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Feline Friday: I Cans Too Read!

May 6, 2011 by Jennifer Raymond

Hi.

Today I am very serious. You see, I have heard a most upsetting thing. Jen had told me that some of you were dubious about me being able to read.

She told me that last week, and all this week I was most upset.

See how upset I was? Look here, to the right. I have my sad face on.

I am looking down and my ears are drooping and my paw is listless. (See the big words I use right now? This must mean that I reads!)

I am really sad here.

Then I decided I should show you all. I would show you that I cans read.

Look here. I am reading a book. It says Jump! Jen didn’t even have to tell me what it said. It has a frog on it. I like frogs. They are nice and hoppy. I like to chase them.

See? I have my paw on the book and everything. I am about to open it.

I am a very talented cat. Can your cat read?

Feline Friday

April 29, 2011 by Jennifer Raymond

Oh Hi. I am too tired today to be cute.

So today I give you another cat.

You know Jen tries to improve her pictures, right? It’s important, so that you guys all want to buy her patterns or her lessons or read her blog. Every book is better with pictures right?

(Jen note: Ya’ll I don’t agree with that statement, but remember, Zephyr is only reading picture books, so don’t be too hard on him)

So she takes pictures of cats other than me. That’s okay, ’cause I know she loves me the most. So today you get two pictures. Me, ’cause I am cute even when I’m tired. And Sweetness and Light’s favorite neighborhood tabby:

Her name is Ginger. I think I have a crush on her. SHHH! Don’t tel her. She is very beautiful.

Ellie Made Me Cupcakes

April 25, 2011 by Jennifer Raymond

Cupcakes. Ellie made them for me, which makes them Amazing.

Yesterday was my birthday party, and a bunch of people I love got together to help me celebrate it. I will now show you some pictures, because it was amazing.

Even better, she made a cupcake for Michael, which had the most frosting on it of all the cupcakes. This was a great gift, because if it makes Michael happy, it makes me happy.

There’s a rule at Michael’s and my parties, that you need to wear a silly hat. My silly hat, and my rainbow cupcakes. Yes, I really am that happy. Who wouldn’t be? They’re RAINBOW CUPCAKES.

Michael, with his cupcakes, which as more frosting on it than cake.

See? Rainbows. Amazing.

It’s My Birthday!

April 24, 2011 by Jennifer Raymond

I know, Weight Watchers and Pie? Read on.

Yarnies,

It’s my birthday, and right now I’m at the boyfriend’s family farm, and probably sleeping in. (I scheduled this post before I left, because I’m just that considerate).

So, as I might have mentioned before, I’m a member of Weight Watchers. I’ve lost 50 lbs on the program in total, 17, since I’ve moved to Maryland. I go through cycles where I’m really successful, and other times where I’m just going through the motions. I try to be kind to myself when things don’t go right, and not excuse my successes. (I have a habit of ~~saying~~ thinking, well it was just a pound. I could have lost more if I tried. Really, how silly is that? A pound is a big deal).

A big part of my success is the Boyfriend, who stands in the background cooking me delicious dishes, cheering me on, and in general walking the fine line between helping me too much and not helping me at all. (That’s hard.)

One of the ways he does this is by setting up rewards. I’m highly susceptible to positive reinforcement. The rewards don’t have to be that big. My latest reward was supposed to be a bikeride to Mt. Vernon, where we were going to have a southern-style picnic which would include lemonade, fried chicken, potato salad, and strawberry-rhubarb pie. Lest you think that a food reward seems counter-intuitive for a weight-loss program, let me point out the ride to Mt. Vernon is 20 miles. And I would have had to bike back after I’d eaten pie.

Unfortunately, on Saturday when we were supposed to go, it rained.

A lot.

So instead, we went and picnicked under one of the porticos to the EPA building (near Federal Triangle). Then we went to the American History Museum and the Natural History Museum.

Not quite what we were planning, but we’re adaptable.

Yes, Purple Potatoes. How Cool is that? It makes them look so much more nutritious.

The point to this story (other than bragging about Boyfriend’s pie making skills) is that I persuaded the boyfriend to use purple potatoes in the potato salad.

Let me just say, you haven’t had a southern style picnic until you’ve thrown it on it’s head by using purple potatoes.

It was the best.

Anybody interested in the purple potato recipe?

Feline Friday

April 22, 2011 by Jennifer Raymond

Rawr.

I am guardin my toy.

It is red. I’ve broken the handle twice. But it is still good. When I want to play with it I carry it and drop it by Jen, or Boyfriend, or Roommate.

This morning I dropped it by Jen, but she didn’t play with me. She didn’t flick it, or throw it.

