Everyone, meet Kuro:
A store in the Uptown shopping center where I work has been giving baby kitties away and when we found out, Aaron said I should go get one. Kuro was the very last one there which makes me so happy because he’s so perfect! Well, mostly perfect, he doesn’t recognize OUR bedtime yet, he thinks it’s playtime and the bed is his jungle gym. Other than that, he’s been great. Rinoa even likes him. First think she did after sniffing his face was lick his bum. o.O; This was a better reaction than we were expecting. She since established her dominance of the household, which he seems to understand so everything is pretty peaceful. And by peaceful, I mean, there has been no kitty tantrums (from Rinoa) and while he loves to attack legs/skin/shoes/yarn/anything that moves/etc, everyone is happy.
In the morning, he wants nothing more than to sit on Aaron’s lap while he’s on the computer. It took a few days, but he’ll cuddle with me a bit now. (Maybe it’s a male bonding thing?) Last night we went to bed and I started playing my DS, he wanted to play and after a bit of struggling to get him to stop we compromised by him lying on my chest or in my armpit. <3
In other baby kitty news, this is what I saw when I looked out my sliding glass door this morning:
These are two of three babies from a pair of strays that hang in the area where we live. Super cute huh? We actually tried bringing home the little Siamese looking one in the front, but being a stray, he wasn’t going to have that.
I can’t wait to get home tonight and play with my two awesome cats!
[EDIT: Last night I remembered about Pierrot Yarns website and they are having a sale on cotton yarn. I priced out about how much yarn I would need for the Hermione tank it would run me about $24 + shipping. That's a LOT more affordable. I just might place the order this weekend.]
While browsing through knitting forums the other day, I found a gal who knitted up Hermione’s sweater from Order of the Phoenix, and remembered just how cute that sweater was.
I saved the pattern because I think I would like to knit one up for myself. After thinking on it a while, I decided there is absolutely no reason to knit this since it is summer time. BUT why not mod it and make a tank top out of it? Why not lower the neck line, take off the sleeves, then add a small rib around it. It would be adorable! Of course I would make it out of cotton. Knitty Gritty Yarn has the loveliest cotton yarn right now, and I’m pretty sure they have all the right colors. The thing is, it’s $10 a hank and there are eight different colors, I think… so that would be a pretty expensive tank. So I’ll have to think on it some more.
In the mean time, new news:
1. We got a kitten. His name is Kuro.
2. I just broke the new lvl cap in FFXI and hit lvl 76 with my black mage.
3. Have a great night!!!
While I am writing this I am knitting my Grammy a chemo hat. Aaron and I discussed the term “chemo hat” and we decided we did not like it- it is not the most positive sounding name. We thought just plain old “beanie” is better. My Grammy, a strong and awesome woman, is going through it now and seeing how it effects her an eye opener.
All throughout my life, she has always been one of my most favorite people, and it hurts me to see her in pain. That is why I want to knit her a beanie. So she has something from me made with bunches of love. I want her to think I am actually hugging her head all the time she is wearing it. That’s a funny thought- my grabbing her by the head and giving her a big squeeze. *^_^* Hehe!
Earlier this week I ordered Boutique Knits so I can knit her this and this. Both of these hats remind me of her even though she likes more simple styles, but if I knit them in soft/warm colors I think she’ll like them.
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I just got off the phone with Aaron and I was telling him how I was knitting Grammy a beanie and he said, “OH! You should call it a ‘cutie hat’!” I think that is a GREAT name! So that, I think, will be the new name for Grammy’s hats.
This blog post has taken me over an hour to write since I am at work and am knitting a hat at the same time. My first cutie hat is now done and I love it! It’s a yellow broken rib stitch beanie.
Like this only yellow
On a totally random note, I started playing with the Tamagotchi that Aaron bought me. So far I have a little boy Ringotchi:
His name is “Maru”. It has been a lot of fun playing with him! Last night Aaron bought me a Mothra Tamagotchi, in celebration of us watching the movie Mothra vs. Godzilla. Mothra, as of a few days ago, is my most favorite monster EVER and I cannot wait to have my own little Mothra. If you raise Mothra to be a good mannered/behaved Mothra, it can evolve into something cool like “Rainbow Mothra” and if you raise to be ill tempered it can evolve into Godzilla. AMAZING! xD I should get that in the mail in a week or so. Yay!
Oh my! It’s almost time to close the store- the day has flown by so unbelievably fast today! *waves*
At family dinner night my Dad gave us presents of heirlooms that were his parents- beautiful beautiful heirlooms!
First off, this beautiful locket that was my Nana’s and her mom’s before her:
This pretty and large necklace:
Also (which I didn’t take pictures of) he gave me a set of “glove stretchers” which are awesome, and we each got a four-leaf clover my Papa picked when he was alive. OH YEAH, my dad also gave me a blue glass Hershey Kiss with a note that said “Hugs and kisses always”. HOW SWEET! Most awesome gifts tonight.
I mentioned wings in the heading because I really do have them. Yellow ones in fact. Check them out:
Pretty awesome huh? They are working headphones and headset. So perfect for my iPod for music and my laptop for LAN parties. I’m SO HAPPY with them. They are beautiful and I can’t wait to use them!
So it’s time to head to the bed and watch Godzilla movies until I fall asleep! Nite nite!
