while the rabbit is sleeping

Have you ever done this?

2010-05-26T20:53:00.005-04:00

I spent today shopping for shoes (online cause I'm lazy and I hate other people) and I finally found a pair of sandals that I loved!!!! I put them in my cart, got up to grab my wallet, looked down and realized that I was WEARING THE EXACT SAME SANDALS!
they were a different brand and a different color but exactly the same style. I bought the old pair last summer and wore them almost every day. I had no idea that i was buying the exact same shoes that I was wearing. I was totally freaked out.

Have you ever done this? Am I crazy? senile? Should I still get the sandals? I was so freaked out that I couldn't buy them so I just bought these-- (they're vegan!)

but it's not crazy to buy the same shoes over and over again, right? not if you like them? And they're just flip flops--how many different ways can you do flip flops, right? Right?

I'm crafty!

2010-01-28T08:12:00.004-05:00

Some of my friends like to make fun of me because I am "crafty". I like to make stuff. I like to make stuff pretty. I admit it.
The other day the registration on my car expired. I could NOT afford a ticket. I gave myself a stomach ache worrying about if I was gonna get a ticket, when I was gonna get a ticket, how many tickets was I going to get...and then it hit me!
I photoshopped the registration sticker. And it looked so good, so real, so pretty!!! I really am crafty. If only I could use my powers for good...

DMV rant

2010-01-27T17:46:00.004-05:00

I just spent the whole afternoon at the dmv trying to renew my registration only to find out that they wont renew it because I dont have insurance AND according to them i havent had insurance since 2008!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AAAARGHHHHHHH

Apparently my insurance co was so busy spending my money every month that they didnt have time to tell the dmv i actually have insurance. and, no, the proof of insurance i have isn't good enough--even though the dmv lady believes me, which made me feel oh so much better! NO, the insurance company has to "electronically" send the dmv proof and even though it is 2010(!!!!) it takes 72 BUSINESS hours for them to get this information. So I have to go back on tuesday FEB 2 to renew my registration which expires Jan 31. fuck my life!

2010-01-22T09:05:00.010-05:00

from the ending of WATERSHIP DOWN--

one chilly, blustery morning in March, I cannot tell exactly how many springs later, Hazel was dozing and waking in his burrow. He had spent a good deal of time there lately, for he felt the cold and could not seem to smell or run so well as in days gone by...he awoke to realize that there was a rabbit lying quietly beside him.
"you've been feeling tired" said the stranger, "but I can do something about that"

Hazel followed [the stranger] and together they slipped away, running easily down through the wood, where the first primroses were beginning to bloom.

I never liked the ending when I read the book, but I found it comforting when I read it this morning. I wasn't there when he died. I have been there for HUNDREDS of other animals. Most of whom I never saw before that day.
In a strange way, I find his death comforting. I realized this morning that his is the first peaceful death I've seen. The ones that I am always a part of, are always suffering, painful, struggling for their next breath, not knowing where they are or who I am.
I found him stretched out, in his favorite spot next to the radiator, a pile of big healthy bunny poops next to him. I wish I could have been there, or hugged him before I left for work that night. I wish I could have watched him eat one last cheese doodle.

He was part of my dream, of course-but then I was part of his dream, too.

--from Through the Looking-Glass

Mr. Nosey April 4, 1999 - January 21, 2010

2010-01-21T09:44:00.011-05:00

Do not stand at my grave and weep,

I am not there, I do not sleep.

I am a thousand winds that blow,

I am the softly falling snow.

I am the gentle showers of rain,

I am the fields of ripening grain.

When you awaken in the morning's hush,

I am in the swift uplifting rush

Of circling birds in
graceful flight,

I am in the starshine of the night.

I am in the flowers that bloom,

I am in a quiet room.

I am in the birds that sing,

I am in each lovely thing.

Do not stand at my grave and cry,

I am not there. I do not die.

poem by mary elizabeth frye,

JINX

2010-01-16T11:21:00.003-05:00

one of these days I'll finally learn to keep my big fat mouth shut! Last night I was barely able to watch one episode of the dr. One of my patients decided to go into status and spent half the night seizing. Sad for the doggie but it felt so good to use my mad ER skillz again.

doctor who?

2010-01-15T08:40:00.004-05:00

A few days ago (out of the nowhere) i got a craving to watch dr. who. I was never a "fan" of the dr. I watched a few old episodes yeeeears ago, I liked them but i never saw the whole series.
Last night my patient was the healthest 8 week old saint B I've ever met.
He's also the dumbest. dog. ever. EVER. There's no way in heck these dogs ever rescued people lost in the alps. This particular dog couldn't find his way out from under a hand towel! (but he kept trying, )
In between cleaning up little St. B's piddles (every half hour--love them puppy bladders) the two of us watched the first 5 episodes of season 1 on netflix. That's more TV than I normally watch in a week at home! and I could never have done that at my old job! Mostly because the computers there are too old to stream videos but also because it's hard to do CPR effectively while watching television. There's too much yelling and grunting--it's hard to hear what they're saying...maybe some noise canceling headphones...hmmm.
I'm wondering how long it'll take me to watch all the dr. who episodes at work.