So I picked it up and dropped it closer. She still didn’t do the flickies or the throwing.

So I picked it up and dropped it on her face.

And you know what? She kept on sleepin. Not so very good. You would play with me, right?

PS: It’s the Jen’s birthday in two days. You should be wishing her Happy Birthday.

Sneak Peak: Ideas for a Name?

April 21, 2011 by Jennifer Raymond

Yarnies,

I’ve got a sneak peak for you today. I’ll even tell you what yarn it’s in. Three Irish Girls Aiden on Adorn. Try not to drool too much.

Got an idea on the name of them? The stitch pattern kinda reminds me of Totoro, and well, if you can’t figure out by the link then you’ll just have to go ask a friend.

So, any ideas?

In other news, Sweetness fell and smooshed her hand between her scooter and the ground. It was bleeding, and I didn’t have a band-aid (hence why you should always have a paper towel with you… I do!). But luckily, I had some TIG, to save the day. She was pretty excited that my special yarn got to be part of her bandage.

So, do you have any inventive ways that you’ve used your yarn lately, besides the obvious?

Leaves!

April 19, 2011 by Jennifer Raymond

Hello Yarnies,

I must share this. This wonderful, wonderful green.

It is really, really spring. We have left winter behind us. I know, we’re weeks into spring, but I’m so heady with it not being winter, that each change is a new revelation.

For instance, my morning bikeride is actually cooler than it was a week ago. The reason why? A week ago there were not leaves on the trees. Now there are, and the shadows cast in the morning don’t help me get any warmer.

I’m actually quite OK with that.

In other news, I’ve got a few things in the works. Swirl socks are being test-knit, another pattern is in the pipeline, while another one is still in the designing stages. Plus, I think I’m going to be able to score a dress form over the summer, which will make sizing things SO much easier.

There’s also a whole bunch of things going on behind the scenes that I can’t really talk about, but just you wait. As they come to fruition, I’ll keep y’all posted.

Until later,
Jen

Look, No Hands!

April 15, 2011 by Jennifer Raymond

I mentioned that I take care of a sister duo, Sweetness and Light, ages four and one-and-a-half. I’ve been teaching Sweetness how to knit.

Well, this video should say it all. Listen carefully, you will hear Sweetness insisting that she can do it all by herself, without me. I, in the background, am trying VERY hard not to help when I see her struggling. Thank goodness she’s smart enough to insist she do it herself, because if it were up to me I’d always want to be helping.

Just take note here: Not only does she wrap the stitch the right way, but she can pick up dropped stitches.

Feline Friday

April 15, 2011 by Jennifer Raymond

Om nom nom nom nom.

I am a ferocious person eater. Jen knows this because sometimes when she’s scritching me, I decide to lick her. It’s because I’m tasting her and deciding if I’m going to eat her or not. See? Here I am holding Jen’s Boyfriend down so I can devour him.

Because I am so ferocious.

See my claws. Soon there will be nothing of the Boyfriend left.

Om nom nom nom nom.

PS: Jen says today is tax day. Good luck to you humans.

First Spring in Metro DC (Or, An Exuse to Post a Bunch of Pictures)

April 14, 2011 by Jennifer Raymond

Yarnies,

As you might have gathered by now, I’m a Northerner at heart. Or as Boyfriend would say, a Yankee. I grew up always looking forward to Fall. It’s when school started, and I loved school. I loved the leaves turning color, I loved the hot summers and the smell of sticky popsicles and suntan lotion fading to the crisp Fall air with the hint of woodfires. To me, Fall was characterized by going hot cider doughnuts, apple picking, cider in my thermos instead of milk on Fridays, and making leaf crowns. Fall is prime crafting time. I could never understand why people might love Spring instead of Fall.

And then I met the Boyfriend, who couldn’t imagine me liking Fall instead of Spring. Spring had always been mud for me. Mud, and weather that was not quite Winter but not really early Summer either. My first Spring in North Carolina in 2006 was a revelation.

But let me tell you. North Carolina has nothing on DC when it comes to Spring. I’ve never seen so many flowering trees in my LIFE.

I’ve been taking pictures like crazy, because if I tried to tell anyone back north about this, they’d fall off their seats laughing. There’s been times where our few flowering trees haven’t started until the beginning of Summer. Never mind in April. April we’re still sometimes getting snow.

Yarnies, if you’ve never been to DC in the Spring, you have to come.

Maybe the Boyfriend has something. I’m not saying I like Spring more than Fall, but maybe, just maybe, I can understand why some people like Spring better than Fall.

What’s your favorite season?

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