Monday, January 30, 2006
East Meets West
For dinner last night I make shrimp spring rolls (with my own peanut
butter-hoisin-rice-wine-chili dipping sauce!), and he makes chocolate
chip cookies.
Prey Meets Predator
In the middle of a lively game of cat and cat
The boys get frisky after one finishes his business in the
litterbox. Cat gives away his whereabouts by noisily scratching the
box, alerting the other cat to quickly take low position
behind the doorway or the scratching post. Cat exits litterbox,
and is immediately aware that he is being stalked. He waits, sniffs the
air, pupils dialating a little, and finally puts one tentative paw
forward. That's when cat behind doorway or scratching post reveals
himself with a savage spring and BOING! Eight paws go thundering across
the room!
Conehead Meets Domehead
Look! Knitting! So grumperina
laid the smackdown last week when she posted the nipply conehead
properties of the shining star hat, mine in particular, and in so
doing, exposed my knitting slackness for all to see. I knew something
was iffy about the pattern but chose to let it be. I am not a
perfectionist, at all. Ever. Never. But thank goodness someone is.
Better her than me to improve upon the pattern. I made another shining
star sans nipple and it is sooooo much better. Much more like a skull
cap, which I like.
During this process I've come to the decision that I don't like
cashmerino anymore. While it is very soft and luxurious, it's also very
limp and saggy, and doesn't hold its shape. You should see my bolero
aubergine and how sad and lifeless it is. I blame the microfiber
component for that. The new creme hat I made using 100% wool, and
while the size and gauge is the same, the cashmerino version fits
way too big. It just stretches and stretches.
Rabbit Meets the End of the Rainbow
Happy
Chinese New Year again! I was born in the year of the Rabbit. I
am a LUCKY rabbit who eats CLOVERS all day and...plays with
LEPRECHAUNS. I just received news from the Irish Consulate that my
application for citizenship has been approved - woot - and now all I
have to do is send them exactly 126.97 Euros, drawn from an Irish
bank. What. The lady at the consulate said, "Just get a friend in
Ireland to do it for you." Ha ha what friend?
Filed Under: Life | Shining Star