Here's the saint B "helping" me put away the laundry. He's an awesome helper.

saint B would like to know why the new doctors dont wear the dr. who scarf? I told him it was because of the global warming

my neighbors are crazy

2010-01-13T15:19:00.006-05:00

scary crazy. really.
I just went to throw the garbage out and walked into the middle of a brawl. Now the police are here (again).
The other night, i was on my way to work, at 11 pm and my neighbor was in the hall, in his pjs with a handsaw, sawing his futon in half.
No, REALLY! Normal people dont do that, do they?
i stood there for several AWKARD minutes waiting for the elevator, staring at the large saw in his hand. Neither one of us saying anything. what do you say to a man sawing on a futon: "how's the weather...?"

Who would have thought there would be so many crazy people in one little building. I need to move!

Another one of life's mysteries

2010-01-04T21:34:00.005-05:00

I woke up yesterday just in time to see my cat swallow a length of sewing thread. Lovely way to start my day.
So off to the hospital we went.

she's fine. the rads looked normal except for the large amount of tiny bones in her stomach.
WTF!
No idea what that could be (been) or where they came from. The only things I ate this week were chicken cutlets and cold cuts.

Could I have mice???

This cat is scared of her own shadow. A mouse would eat her before she would eat it.

busy bakers make lots of dough

2010-01-03T19:21:00.006-05:00

The new year started with a(nother) new job. Yesterday was my first day. I spent 13 hours watching 2 kittens wrestle and a lab puppy hump his blankie. and they are paying me more to do this than i was making in the ER.

No calculating CRIs, no animals with 7 pumps, no wtf IS that, no ventilators, no codes.

just puppies and kittens.

*sigh*
why am i sad?

NO! I don't hate men......

2009-04-23T10:37:00.003-04:00

why do you ask?

current work in progress

2009-03-06T14:48:00.004-05:00

(three legg-ed kitty thinks the armwarmers are mocking her)

swatches

2009-02-20T10:31:00.004-05:00

Flying pigs

2008-11-23T01:55:00.004-05:00

I don't know how but somehow, somewhere, some little piglet learned to fly this afternoon cause 3 of my animals sat in very close proximity and groomed each other for almost 7 whole minutes. There was no growling, no hissing, no thumping, no punching, no swatting and no biting. First time EVER.

Exhibit # 948: Rabbits are horrid, spiteful creatures

2008-11-20T01:40:00.005-05:00

This is what I came home to, tonight:

anybody wanna rabbit? I'll throw in a free broom (almost new)!

2008-09-26T16:47:00.011-04:00

Olive, recuperating at home, a few days after having her ovaries, uterus and right front leg removed.

No sutures were harmed in the shooting of this photo.

disclaimer: do not try this at home. I am a trained professional.

karma?

2008-05-23T09:51:00.005-04:00

I was talking to a friend before work yesterday, who said she hated getting stupid phone calls from customers. And I said "um, well, isn't that, like, your JOB?" haha.
and then i went to work.... and it was one emergency after another... and I can't get anything done... and then 3 am the phone rings:

man: (paraphrased for brevity) my cat's 4 months pregnant and she's acting funny--do you think she's going into labor now?

me: (loooog pause--doing the math) i dont think so.

I get more info out of him, and the cat sounds totally fine, so I tell him that it's not an emergency and he should call his regular vet in the morning--oh and I dont think Ms. Kitty's pregos. To which he replied:

"oh, she's definately pregnant. I can tell!"

allllll righty then. good luck with that. click.
What's the gestation period in a cat again?
60-65 days.
How much you wanna bet he thinks its 9 months!
How much you wanna bet he's gonna call me in 5 months (also at 3 AM) asking how to induce labor?

high as a kite

2008-05-14T12:33:00.003-04:00

12 hours after sx

2008-02-05T02:26:00.000-05:00

Shot on my commute home this morning.

I'm starting to get the hang of driving in the city but I'm still having trouble shooting and driving.
This was taken by my passenger. It started to snow after we got off the bridge. I wish I could have gotten a picture of the snow falling but my photographer fell asleep and I was busy concentrating on not getting lost again.

