Ugh – the past two nights I’ve been awakened in the wee small hours by some very serious thunderstorms. Last night it was 70 mph wind, torrential rain, nonstop blinding lightning, and thunder that set off car alarms. Poor kitties – they are nervous wrecks!
Hockeymom’s having a contest – caption the (a-hem!) picture and you could win some of her hand-dyed yarn or roving. I think Tink or MamaTulip might have a lot of fun captioning this picture (hint: taken while tailgating before a Foreigner/Def Leppard/Styx show..) – maybe you could convince Hockeymom to come up with a non-knitting prize. 😉 Leave your captions by 6 pm, September 3.
Reading Update
Spare Change by Robert B. Parker. I’m not big on Parker’s Spenser mysteries, but I do enjoy the Sunny Randall mysteries. In this one, Sunny teams up with her father.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling. Yeah, I listened to it again. 🙂
Vineyard Stalker by Philip R. Craig. I love the J.W. Jackson Martha’s Vineyard mysteries, but sadly, they will soon come to an end, as Craig died earlier this year. According to his son Jamie, Craig left three completed mysteries (of which I assume Vineyard Stalker is one) and one incomplete mystery.
Knitting Update
Friday night I finished the 9-to-5 Socks (follow that link for yarn and pattern details). They took six days and I totally love them!
Although not as much as some around here do…
“Don’t make any sudden moves, Mom – I’d hate to have to hurt the socks.” -Chaos
“Because I really, really love these socks. How do I love them? Let me count the ways…” -Chaos
“Mmmm… purple stripey socks…” -Chaos
Ooooo, take it from me – don’t. move. Because those wee claws can do some serious damage!
You should be pleased with them! They look great!
*sigh* Poor kitties…We haven’t had any storms that severe in a while. Which is good because my guys would be just as traumatized.
Beautiful socks. God, I love your kitties!
My big dog hates storms likes that and trots around the room, so I don’t get any sleep either!
I can’t believe the crazy weather that has been hitting the Midwest. There was an amazing number of trees down all over the north side of Chicago last week.
Gorgeous socks! I hope you didn’t require Neosporin and Band-Aids after all that feline attention.
Love the socks!
Sorry the kitties are so freaked out by the storms. Poor babies.
Yummy socks! So yummy the cats want to eat them! lol
Looks blue on my monitor, but I’ll take your word for it!
Are all his claws white?
Yowsa, Chaos claws! (nice socks!)
Now do you consider those socks to be purple, or blue? The “is it purple or blue?” line is such a fine one sometimes.
I’ll definitely go check out that picture!
Those thunderstorms have been crazy lately! I keep waking up to shut windows and check on everything (we often have a leak on the porch…) but Jackson has been sleeping through them. (!)
Love the socks!
Beautiful socks! That storm last night was *wild.*
Chris- Can’t you make little purple knitty earmuffs?
I’m lucky- there is nothing that scares Kitten-Chow. Thunder, lightning, bring it on! How about a Mastiff? Pfffft!
The 9-5 socks are awesome. I’m with Chaos and the striped purpley goodness.
Oh! I didn’t know Craig had died. I read Vineyard Stalker earlier this summer and quite enjoyed his work. How sad to know that it’ll be a limited run engagement.
What *is* it with your cats and socks? Goofy critters.
Moxie dances on my head when there are thunderstorms in the night…I have no idea why. Chaos looks completely zoned out on purple stripes…who needs catnip!
You and Chaos have the same exact taste in socks? Interesting……
Chaos looks divine next to that purple colorway – THAT’s why he loves them…he has excellent taste!
(and they ARE gorgeous…)
(((hugs)))
So, Mayhem’s not pictured because there’s no needles present, right?
Anyway! Love love the colors! I queued that pattern on Ravelry after finding it randomly. Can’t wait. Also, I want to try the Craig books… they’re new to me.
Yep–gorgeous socks. Chaos has excellent fashion sense. Delightful classic cables paired with a subtle, stripey yarn (hand-dyed). Seriously, it there were a “lovely” sock category at the State Fair-those would be blue ribbon winners!
Save us the math and publish those bad boys.
We loved the storm–and blissfully slept through most of it. Our greatest debate is whether or not I am willing to provide an open window to “supervise” it. As long as I observe the night distance rules (6 ft. or so), the girls and I are fine.
