Friday Mishmash

Thank you for all of the comments on my 8 year blogiversary post - I loved hearing from my regular commenters as well as the invisible readers.  I know more people read than comment, but whenever I do get a comment from someone who I've not heard from before (or very often), it reminds me of how far reaching this blog really is, and that's a wonderment to me.  You guys made me feel good.

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I was surprised with a flower delivery yesterday:

 

I had a better shot, but knew y'all would appreciate Paco nosing his way into this one..."dese flowerz smell gud" 

Allie sent the flowers with an apology note for making me sick - she was getting sick when we were visiting her over Mother's Day weekend (so much so that on the day we left, I made a quick trip to the store to leave her with soup and crackers and drinks and medicine).  Jeff got what she had, and then on Monday, I started feeling bad and by Tuesday I was diagnosed with bronchitis.  I was feeling really bad on Wednesday, but while I sounded terrible yesterday, I started feeling a little less like death.  I stayed home from my gift shop job, which I hated to miss, but there's no way I needed to be spreading these germs around at the hospital, that's for sure.  

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I've mentioned a time or two that our cats, who we adopted together from the same cage, don't get along.  Much hissing and spitting is heard whenever they pass each other, usually from Kip (the tiger-striped one), so they mostly avoid each other.  It's like they are divorced but still share the same house - the master bedroom belongs to Henry, Jeff's office belongs to Kip, and they take turns in the laundry room, where their food is located.  So you can imagine that whenever they are willingly spending time together, SOMETHING BIG is happening.  The other morning, I noticed that both cats were in the same spot:

 

A little lizard/gecko/critter...which was fascinating enough for both of the cats to get along while they observed it.

I have no idea what happened to the critter...but this was behind my knitting chair, so I'm dearly hoping I won't open a project bag and have a heart attack when said critter runs out!

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Because I don't have enough knitting projects going on, I joined a sock KAL (knit-a-long) with the Mason-Dixon knitters.  I am using a skein of yarn that I bought last fall at the Columbia Gorge Fiber Fest; this KAL was helpful in prompting me to stop staring at how pretty the yarn is and instead, actually knit with it.  I've been making good progress on the sock, which probably has a lot to do with me being home sick all week - I'm either knitting or napping!  Here's what I have so far:

I like how the slip stitch pattern highlights the individual colors.  Yarn is Thoroughly Thwacked Stalwart Stock, colorway is Pastry Bandit.  Pattern is Slip Stitch Lines.

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Have a great weekend!