2008-02-01T10:23:00.000-05:00

The flu has been having its way with me all week. I'm finally getting back into the land of the living today. I've lost about 10 pounds (NOT something I needed to do) I'll be spending the day trying to hold down solid foods and then I'm gonna be sterilizing everything I came in contact with this week. maybe not the bunny....maybe...
I have a bunch of pictures on my camera from last week that I haven't had the energy to upload. Everything should be back to normal in a few days.

2008-01-21T10:05:00.000-05:00

Last night was one of the worst nights at work in a long, long, LONG time. I walked into ICU at midnight and did not get to sit down once til I got on the train this morning. I didn't even get a chance to pee. Thank god I brought a bag of pretzels with me or we all would have passed out from hypoglycemia.
We had a table dog until 4am and once he was stable the rest of ICU decided to crap out. Needless to say I did not get to take any pictures. My project 365 is not going well.

Ghost train to brooklyn

2008-01-18T01:09:00.000-05:00

well, not exactly

I shot these on the train coming home from work at 2AM (thanks to the MTA)
I was the only one in the car so I took a bunch of shots out the window while the train was moving. just because.

You can see the inside of the car reflected off the glass and the streaky streetlights and buildings outside the car.

and this shot is from monday night when I was waiting for the train

B/W Snapshots

2008-01-14T18:55:00.000-05:00

I've been working A LOT the last few weeks. 50 hours last week and 60 this week. not a lot of knitting time. But I have been playing around with my new camera and photoshop.

(click here for everything you ever wanted to know about heartworm disease)

and a colorful sangria shot :

(not at work, honest!)

the stethoscozy

2008-01-06T14:05:00.001-05:00

version 1.0

you asked for it so here it is. Mystery knitted object #197 from october 2006. The perfect solution for those chilly nights in ICU. Version 1.0 is made out of merino wool which is really soft and warm and fuzzy but also hand wash only. And after the 50 millionith time it got sprayed with stinky bodily fluid I decided I needed something more machine wash friendly.

Thus was born The Stethoscozy 2.o

version2.0
Made out of a very machine washable cotton/bamboo (antimicrobial) blend, the newer version extends to cover the entire stethoscope including the ear bud thingies. It provides an excellent layer of protection against mastiff droolage, obnoxious bunny teeth and various other environmental grossness that you wouldn't want stuck in your ears.

(still working on my photoshop skillz)

happy new year?

2007-12-31T14:16:00.001-05:00

I'm spending new year's eve home sick with a stomach bug. Hopefully this isn't a sign of how I'll be spending the rest of 2008. But to keep my mind off of my stomach troubles I decided to redo the mystery knitting object. It was too boring to knit it all in one color. So I frogged the whole thing and started over. And since I'm knitting with wool I decided to knit it extra big so that I could later felt it to the perfect size and make it extra cozy. Needless to say it is still not finished.
I took some new pictures of my progress. I used the rabbit model this time. Rabbit model was not at all interested in the knitting and I had alreay used up all my patience dealing with my stomach and refiguring out my knitting. So....just use your imagination and pretend the pics below are not at all blurry and actually have knitting content. Thanks.

HAVE A HAPPY AND HEALTHY 2008 !!!!!

slow night

2007-12-23T20:38:00.000-05:00

stupid dog tricks

2007-12-23T18:59:00.000-05:00

i dont know how he managed to get the toy stuck on his lower jaw but it was stuck good and no amount pulling pushing or lubrication would unstuck it. We had to sedate him and cut the thing off.

AMBUSH

2007-11-15T13:05:00.000-05:00

bunny ambush

wasting time

2007-04-19T12:54:00.000-04:00

ok--putting the computer away now....off to do something productive.

the trip to philly

2007-04-18T15:07:00.000-04:00

here are some pictures from my trip

independence hall. fun. fun. fun.

being goofy.

(she really is)

the mutter museum. a must see for anyone interested in preserved body parts.

(I've been playing with the camera today)

Am I crazy?

2007-04-15T21:32:00.000-04:00

As you can see, I did get my new camera as promised. I took it out of the box about an hour ago and voila!!! It's not as pretty as my old best friend but I think the software's alot better. It lets me add text to my photo's (I have photoshop but I still haven't haven't figured out how to use all the vectors and thingies)

I spent the whole day building a new cage for my bunnies. I think I'm crazy. I know the bunnies think I'm crazy. I got a new bunny last summer. She's crazy. She refuses to live in a cage.

When I first adopted her, I put her in the cage she came with. And she went nuts: pacing back and forth. chewing the bars. It took her hours to settle down and then she looked miserable. So I built her a huge NIC pen. 3 feet high, lots of bunny safe toys and boxes--bunny heaven. (for a normal bunny) She jumped it. without even blinking.

