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11.18.2004 :: Feeling a little Screwy!
Corkscrew fringe! How fun is that? Although one corkscrew cannot technically be called Fringe, can it? This is from Knitting on the Edge that I borrowed from my library. I was unsure if I wanted to pay the hefty price of this book ($29.95US). I'm glad I checked it out first. The book is nice. It has some good things in it. But not enough great things. Corkscrew fringe is the one thing that I haven't been able to stop thinking about. What can I do with this newfound knowledge? Am I really the kind of corkscrew kinda gal?
I guess we'll see. Maybe not.
Cat Story
You've been warned. If you don't like cat stories, I don't want to hear about it! :)
Fig the cat went outside yesterday in the late afternoon. He usually only stays out a small amount of time. Especially in the cold. Every time we opened the door to let him in, he wasn't there. We'd call. We'd shake the cup of his food (usually gets him running every time! "OH, Yeah! I AM hungry!") Nothing. Over and over we shook and called. Our neighbors must have thought we had finally went over the edge. But that's another story. 8 pm. No cat. 9 pm. Nothing. I decided that I would go for a walk at this time. What I really was looking for was cat on the road, if you know what I mean. Nothing, thank goodness. Then Andy started opening the door and looking out and I knew that I had the right to be worried. If oblivious husband notices how long kitty has been gone, we must send out a search crew. 9:30, he came running up the stairs and into the house. Hugs all around. "Where have you been?" No answer, the little creep. But he wasn't acting right. He was scared. Very scared. Running from window to window, ears on the listen, eyes big and darting, slinking around. We'd comfort. Still scared. Instead of curling up on my new fleece blanket like he usally would, he took his post at the windows. I finally pulled the shades down. Yes, that's right! I usally don't pull the shades at night. Peeping Toms beware! There's not much to see here! Peep away!
I went to bed around 11:30 and he was still on guard.
This morning he seems a bit better, but the ears and eyes are still darting around. He's listening for that monster.
If he doesn't calm down he's going to need a kitty psychiatrist. And some meds to help him out.
Or maybe that's me!
Posted by Sandy on 11.18.2004 AT 07:01 AM
Comments
I think there is a kitty monster out there. I read about some other blogger's kitty who was also scared outside! My kittys are inside kittys but once in a while in the nice weather when we have the patio door open, there is a heart stopping shriek outside from a cat. I always jump up and check on my cats, because they have been known to get out, but they are just looking at me in the house, freaked out, too. So I think it must have been the kitty monster in my neck of the woods!
Posted by: Laura on 11.19.2004 AT 01:33 PM
poor lil fig. He must have been so relieved to find his way home.
corkscrew is so interesting...would it take long to churn out enough for fringe?
Posted by: heather on 11.19.2004 AT 09:41 AM
Hey! When did this post get here? Bloglines has not updated you again, dearie. I think they really have it in for you. Poor, poor Fig! What the ?
Posted by: Norma on 11.18.2004 AT 09:27 PM
Oh, poor fig, poor little guy.
Critters, critters everywhere - givin' fig a big ol' scare!
Posted by: Tiffany on 11.18.2004 AT 03:50 PM
How about some kitty Ambien?
Posted by: Mary Beth on 11.18.2004 AT 01:13 PM
Poor Fig. I hope he doesn't get scared of going out again!
Posted by: monica on 11.18.2004 AT 11:56 AM
Like the corkscrew! I really like the scarf on the cover of that book. Was debating the purchase when i saw Barnes and noble online had it in their holiday sale ($17.97). Seems a deal.
Enjoy your blog alot- have been lurking here for awhile - so hello!
Keep up the great, informative work!!
Posted by: beth on 11.18.2004 AT 10:09 AM
I guess Fig saw something nasty in the woodshed!
(anyone get it?...)
Posted by: Beth S. on 11.18.2004 AT 09:15 AM
Poor Fig! Golly, he really was a scaredy cat last night, eh? Wonder what he saw...
Posted by: Rossana on 11.18.2004 AT 09:06 AM
He must have been doing something REALLY BAD and is looking for them to come and take him away. hahahehehoho
Posted by: margene on 11.18.2004 AT 08:29 AM
LOVE the corkscrew - I be tthat was fun to make. I like the corkscrew scarf in the book - but not sure about a scaf on those small needles!
Posted by: Jackie on 11.18.2004 AT 08:26 AM
How lucky you are that your local library has nice knitting books! There's nothing at mine that is terribly new or interesting.
That cat will never tell where he was. I get worried like that, too, when one of my cats disappears. The first thought is that he has been run over or wounded by another animal, but we also had a neighbor find him in her garage once. My parents and brother were once sitting in the airport limo in the driveway waiting to leave for February vacation when they noticed one of their cats sitting in the back window of my brother's car -- imagine if the poor cat had spent a week in a car during February in Massachusetts! It's doubtful that the cat sitter would have noticed him in there.
Posted by: Susan on 11.18.2004 AT 08:06 AM
My cat Raisin (as in Raisin Hell. He was E-Vell) used to get stuck in garages, unbeknownst to the garage owners. You know, door open, cat in, car out, door closed, cat still in. The first time it happened was on Christmas, actually. I thought he was dead as he hadn't come home for a day and it was cold. I went "looking" around the neighborhood (much like you) but I called his name. Because it was Christmas, it was very quiet. And also snowing. I heard a faint meow and went to investigate. He was trapped in the neigbhors garage. I left them a note but they didn't get home until the next day. It happened a few more times, but just for the workday. He'd be kind of skittish after that.
Dang, I could write a book on raisin' Raisin.
Posted by: marcia on 11.22.2004 AT 03:01 PM