A Couple of Photos

I knit a swatch of Colinette's Wigwam, potentially to be used for Salt Peanuts. Can you spell expensive cardigan? Oh, I can: Colinette Wigwam. It's so pretty and really nice to work with, but good lord, it is so expensive. It's like, in the spirit of wasting my hard earned money on over-priced cotton, I make this cardigan. Here's my rationalization on the cotton. 1) cotton is much more practical in Houston than wool. 2) I can't find wool tape in a decent color 3) tape knits up significantly differently than regular yarn so I'd rather use cotton than nothing 4) if it turns out crappy, at least I'll have an expensive lesson. But I got gauge on it, so at least that portion of the knitting will be less difficult.

Diabetic Cat: I never thought I would be doing this for my cat, but here we are. Sheesh. Insulin smells very bad. It smells like Band-Aids only more so. I can't think of any way to describe it. Blah. I think the cat is getting wise to the sophisticated "distract him with food" method I am using to administer his insulin. Oh, and the vet had to up his dose from 2 to 3 mm cause his blood sugar was still too high yesterday. Get this, the freakin glucometer you see featured in my photo costs less than a blood test done by the vet. I'm shopping for needles today; allegedly they are the most costly portion of this diabetic cat endeavor.

Oh and remember all that making fun of I did about the number of drugstores near my house. Well, I take it back. Yesterday's research proves that two out of three Walgreen's pharmacists are stupid and can't help you find the glucometer that your vet insisted you get and that they definitely have cause it's branded under the Walgreen's name. It's nice when you only have to drive three miles to find that out.

And what do you do on Sunday morning? Well, I edit my boss' paper. The paper that he totally rushed through and that is full of silly mistakes.

Have a good day.