So I made it 4 1/2 feet high. No 4 lb. bunny can jump 4 1/2 feet, right? She scaled it. right in front of my face. So I called the house rabbit society. They agreed she was abnormal and recommended she live in a cage....which I couldn't do so they recommended I put a top on the pen. So I got an old tablecloth and pinned it to the top of the pen with a million clothespins ( really it was a million).

This worked for a couple of days. Then I came home one day and pyscho bunny is spread out on my sofa, real smug like. I go to investigate and theres a huge hole in the tablecloth. INSANE. I mean seriously, INSANE. Plus she managed to jump into my sexy man bunny's pen and took a few chunks out of him. (He was fine but we had to call him scarface for awhile). At that point I decided psycho bunny needed some serious alone time to "adjust" to her new home. (her 3rd new home btw--no wonder she's a little psycho). So...she went to live in my spare bedroom. And she's lived there for the last ~10 months. She gets to come out for an hour or so every other day. (Sexy man gets run around the house time the other days. )

Until last week when saphire decided it would be fun to chase the psycho bunny. Now bunny chasing is not an approved activity in my house, but from time to time it happens. and in the past when a cat chased the psycho, psycho got reeeeally reeeeally scared and ran reeeeally reeeeally fast in every direction all at once. until last week when saphire pounced on psycho and psycho stood her ground and then chased saphire down the hall. cute? yes. funny? definitely! But more importantly it means that psycho is no longer psycho and has finally adjusted to her new home. right?

So the other day, I decided to retry the NIC pens. set it up --let her hang out in there all day with the door open. She loved it. Closed the door at night and went to bed. Just as I"m about to fall asleep a cat hops onto my chest. only its not a cat. turn on the light, its the psycho. and she hops to the foot of my bed, next to saphire and does the amazingly irresistable bunny side flop with her hind legs stretched out. long story short she spent the night in my bed.

But today I did some reconfiguring. Moved the furniture around. put the pen in a different location. put a convertable sofa bed in the pen. yes, thats right. there's a sofa bed in her pen. Her pen is the size of a nyc studio apt. maybe bigger. But she's been in there all day and she loves it. I even ran out to get more supplies. and when I came back, she was still in there. The real test will be in another hour when I go to bed.

You dont think I'm crazy do you?

*UPDATE*

SUCCESS! Psycho spent the entire night in her pen. I'm so proud of her.

I'm back.

2007-04-13T11:53:00.001-04:00

Lots of stuff to talk about. First a really good friend passed away earlier this year.....my canon powershot digital elph. (sorry) The best damn little tiny digital cam a girl with a blog can have. I thought I'd never be able to replace him--but I did some online window shopping and turns out I can! I'm taking me mom's employee discount and getting a new best friend on Sat.

What else is new you ask???? new job! yes, another new job. I start in 1 week. I'm very nervous. and anxious. what if I hate it? what if they hate me? Every time I think about it I want to vomit.

And this tuesday--ROAD TRIP!!!! yaaaaaaaaaaaaaay. My first ever. I'm very excited. I plan on taking lots of pics with my brand new best friend.

Oh, I got to run. I have to take another PPD test for this new job. Is that right? maybe its a PDD? I'm having a dyslexic moment. Anyway, this job better be worth all the running around and jumping through hoops I've had to do. That's all I'm saying.

guess what it is!!!!!

2006-10-21T14:27:00.000-04:00

(I'll try to get some better pics up)

I just finished it. It has a purpose. Post your guesses in the comments section.
Winner gets my admiration :-) You can enter as many times as you want. I'll post a picture of the mystery item in action next week.

I'm one of them now

2006-10-01T23:57:00.000-04:00

I've become addicted to the myspace. Its all very sad. I think I need an intervention. (i blame you, michele)
If you dont know what myspace is, stay away but if you're already one of them .....like my blog? be my friend

My next entry will be sooner and longer and will have actual knitting content.

In the mean time, check out my new favorite blog It's my other addiction but not quite as insidious as the myspace.

"dayzed"

2006-06-23T11:54:00.000-04:00

Ok, so the internship isn't as evil as I thought it would be. I didn't have to get a tetanus shot. And its only a 1 hour commute each way.
I don't hate it as much as I thought I would. The work is almost fun-- in a monotonous...anal retentive... sort of way. It actually feels really nice to be back in an academic setting. This week I've been thinking a lot about going back and finishing my bachelors.
The down side is I've had to completely change my work schedule. After working nights for the last 10 years I'm now working all days. I have never been so tired!!! I also had to drop a day so I'm working 6 days a week but I'm only get paid for 4. :-(

anyone else feelin a little dazed and confused?

the cell phone is back in commission

2006-06-10T01:45:00.000-04:00

I HEART EBAY

my first nasal oxygen tube

2006-06-08T01:37:00.000-04:00

I got to place my first nasal oxygen tube on Monday!!! This doggie came in with a pnuemothorax--that's when air gets into the pleural cavity (the little space between the lungs and the chest wall). The air pushes against the lungs making it difficult for the animal to breathe .

