Universe Smack Down!

So I went into work this morning, looked at my calendar and thought "Wow, no meetings until 1 PM, I can get a lot of work done!" That's when the Universe swept down, smacked me upside the head and said, "Think again, sister." I must say that I think I heard just a bit of sinister laughter somewhere around 10:30 as the morning was slipping away......

To update you on the cat wars, currently, Misty is sitting behind the television taking a bath and whiskers is sitting on a pillow in the chair watching with disdain. Things have not gone very smoothly with these two. Surprisingly, Misty is not the aggressive one. Oh sure, she growls and hisses with the best of them but she's not the one doing the chasing, if you know what I mean. I'm pretty sure it will all work itself out but in the meantime, the humans in the place are a little stressed about it.

Not much news on the needlework front. I have been working very slowly on Hanami. I have three of the seven repeats done of the first section. I started the Linen and Lace Cardigan from Interweave Crochet, Spring 2007 and the Tilted Duster from Interweave Knits, Fall 2007 edition. I don't want to leave any room for boredom now because, as they say at work.....

"A bored Mary Pat is a baaad Mary Pat!"

Toodles.

2 Cats, 1 Room...now that's progress

The Move

The past several weeks have been NUTS!!!! Yep, I moved. It was a gruel weekend but we did it. We had some help on Saturday morning to move my furniture and a few of the heavy boxes that Karen and I couldn't get by ourselves. There are still some boxes around but not too many. I finally had a weekend off where I wasn't travelling and I was able to get quite a bit done. (OK...it really was just 2 weekends ago that I moved, I guess that's not too bad.) Anyway, the new apartment is lovely. It's huge compared to the one I had.

The Cats

Ladies and Gentlemen....In this corner we have the wise and experienced 15 year old welterweight claiming ownership of the human named Karen, who hails from South Florida........Whiskers!!!!!

In this corner we have the 4 year old heavyweight claiming ownership of all the furniture and the the human female known as Mary Pat with one year of California lifestyle under her paws.....Misty!!!!!

Let the games begin!

For the first week, we kept Misty and Whiskers apart. Only one was allowed free run of the apartment at a time. While each one knew there was some other animal around, neither one had to be bothered with it too much. Last weekend, we introduced them to each other by having each one in their cat carrier and letting them see each other. My oh my, that was not pleasant. We went back to keeping them separated. Misty took to staying under the bed. Whiskers for the most part was pretty laid back about the whole thing. She seemed to take everything in stride.

Since Wednesday, I thought we might as well just keep all the doors open and let them figure it out on their own. It's been very slow and there's been a lot of hissing and growling but we are making progress. You can see that they will at least be in the same room at the same time and be relatively okay with each other. (Click on the picture to make it bigger.)

Soon the hissing, growling and posturing will be better. Karen has been away since Thursday so Whiskers keeps looking for a human to attach herself to. She keeps trying to hang out with me but Misty will have none of it. The one good thing is that Misty can jump up high and will get on top of the kitchen cabinets to be safe and to keep an eye out for danger. The only rough time for me is when they are on each side of me and my head is in the middle....I hear hissing and growling in one ear and hissing and growling in the other ear.....not a good place to be.

Knitting

Not much progress on Hanami. I've finished the second of seven repeats of the basketweave pattern. I am becoming a little more comfortable with the whole lace thing but not ready to tackle anything more complicated than this for now. I am going to make another Lutea Lace Shell for a friend of my Mom's. That will be a quick knit once I get the yarn. I also have a crochet project to start. I'm not sure I have the right yarn for that one....I guess I better get my stuff out and figure it out. Did you see the Vogue Knitting 25th Anniversary edition....what a beautiful magazine. There are quite a few items in there that caught my eye.