortly after getting up this morning. We took Gus down to the river and walked back through the woods in an effort to keep out of the sun. I only did a few rows of knitting as it was too hot to sit outside until evening. I did, however, work on my quilt back. I may be able to put it together in a few days. Don’t hold your breath. That’s about it for today.
Cat Bed
Here I Sit
August 18, 2008
Sleeping Maude
I was supposed to do something, but I don’t remember what it was. Oh, well. Can you have hot flashes when everything has been removed? I never really had them so I don’t know. Maybe senility is finally setting in. I know I called my daughter this morning. My phone says so. Why hasn’t she called me back? She’ll probably call when I’m on the toilet. She’s good at that. Maude is here, sleeping under the desk lamp making little sucking motions with her mouth. Her fur is so warm. She’s making me hot.
Progress was made on the gloves today. Here’s a picture.
Doesn’t it look much better?
No Power
August 13, 2008I was happily knitting on my never ending sweater and watching TV when the power went out. It just recently came back, but I have forgotten what I was going to say. I noticed that there was only one picture on yesterday’s blog so here is what was missing.
Elvis
And Again with the 15 Bean Soup
August 5, 2008About 30 years ago, I was standing at the spices at my local supermarket. I picked up this bottle of Smoked Hickory. Well, I used the last of it in the soup and when I went to the supermarket today, there wasn’t anything like it. I did pick up something called Smokey Mesquite, but it will probably not be right. I am very sad. I’ll have to see what I can find on line. I don’t think I forgot anything else, except water, of course.
Get out your big Dutch Oven. Do they still call them that? It has to be big enough to throw all this crap into and about three quarts of water. Open the bag of beans and dump it in the pot. Cover the beans with water plus an inch extra. Put it on the burner and turn it on high. When it starts to boil, turn it off after a minute or two. Go away for one hour. This is known as cheating. You are supposed to soak them overnight in cold water. But, what if you got up the next morning feeling like hammered out snake sh*t and you’ve got all these soggy beans? What are you going to do then? Huh? Mainly, I have to be in the right mood to do this.
Dump the beans in a colinder and rinse them off and rinse the pot, too. Put the beans and the hambone into the pot with two quarts of water. Bring to a boil and let it simmer for at least 2 hours, probably 3 hours. You may have to add more water. The meat should come easily off the bone.
About half an hour before, start chopping the onion and garlic. Sometimes I cheat with the garlic and use those little jars of chopped garlic. It depends on the time of year and how much cooking I am doing. Get out the rest of the ingredients and open the cans.
When all 15 varieties of beans are done, it is time to take out the ham bone and all the meat and fat. You can let it cool for a bit. Who wants to handle hot meat just out of a boiling pot? Throw out the fat or give it to the dog. I used to have a German Shepard/Husky that could eat anything, but Gus is only 50 lbs so I have to be careful. Chop up the meat into bite size pieces and put it back in the pot. Throw in all those other ingredients I mentioned yesterday. Let it boil up for a few minutes, then turn it down and let it simmer for half an hour or so.
At this point, a normal person would put a little in a bowl and taste it. That way you know if you should add anything. Not me. I put the cover on the pot and have something else for supper or even better. Go out to eat.
Before anyone asks. Yes. I have dumped out the beans and counted 15 varieties.
Tomorrow, it’s cornbread.
- Doug and Gus on the track
See. Gus isn’t very big. He’s looking at the geese.
Yeah!
July 17, 2008My son is here for a few days. He passed his last class. He was very happy. And so were we. I am still amazed that he stuck it out and can now graduate. We talked about many things this evening. I made crabcakes. On my way home from the ophthalmologist this morning, I stopped at a stand and got corn on the cob. Yesterday, I made raisin walnut spice cake and Doug bought chocolate ice cream. We had a nice little party. I’ll probably be sick tomorrow, but it was worth it.
ducklingsI took this early this morning. It reminds me of one of those carnival games.sleepy Gus
Notice his nose in Doug’s shoe. That is so gross.
Up a Creek in Lower Slower Delaware 