Sometimes these are caused by a trauma, like a deep wound that pierces the chest wall. But this guy had a spontaneous pneumothorax. These are caused by some kind of abcess or disease that affects the lung tissue. He had a bunch of little air filled blisters on his lungs called blebs. The blebs had ruptured and leaked air into the pleural cavity.

He was taken to surgery where they opened up his chest and removed a part of his left lung (a partial lung lobectomy). They placed a tube in his chest to help remove the air from the pleural space. After the surgery, he wasn't doing very well. His gums were grey and his pulse ox was 75-80% (normal is >90%). The doctor asked me to place a nasal oxygen tube, which is a tube that goes up the dog's nose and the other end is connected to an oxygen source.

I've never actually placed one before so I was soo nervous. Luckily the dog had very large nostrils and after a little poking and prodding and lots of topical anesthetic (for the dog!!!) I was able to advance the tube up his nose. I had to suture the tube to the dog to (hopefully) prevent him from pulling the tube out.

A few minutes after the tube was placed his color was back to normal and his pulse ox was 95%!!!

in communicado

2006-06-06T14:35:00.000-04:00

My cell phone is dead. D.E.A.D.
dead.
some bunny chewed up my charger. I have no cell phone. Can my life get any worse???

If your reading this and you actually know me (or know someone that knows me) CALL ME!!!! leave a message on my voicemail--- I've been checking it frequently.

My phone's been dead for almost a whole day and I've only gotten one message. And that was a wrong number. :-(
I'm going to assume that you all have been leaving me text messages.

CRY SCREAM SCREAM SCREAM

2006-06-01T12:21:00.000-04:00

grrrrrrrrr................
I just found out that I have to do my internship in the city instead of where I thought I would be doing it. Which means I'll be sitting on a train for 3 (maybe 4) hours a day. During rush hour. In the summer. Hold on, I'm gonna go cry again...........

And... They want me to get a tetanus shot--I wouldn't get a tetanus shot if someone stuck a rusty nail directly into my vein!!!!

I am in SUCH a bad mood because of this. I hate LGCC!!! Biggest mistake I ever made. (ok--maybe not the biggest but definitely a mistake.) If anyone wants to be a vet tech and is thinking about going to LGCC--DON'T DO IT!!! Go to Suffolk or go to Mercy or go online. Don't go to LGCC.
Gonna go cry some more now.

Even the cats are angry:

knitting at work

2006-02-14T13:40:00.000-05:00

So I got a new job last month. Its really boring.
I started bringing knitting into work with me. Just so I'd have something to do on my lunch break cause this place is in the middle of nowhere
and there's no place to go and no one to talk to. So I would knit--but just on my break.
but then I would come back from my break and there'd be nothing to do.
So I'd break out the knitting again.
At first it felt really wrong-- to knit at work.
I'm getting over it.

I started this scarf when I started this job. I only work on the scarf when I'm at work.
My goal is to finish the scarf before they fire me for knitting at work.

And here is a scarf from my pre-employment days. sigh.

I call it my "acrylics can be fun-fur" scarf.

SIGH

OH!! And I wore the hat!!! The "oh my god it's so fugly I can only wear it in a ginormous blizzard" hat. Well, we had a ginormous blizzard so I wore the hat. But only in the parking lot while walking dogs. I think they were laughing at me...

Nope, I'm not dead

2006-02-10T01:38:00.000-05:00

Just really busy.
And tired. very tired.
I'd forgotten how much working sucks.

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT

2005-12-16T11:30:00.000-05:00

PIPECLEANERS.
Fun to play with. You can make all sorts of crafty things with them. But do not put them in the microwave. They are not microwave safe.

Before you pass judgement...

This is the first time i have EVER started a fire...
that wasn't intentional, i mean...
and in the microwave.
And I've been playing with fire for a very long time.

Is it a mite?

