My, when I posted a few tummy shots, who knew that this would happen?!
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Last night I was hanging out at home with the cats when we heard some pretty darn loud thuds out the front window. I went to peek out in time to watch as a woman, cheerfully talking on a cell phone, hurled a brick through the side window of a running car. Then she unlocked the car from the inside, hopped in, and drove away. I’m assuming it was her car and she’d locked the keys in while it was running. But dang, wouldn’t it have been easier to wait for a locksmith?!
A bit later I walked into the bathroom to find Chaos on his hind legs rummaging through the medicine cabinet. Um, looking for something in particular there, Chaos?! Something to fluff up that tummy hair, maybe?!
Finally it was bright enough to take a few pictures of the rest of my dyed and reskeined yarn. Tangentially, we have had a lot of rain here recently – apparently, we usually get 4 inches of rain during June. By yesterday, St Cloud, MN (about an hour northwest of Minneapolis) had received 2.5 inches of rain in June. Yes, during the first three days of the month.
Anyway! Reskeined yarn.
I didn’t bother to reskein this small pink and aqua skein – I just wound it into a ball.
Hmm. Perhaps there’s something wrong with my camera – look at the black blob obscuring most of that shot! You can barely see the poor little ball of yarn.
Here are the other skeins – the top one is the Malabrigo and the others are sock yarn.
*sound of off-camera whistling* -Chaos
*sound of off-camera whistling* -Mayhem
Dang, sure is a lot of traffic in this living room, isn’t there?!
Hmm, maybe he was looking for some peroxide?
Must be rush hour 😉
So, does Mayhem have the fluffier tail?!
Sneaky little kitties, aren’t they? Can’t turn your back on your stuff for a second before they pounce on it.
You made some pretty cool colour choices! 🙂
Mmmmm sock yarn…..still love that lime splash the best!
I’ve been tempted to do the brick thing myself…but geez, the mess! and the repair! I think not.
Wow Chaos, in the Medicine Cabinet? That could be dangerous…I keep to the cabinets under the sink! That’s where Mommie keeps our treats…
Well you obviously aren’t supposed to take photos with them in are you!
Hee hee, wonder what he was doing in the medicine cabinet.
OK, here’s what I think the car-window-smashing-lady was really saying on her phone….
“You think you can cheat on me and get away with it you lying snake. Guess where I am right now? I’m picking up your car for a little drive…I think I’ll take the parking brake off and let it roll down the boat launch into THE LAKE!” *SMASH* “Love you honey…buh-buye!”
I LUUUURV your yarn Chris…it’s beautiful. Is this an emerging talent? Will there be an etsy shop in your future?
Interesting solution to locking the keys in the car.
My, doesn’t May’s tail look poofy in that last shot?
I wonder how far the tummy shots will spread… :o)
Your yarn is beautiful!
Chaos – Don’t worry about the kitty-pattern-baldness. It happens. Just have the 2-legged one pick you up some of that fancy “row-gane” stuff and you’ll be good to go!
Isn’t the medicine cabinet where you keep the “kitty prozac”? Perhaps all this attention is getting to him. I suggest a combination of meow therapy and some Eastern yoga-type meditation. We’re all to quick to reach for drugs in this day and age.
Do you keep the catnip in the medicine cabinet?
a brick? through the window? I’m a problem solver, but even *that* seems extreme to me.
the kitty pictures are making me miss my tiny kitties (they are still up in Philadelphia, while I’m still in Virginia for five more days). They’ll probably pretend like they don’t know me when I get back. That’s their way.
beautiful yarn, by the way. Almost enough to make me want to try my hand at dying (dye-ing?).
I love-love-love-love-love your hot pink yarn!! The purple and blue ones are nice too, but I really love the pink!
I love the green, purple and blue skein. All the colors go so well with Chaos and Mayhem that it’s no wonder they had to be in the pictures.
All your yarn is gorgeous dear. I’m so jealous of your mad dying skills.
Maybe Chaos had a headache and just needed an Advil. It can be stressful, being that cute.
Gorgeous, gorgeous yarn! Of course the cats wanted to be near it.
I know better than to attempt a tummy shot. The cats know where I sleep at night.
Beautiful yarn! I am very impressed as well as May and Chaos.
I love that malabringo! Ok and maybe the pink one. What! But they’re all great. You’re good. 🙂
Too funny about the brick lady. Maybe it was a rental. Love the yarn, it’s very vibrant. Gotta love those tummy shots.
Those rubber neckers always make traffic seem worse than it really is.
Oooo, gorgeous!
I hope Willmar has been getting some of that rain. Dad has planted a bunch of fruit trees this year and could use the help getting them established!
Mmmmm…sock yarn….
It’s raining here today. I don’t mind, we haven’t had it in a while, but other parts of BC and Alberta are flooding, so I guess rain isn’t a good thing for everyone.
That’s SO funny that Chaos would be rummaging through the medicine cabinet. Who knew you needed to kitty-proof the cabinets? 🙂
I think Chaos was looking for some sleeping pills to slip you, to exact his revenge for the tummy shots. 😉
All your yarns are lovely, but I particularly like the blue and the purple skeins. The colors go so nicely with black kitties. 🙂
And the medicine cabinet? Maybe he was trying to figure out what you were taking that would have prompted you to spill all of his tummy secrets.
you know if those thingies of yarn were cobras, those cats wouldn’t be all up in your business all the time, just sayin
Your yarns look really wonderful! Looking forward to seeing how they knit up.
May’s tail is much fluffier–maybe it’s a girl thing. Chaos, stay out of the medicine cabinet! Maybe he was looking for some Rogaine to thicken up his tummy hair.
When are you leaving for CO? Who’s gonna watch your babies?
Chris- was it medication time?
Those kitties, always up to something! (I didn’t even think about Pinky’s cannibalism until you all started mentioning it!). Hmmm…maybe that woman’s time was worth more than the price of a new window?
gorgeous yarns! and hooray for kitty tummies!
Those yarns are soo pretty! Even with the black clouds floating around the camera lens. haha
Weird about the brick woman, wondering who she was talking to on the cell? The person/ex-boyfriend who’s car she was stealing?
Unrelated to your post, but bear with me.
To pass some time I started playing a text adventure game called Wishbringer by Infocom. At a certain point the quest is revealed in that I am supposed to rescue a black cat, the woman whose cat I am to rescue then said:
“His name is Chaos”
Laugh? I nearly cried.
🙂
If everyone in the twin cities would stand in the street next time it rains and blow hard in a southerly direction perhaps some of that abundance would come our way? We’re DRY as a BONE here! Yipes!
I think it’s time to invest in a traffice control system. 🙂
I cannot get over the woman with the brick! That is hilarious!
Love your yarn pics and the cat tales/tails. 🙂
Okay, I’m going to dig out a tummy-shot of Chappy for tonight’s post . . . I know just the one, too!
Chaos had to be looking for hair gel for his tummy. 🙂
A co-worker and I rented a car together for a meeting and we both shut and locked our car doors before turning off the car and taking the keys out. We did call a locksmith but ended up having to break a window anyway.
Nice looking yarn!
Beautiful yarns and lots of paws and tails to help out 😉
Maybe she had a hot date?
I need to take more pics. Jack always gets his belly rubbed.
May and Chaos just can’t understand that you’d want to take any pictures that were not specifically of them…