In Which I Prove my Yarn Addiction is Growing

Mail order from Frankfort Avenue Fibers, a yarn-mixer.
There are two of each - to see what her yarns were like.. and WOW I love them!
I bought these at the Yarn Shop in Columbus
5 of the Matchmaker, 3 of the Rowan Tapestry
I ran out of the FireyWind Merino on the Theatre Shawl - it still needs something, sleeves maybe.. so Theatre Shrug?
Willow and Sally are SO GLAD we are home again!
Armscye for potential sleeves.
Mouse says she's feeling good - but misses outside.
Stage 2 on the Grey Shawl
KnitPicks needles came too!
Time to start knitting!
Sally is happy being a knitting lap kitty and not letting me get too far out of sight.. I might get lost again ;o)

We're Off!

We're off to the LinuxFest. My KnitFlix package is winging it's way to Sheryl!

I'm a Cool Cat ... got a real dark eye

My shelter name is 'Tux.'
The boss says I'm a 'slick cool cat!' That's good, right?

Shh.. don't tell the lady, but I'm really a boy. She keeps calling me 'Good Girl', I wouldn't want to make her mad at me! There's a chance I might come back here next week, after something called a 'vet-visit' at the Humane Society. The boss looked me over again with the puppy on hand, and my attitude was entirely different. Instead of freaking out, I just boxed the puppy's ears once then let her lick me... I guess it wasn't all that bad, once I was out of the trap and able to defend myself, or run and hide.

The swelling on my nose was from that ugly cage - I battered myself pretty good in there. It's all better now, people seem to really like me, and I like everyone I meet! Five people have picked me up and they all seem to talk nice and pet me and scratch behind the ears just right.

I talk a lot - I'm a loud cat.. if you talk to me, I talk back! I got to run around in the office bathroom, and didn't even complain much when they brought out this 'cat carrier' thing (It was a lot nicer than the trap, a lot nicer!)



This office place might not be bad after all
The man at the humane society took me in and will take care of me this weekend, and we'll see what happens! They said something about neutering and shots - what are they? And what is this LinuxFest thing these office humans are going to this weekend?

If I don't see you again, at least I know people are taking care of me! The humane society man is VERY NICE! (P.S. - There are even six separate 'cat play-rooms' at the shelter - and only a few cats in each one. Wow! There are cat trees and food dishes and toys.... )

How I got into all of this...

Fourth of July cat spends the night and goes to the shelter

Hiding near my craft supplies
She spent the night at our house last night -- and things went better than expected. Willow made friends, if tentative 'just don't get too pushy on me' friends. Sally still hates her - and is upset at me. It's like an aggravated form of what happened when the kittens came.

Sally: 'I'm the baby, not her! See? I'm the baby - and I don't like her! What is WRONG with you Mom? Why don't you smack her?'

Willow: 'I'm worried about everything, but Mom keeps saying she's O.K.... which makes me worried, but not as much. I'll go sit nearby and stare at her, touch noses with her - and then run away."

And my camera batteries are spent - I only got one picture of her in our house.

She is incredibly sweet. I can't believe this baby grew up on the street - but I know she did. Our boss said any good human interaction she can get now will help her at the shelter, so I've been loving her up. She purrs, rubs my back, legs and plops down in my lap. (I'm sure Sally thinks she is marking me as 'hers' - and that is why she is SO upset with me)

She even let me pick her up and carry her around - with no more than a 'whoa - okay' the first time. She has had a human before, if even just for petting and a dish at the back doorstep. She likes humans and other cats - but knows when to back off and go hide. She hates dogs. I hope the CCHS (no kill shelter) calls me back and we get on the road to giving her a good home.

UPDATE: I just contacted the man at CCHS again, and we can drop her off at 1 pm today - this is a no-kill shelter, and she will go on tour with their PetSmart and adoption shows after she has had her medical attention (which we'll help with). I'm happy now. She is way too sweet for what I know awaited her at our Paris animal control after 2 weeks.

Fourth of July cat hates DOGS

I have a dilemma here - I was an idiot not to even consider she might not like dogs. She is a grown cat, and we probably won't be able to train her out of freaking out.

We are leaving for the LinuxFest on Friday night, and now we have a new cat. And, she hates dogs.. outright hates them with a purple passion. *sigh* There are EIGHT dogs here. Either I stay at home (I'm feeling somewhat better and could make the trip just fine now) and try to take care of her in a room apart from my girls, or we put her out in the yard and see if she can get along with the dogs. She's even afraid of Puck.. the tiny puppy. She just can't stand the sight of them.

:o( I'm not sure what to do.

I've sent off another email to the Carroll County no-kill shelter, as well -- hoping they might be able to help out with her (we would donate her medical cost).

She seems like she would be a very sweet girl, if someone took some time with her, and there were no dogs. She even let me stroke her under the chin and between the eyes - a little, then pulled away because she is still scared. Our boss took her out of the cage and talked to her a little - but she did struggle (no claws, wow) to be let free, and went back in.

What am I going to do?

Fourth of July Cat comes to the Office

This kitty has come to live at the office. I hope s/he does well here. If they catch the black one tomorrow, it's coming here as well -- Good news that the other two black and white cats were given a home by another neighbor of ours that was feeding them as well.
Mouse is sleeping, she has been playing and continues to ask to go outside, but is basically lying low. She was very cute last night and kneading everything - the floor, us, the shelving... Our boss bought her a little pop-up kitty tent and she approves of it highly.

I'm doing better than yesterday, although my medication is making me sleepy. Thanks to everyone for the well wishes for both Mouse and me!