2005-12-08T02:16:00.000-05:00

I found this on a float yesterday :
(for those of you who just HAD to know :
the fecal sample came from a young male cat that came in for a neuter. He also had roundworms--sorry no pictures of those, I'll post worm pictures another time I promise!! )

What is it?Cute animal picture to make up for gross bug picture ***UPDATE***

According to Kristen, our friend up there is a biting louse. So, Curtesy of Gordon's Mallophaga Page(http://www.earthlife.net/insects/mallopha.html) here is everything you ever wanted to know (and more) about biting lice. (That was a good guess though Joey--you should take the stupid test)

The Biting Lice (Mallophaga)
The Mallophaga are described as wingless (Apterous), hemimetabolous (having a simple metamorphosis i.e. no pupa) ectoparsites (living on the outside of their hosts) of mostly birds but also of some mammals. The range in size from 0.5 to 10 mm long. Their mouthparts are designed for biting.
Most feed on fragments of hair and feathers. Some have formed a symbiotic relationship with bacteria, these may help with the digestion of blood etc as individuals deprived of their bacteria die in a few days. They are often adapted to live on particular parts of their hosts bodies. They can only survive for a maximun of three days after their host has died and may hitch a ride on a pasing fly (phoresis) in the hope of reaching a new host, they may also use phoresis in order to spread to a new host even if the present one is still alive.
Females lay up to 100 eggs which are cemented to the hair or feathers of the host with a clear fast drying glue which is secreted onto the hair or feather by the female immediately before she lays the egg. The eggs take about 3 or 4 days to hatch and the nymphs go through 3 larval instars in about 20 days before they reach maturity.

MY HAT

2005-12-05T11:18:00.000-05:00

I just finished it. Right now. I hate it. It took me entirely too long to make it. I kept making boo boos so I had to do it over and over and over. And it still has boo boos. I really hate this hat right now and I want to burn it.
But it's cold out and it might snow. I cant go out there without a hat!
I have to know:
Is it too fugly to wear in public?
What if it snows? Would it be less fugly if it was snowing? Is there a minimum amount of snow that must fall before I can wear this hat out in public?
We're supposed to get 3-5 inches. I've been watching the weather updates and they say, at times it *COULD BE* heavy!!! What if I only wore the hat during these "heavy" times.
It may be ugly but its warm and soft

click pic to enlarge

"i'm too sexy for this hat"

Or maybe I'll just order in chinese...

Why martini glasses and cats don't mix

2005-11-28T19:49:00.000-05:00

This is Saphire.

Isn't she cute??? Saphire broke her food bowl the other day. So today I ran out to Target to get her a new one. I couldn't find any bowls I liked, so instead, I bought MARTINI GLASSES.

It seemed like a really good idea at the time.

I brought them home, rinsed them out, poured in a scoop of cat food.

The cats just sat there and stared.
Like they were too good to eat out of PLASTIC martini glasses. And then Saph yawned, turned around, swished her tail and sent the plastic martini glass FLYING. . .
The glass broke in two. There was cat food everywhere. The rabbit went nuts. It was ANARCHY!!!

I AM the next Einstein

2005-11-27T00:08:00.000-05:00

thanks alot!

2005-11-21T13:58:00.000-05:00

I would like to thank everyone for not shunning me while I had the cooties. You guys are the best!!!

FASCINATING THINGS I LEARNED THIS WEEK:

Every day, Mr. Nosey eats enough hay to fill two (2) McDonald's happy meal boxes.
Benadryl licks my eyelids while I'm sleeping.
I'm allergic to cat saliva.
I can make breakfast with my eyes closed...(or, more accurately, swollen shut because my OCD cat licked my eyes while I was sleeping and I'm allergic to cat saliva)

The urban mitten

2005-11-14T17:44:00.000-05:00

the uber cool arm warmer/mittens

(yes, that IS a super secret hidden pocket in the mitten)
All the coool people will be wearing them this winter

I hate kittens

2005-11-10T00:33:00.000-05:00

Kittens are nothing but cute little carriers of pestilence and disease.
I hope they all die.

I have
RINGWORM.
ON.
MY.
FACE.
Ringworm on my face you guys!!!
How can I have ringworm???
Why couldn't I have gotten it on my butt like everybody else.
freakin kittens.
I hate them.
I'm never touching another kitten again.
Why on the face?
I spend all day wiping their snotty noses and cleaning their ugly butts. Do I get a thank you?

NO! I get freakin RINGWORM ON MY FACE

Now, if you'll excuse me......its time for my antifungal bath.

Don't Laugh at me-- because I will find you and hide kittens in your underwear.

I can't believe I got ringworm(and on my face).
send miconazole. alot of miconazole.
please.

and stop laughing at me.
I can see you.
You're all getting kittens for christmas.

fright night

2005-11-05T00:15:00.000-05:00

why Yes, I did go to Six Flags on Halloween. And I finally got to ride the Kingda Ka. It was really cool. I only had to wait on line for like 2 1/2 hours.

Kingda Ka was good but my favorite ride will always be.............

TEACUPS!!!!!!

Ana Mig and Joey trying to keep up with me(oh yeah, areli was there too...)

ATTACk OF THE BUNNY COZIES

2005-10-30T16:47:00.001-05:00

Your cell phone will never be

cold again

My versions of the snb nation

monster mobiles.

