Yeah, that title is pretty much the level my brain’s at after a day spent comparing cryptic data files at work. *blink blink*
“Doopity doopity doopity do!” -Mayhem
“Hmph. That Mayhem, always trying to get me in trouble. I’ll show her trouble!” -Chaos
Oh oh…
No, no, not a bounty on Canadians. 😉 (Did I just hear a collective sigh of relief from the north?!)
Sadly, I am not receiving all my comment emails, due to webhost issues. I have been reading them on the blog and if they ever do arrive, I shall respond to them post-haste.
Onward. I’ve had a number of questions about what purchases I made while in Canada, so here goes. While Lorraine had Brigitte and I out and about for our yarn store crawl, we also stopped at Blue Banana Market. I restrained myself and only got a couple things.
The magnet says “I only wear black because they haven’t invented a darker color yet.” 🙂
Here’s most of what I purchased from Romni:
Can you tell what my favorite sock yarn is?! They had types of Meilenweit I’ve never seen before. Really, how could I resist?
I purchased enough yarn at the Purple Purl for a February Lady Sweater. (Look! Part of Lorraine is in the picture! I was trying to see how many clashing shades of purple I could get into a single photo without exerting undue effort.)
The yarn is Tanis Fiber Arts aran weight, Plum colorway.
Lorraine also presented me with a fabulous bag of goodies! That keychain in the lower left? The eyes light up and it meows. The magnet says “Be truthful. Does this outfit make me look TOO gay?” And isn’t Socks That Rock’s Rocky Horror colorway about the most perfect October/Halloween colorway ever?! Thank you so much, Lorraine!
When I met up with MamaTulip, she, too, presented me with a fabulous bag of goodies! Thanks, MamaT! (Since I photographed these at home, I had quite a bit more feline involvement than in the pictures with the black background above. Let’s just say that Brigitte’s kitties are much less aggressively curious than are Chaos and May.)
“Big kitty, what do you think this is?! It’s so interesting!” -Mayhem
“I think it’s a kitty who caught a horrible disease, May.” -Chaos
“Oh no! Big kitty, what can we do to help?!” -Mayhem
“Don’t you think you should be more concerned with avoiding its fate?” -Chaos
“Oh no! Is it contagious?!” -Mayhem
“You can’t be too careful, May.” -Chaos
“Oh! Look at its cute toes!” -Mayhem
“Darn, I really had her going. Too bad she has such a short attention span…” -Chaos
Happy sixth birthday, Chaos Kitty! You’ve changed a lot…
and yet not so very much. (Still has that intensity, doesn’t he?)
“Whatever, Mom. Is this the year I’ll finally get tuna cake with ‘nip frosting?” -Chaos
And now for a few random pictures from his early days… Here he is with mom Riley and brother Diablo (and my foot).
Can you see his wee paw, helpfully circled in purple?!
Is it any wonder that one of his nicknames has always been “Clawboy”?
For more Chaotic history (and kitten pictures!), go read The story of the cat formerly known as “Hoho.”
*With apologies to A.A. Milne this time.
Oh, yeah, it is my first day back at work since, um, September 9. I’m sure it’ll be a shock to this system.
Don’t forget to leave a comment on the contest post before 7 pm CDT, today, Thursday, September 3, for your chance to win a copy of Michelle Rowen’s new paranormal romance, Tall, Dark and Fangsome! (Another of Michelle Rowen’s vampire romances, Bitten and Smitten, is a $1.99 ebook from Hatchette Books in September.)
“If I could get up here, it would be great. I would be the tallest, most fearsome kitty girl around! I’d show you, weird plastic cat!” -Mayhem
“But I’m really not supposed to be up here, so I’d better get down before Mom notices.” -Mayhem
“Whatever, May. Mom hasn’t been around, so she deserves to spend her time at home yelling.” -Chaos
“I’d like to knock that smug look right off your bobbly little head, you freakish plastic cat. You’ll be sorry if I ever get up there before Mom snatches me up and puts me in time out in the bathroom.” -Chaos
Don’t forget to leave a comment on the contest post before 7 pm CDT, Thursday, September 3, for your chance to win a copy of Michelle Rowen’s forthcoming paranormal romance, Tall, Dark and Fangsome!
“What are you doing, Mom?” -Chaos
“You’d better not be taking nude bathing pictures of me to post on the internetz is all I have to say…” -Chaos
Aw, thanks for your kind words on Friday. You guys rock!
And now, I go forth to prepare myself for a week of workhell, as things get really, really crazy on my project. Send happy work project thoughts my way, please!
“Hmm. What is the meaning of life?” -Mayhem
Thoughts?
While you’re trying to decide, don’t forget to leave a comment on the contest post before 7 pm CDT, Monday, August 24, for your chance to win a copy of Rita Herron’s paranormal romance, Dark Hunger!
Oh, and we are all fine here – the tornado that hit Minneapolis was a mile or so to the east of us! Yesterday was a very exciting day to work from home, what with the crazy rain, the tornado sirens, and then the flood warnings.
“Even though I’m exhausted from my ordeal, I’ve gotta keep an eye on you, Mom. You’re sneaky with those portable kitty prisons.” -Chaos
*…zzzzzzzzzz…* -Mayhem
Let me start by saying that both kitties should be perfectly fine and that I will update this post after I pick them up from the emergency vet Friday morning (between 7 and 7:30 am CDT). Or maybe that just freaked everyone out more. Update, 8:10 am CDT: Both kitties are fine! Chaos is alternating between mad at me and grateful that I rescued him. May is a bit subdued, but is also still alert and curious (her usual mode). Apparently Chaos was, um, a handful when the vet had to touch him, with much yowling and growling and biting and scratching (perfectly normal vet visit behavior for Chaos). May was quiet and scared, but partway through the night her curiosity got the best of her and she quit hiding so she could see what was going on.
I am so glad to have them both home! It was very, very odd not having them around last night. Even though they aren’t allowed in the bedroom while I sleep, I knew they weren’t in the condo and did not sleep well.
Anyway! I got home from work Thursday and discovered a gnawed and empty medication capsule on the living room floor. And some perfectly fine and unmolested tablets on the kitchen floor. Crap. Guess who put her meds out on the table this morning to take after breakfast and apparently forgot to take them?! Guilty.
Both kitties seemed fine, so I sat down and emailed Jeanne about it. Jeanne immediately pointed me to the ASPCA’s Animal Poison Control website, where I discovered that the medication in question was one of the top ten sources of cat poisonings (link opens a pdf file). Eep. I called the ASPCA’s Animal Poison Control hotline and upon their suggestion, took Chaos and Mayhem to the emergency vet for activated charcoal and overnight monitoring. The emergency vet thought that the kitties would’ve been showing effects already if they’d ingested more than a miniscule amount, but agreed that the activated charcoal and monitoring were wise, since it was an extended release medication.
Let’s just say that I’ll now leave my meds in their SMTWThFSa container and place that on the table in the morning instead of taking the pills out ahead of time…
“How could you take us to the vet, Mom?!! And leave us there overnight?!!” *sniff* -Mayhem
“Vengeance will be mine.” -Chaos
“I will be much, much, much more cranky than this after I get back from the vet.” -Chaos