Is it me or is there a music theme in this week’s headings? “Rainy Monday” morphed into “Magic Monday” and “9 to 5”. Looping through my head. All day.
My Eyes – My Eyes!
6 days….seriously? It makes my months on a sock thing seem kinda sad 😉
Those 9-5 socks are seriously gorgeous! I must say though, Chaos looks pretty serious in his threats! (My 11 YO climbed into bed with us last night when the storms woke him up – not a happy Puck.)
What great socks! The purple on purple stripes are really fantastic. Chaos has such good taste.
I hope the storms abate so you and the kitties can get a good night sleep!
These really are gorgeous socks! I can see why you love them. Mmmm. But Chaos, teethies and claws off the socks, mmkay?
Great socks! Those were a very quick knit! Want to pass some of the fast knitting mojo my way? 😉
You’re so brave, putting your socks next to a kitty like that.
Kitties just LOVE the wool, and if you like to play with it, well it just has to be good 😉 Wow, you listened to Harry Potter again!? How long (in hours) is the audio version?
Chaos has great taste in socks… clearly.
Okay, maybe not catnip but how about Desenex? One of our cats goes mental (in an extreme loving kind of way) over feet that have been encased in Desenex-powdered shoes.
Or maybe the purple reminds Chaos of grapes, and grapes remind him of wine, and wine reminds him that he channels Dionysus REALLY well…
Yeah, I loved those storms! I’m writing from the computer center at the Garden View Medical Building in St Paul…my brother had surgery at United yesterday. I’ve been thinking of all my Twin City blog-friends!
We haven’t had violent storms this summer, but an unusual amount of rain. It is very bizarre to see so much green still. What is with all this wet?!
Gorgeous socks, btw!
“Maybe if I just hold on real tight to this fuzzy purple mommy thing, the big noise will go away. Pleeze???” – Chaos
Beautiful socks, but was that sock love or just a plea for someone to feed them 🙂
Love the socks! Though in the picture they look more blue than purple. (Maybe it’s just me?)
And I think my Suzy has been swapping notes with Mayhem. She has decided that Addis make great snacks. 🙂
I think you did knit catnip in there, Chaos totally looks ready to order a pizza or eat an entire bag of funions.
The socks look wonderful! I hope they still do after Chaos – uh – loves them up a bit!
I absolutely LOVE the “hint” of claw. Whoa! Be careful. snicker:giggle:laugh
Foreigner/Def Leppard/Styx are still touring?????!!!! These old guys need to retire (says the 54-year-old librarian — gad that sounds DULL).
LOL! It looks like Chaos means it. I know, you must be storing your yarn with a pack of catnip.
Katie usually ignores storms unless they are really really bad. Then she hides.
awesome socks — and what a quick knit. i may have to give them a try…
No catnip? I’m sorry but I just don’t believe you;)
The socks are gorgeous, I just cast on mine while I was out of town.
Very pretty!
Do you walk in catnip? Because I’m thinking there must be something up with those socks, even if you swear there’s not.
Oh poor kitty babies, Abner doesn’t mind thunderstorms, but if he’s woken by them, they freak him out a little.
Pretty socks! The nails are quite threatening though. 🙂
We haven’t had the summer storms we usually do, but my cats don’t appreciate them either. Hope C&M are OK. Maybe more catnip will help to calm them.
What kind of yarn do you use that Chaos and Mayhem love them so much?!? (and please tell me it’s really bad yarn so I don’t buy it and tempt Pepper with them 🙂 )
He’s obviously very fond and very… protective… of those socks! I can see why – they’re lovely.
Eeks! The claw, the claw!!!
Great socks! I’m jealous you can knit them so quickly!
Do you notice that they are attracted to certain color socks? Certain fibers? My cats like the blue, yellow, and red felted mousies, but not the green or grey.
Funny how Chaos always goes for the purple socks. They are just gorgeous – I gotta go look at the pattern again 😉
My cat loves hugging/slightly clawing my feet too. Maybe they’re doing sock endurance testing?
Hubby and I just finished listening to Harry Potter 7. It was nice because there were all these little details that I’d missed in my mad rush to read it the first time.