Click to enlarge

(L to R)Joey Ana Areli and Rudy

(Yes they have names)

AND my first attempt at felting.

What do you think?????

Well I think they're adorable

close up:

I cant tell if I'm the Miggie

getting better or

if I should have

quit while I was

ahead

"YOU MIGHT BE A VET TECH IF..."

2005-10-08T23:23:00.000-04:00

You look at a cardboard box and recognize its coffin potential.

You go out to a club and when the black light comes on, you check yourself for ringworm.

You can eat lunch while cleaning up a Parvo blowout.

You can keep your milkshake frozen in the freezer around a dead dog’s tail.

After seeing what goes into the washing machine at work, your own laundry doesn’t seem so dirty.

Your work clothes look just like your pajamas.

All of your pets are either 3 legged, lame, or blind in one eye.

You’ve done an anal probe on a bird.

You can detect maggots just by the smell.

To you, pets are more recognizable than their owners.

You find a hair in your food, pull it out, and keep on eating.

You cough up hairballs.

You are the first one in the hospital and don’t notice the smell.

You start to like the smell of anal glands.

You can play connect the dots with all your scars and puncture wounds.

Normal people won’t eat meals with you.

You get the flu and begin to sympathize with the Parvo dog.

Your paycheck barely covers your food bill.

You’ve ever picked up dog poop with your bare hands.

You can put a muzzle on with one hand.

You know the term pink juice doesn’t mean Kool-Aid.

You get a rash from just looking at a Shar-Pei.

You can take a dog’s rectal temperature without looking.

wonder no more

2005-10-06T08:21:00.000-04:00

Ever wonder what a doily would look like if it joined the US Army?

I think it would look like DAT

more knitty stuff

2005-10-05T16:11:00.000-04:00

I started 2 new projects yesterday and a 3rd one this afternoon.

The first one is samus . Technically I'm just restarting this one. This time I got half way through the border and ran out of yarn! (what do you mean your supposed to get the yarn BEFORE you start a project???) So i ordered more yarn(knitpicks WOTA in hollyberry) and it should be here in 5 days.
So I had to find something to keep me busy until then. I had a bunch of really pretty lace weight yarn. I wanted something REALLY simple. Knit while watching TV simple. cozy is PERFECT. Really really REALLY easy but not boring and pretty. SEE:

The third project.... well, I'm pretty sure its a bad idea . It was one of those I wonder what would happen if.... ideas. I've been looking at lots of lacey things lately--like doilies and tableclothes and curtains. Cause they're pretty. And I've been thinking that I need to make me one of those things. Except I'm not really a lacey doily kind of person. I just think they look pretty. But I dont really need a doily. I DO need a hat--but not a doily. a hat. doily. hat doily HatdOILY....

HOILY

or maybe its a

DAT

A HOILY DAT?

its a work in progress...

I'm using some superwash wool sock yarn that I found in my stash. I bought it over a year ago. I never used it cause I only bought one ball and you cant really make anything with one lonely ball of sock yarn. Except a dat! I'm making the pattern up as I go along. Lottsa fun!!!!

Who wants a dat for christmas????? :-D

M-O-R-E K-I-T-T-E-N-S

2005-10-02T21:53:00.000-04:00

Isn't kitten season supposed to be over already?

There's a grand total of 9 kittens.

3 (all black) from 1 litter and 5 (2 white tabbies, 1 black/white and 2 all black) from another litter. They're all really sweet (except for the female white tabby-- total beeeeeotch)

And they'll be up for adoption soon.

Who wants dibs on the white tabby female????

Oh NO! She's got the RED pen

Don't touch me, you dirty HUMAN

I'm too cute to be in jail

a little progress

2005-10-01T20:22:00.000-04:00

to frog or not to frog?

who likes clin path???

2005-09-30T18:00:00.000-04:00

I made it MYSELF--isn't it purrrty???

...I guess it's just me then(FYI--you are looking at cat blood)

what am I?

2005-09-30T12:41:00.000-04:00

what am I?

(A) a sweater?
(B) a hat?
(C) a scarf?
(D) nota?

Where's the knitty?

2005-09-29T14:04:00.000-04:00

Saphire is cheerfully modeling the mistake rib scarf from sally melville's the purl stitch

So I started the blog to show off my knitting. Its way too fugly to wear in public but way to time consuming to not show off. The blog was going to be the perfect solution.
The problem?
I haven't knitted ANYTHING since starting the blog.
First of all--blogging time has seriously cut into my (already limited) knitting time.
secondly...................I think I'm in a knitting funk. Everything I touch lately has to be frogged soon after. Dropped stitches galore.

**********SIGH********
it's gotten so bad that don't even WANT to play with the pretty yarn. :-(

DIARY OF A CAT

2005-09-28T00:43:00.000-04:00

A DOG'S DIARY
Day number 180
8:00 am - OH BOY! DOG FOOD! MY FAVORITE!
9:30 am - OH BOY! A CAR RIDE! MY FAVORITE!
9:40 am - OH BOY! A WALK! MY FAVORITE!
10:30 am - OH BOY! A CAR RIDE! MY FAVORITE!
11:30 am - OH BOY! DOG FOOD! MY FAVORITE!
12:00 noon - OH BOY! THE KIDS! MY FAVORITE!
1:00 pm - OH BOY! THE YARD! MY FAVORITE!
4:00 pm - OH BOY! THE KIDS! MY FAVORITE!
5:00 PM - OH BOY! DOG FOOD! MY FAVORITE!
5:30 PM - OH BOY! MOM! MY FAVORITE!
Day number 181
8:00 am - OH BOY! DOG FOOD! MY FAVORITE!
9:30 am - OH BOY! A CAR RIDE! MY FAVORITE!
9:40 am - OH BOY! A WALK! MY FAVORITE!
10:30 am - OH BOY! A CAR RIDE! MY FAVORITE!
11:30 am - OH BOY! DOG FOOD! MY FAVORITE!
12:00 noon - OH BOY! THE KIDS! MY FAVORITE!
1:00 pm - OH BOY! THE YARD! MY FAVORITE!
4:00 pm - OH BOY! THE KIDS! MY FAVORITE!
5:00 PM - OH BOY! DOG FOOD! MY FAVORITE!
5:30 PM - OH BOY! MOM! MY FAVORITE!
Day number 182
8:00 am - OH BOY! DOG FOOD! MY FAVORITE!
9:30 am - OH BOY! A CAR RIDE! MY FAVORITE!
9:40 am - OH BOY! A WALK! MY FAVORITE!
Diary of a Cat

DAY 752:

My captors continue to taunt me with bizarre little dangling objects. They dine lavishly on fresh meat, while I am forced to eat dry cereal. The only thing that keeps me going is the hope of escape, and the mild satisfaction I get from ruining the occasional piece of furniture. Tomorrow I may eat another
houseplant.
DAY 761:

Today my attempt to kill my captors by weaving around their feet while they were walking almost succeeded, must try this at the top of the stairs. In an attempt to disgust and repulse these vile oppressors, I once again induced myself to vomit on their favorite chair...must try this on their bed.
DAY 762:

Slept all day so that I could annoy my captors with sleep depriving, incessant pleas for food at ungodly hours of the night.
DAY 765:
Decapitated a mouse and brought them the headless body, in attempt to make them aware of what I am capable of, and to try to strike fear into their hearts. They only cooed and condescended about what a good little cat I was...Hmmm. Not
working according to plan..
DAY 768:

I am finally aware of how sadistic they are. For no good reason I was chosen for the water torture. This time however it included a burning foamy chemical called "shampoo." What sick minds could invent such a liquid? My only consolation is the piece of thumb still stuck between my teeth.

DAY 771:
There was some sort of gathering of their accomplices. I was placed in solitary throughout the event. However, I could hear the noise and smell the foul odor of the glass tubes they call "beer." More importantly I overheard that my confinement was due to MY power of "allergies." Must learn what this is and how to use it to my advantage.
DAY 774: I am convinced the other captives are flunkies and maybe snitches. The dog is routinely released and seems more than happy to return. He is obviously a half-wit. The Bird on the
other hand has got to be an informant. He has mastered their frightful tongue (something akin to molespeak) and speaks with them regularly. I am certain he reports my every move. Due to his current placement in the metal room his safety is assured. But I can wait; it is only a matter of time...

Dancing Queen

2005-09-27T16:18:00.000-04:00

I went to my first real life drag show (with real life drag queens) last sat night. It was in a church basement in Brooklyn. I thought it would be weird but it was just slightly uncomfortable.
I'm not all that familiar with the drag queen culture so I had no idea who most of the queens were supposed to be.

I know the first guy was Diana Ross. But that was only because I know the guy and he told me he was Diana Ross. Otherwise I probably wouldn't have had a clue.
I sat in a corner, near the wall so I did not receive any lap dances :-(

But I had a good time anyway.

The magical bunny butt tour

2005-09-27T14:32:00.000-04:00

I envy those

who have never had to shave down a matted angora bunny butt. 45 minutes of sweating, crying and inhaling loose fur and the thing looked exactly the same. Matts and all. It is as if the hair MAGICALLY grows back and matts itself as soon as I clip it.

GOT HAY???!!!???

2005-09-23T19:24:00.000-04:00