Fat Cats Corner

Wishing all (three) of you a very Merry Christmas.  Hoping it is shared with loved ones.

(This photo is from a few years ago.)

(Flowers on my Jade plant.)

After fits sand starts (and issues  again  with the tree lights) the wreath is on the door, the tree and mantle are decorated.  I managed to get all my packages mailed last week. But I'm  still  waiting for my ELPH to complete the Christmas letter so I can get those mailed. The last few days temperatures hoovered in the mid 30's.  Here in upstate South Carolina, that's cold.  I mean I've had to put on long pants and SOCKS!  We even got snow. And you know what that means.... I don't know what it is about the roads here.  This past Friday it took my husband 2.5 hours to drive 50 miles in just an inch or two of snow. I grew up in Chicago and lived in the Colorado mountains.  I've driven in 8 inches of snow through white-out conditions and never once managed to put my car in a ditch.  At any rate, I'm grateful he arrived safely. Anyway, snow & cold mean lots of fireside knitting and marathon movi...

Morning coffee.

Thanksgiving is gone and Christmas in coming.  As I and my siblings and their children get older the gift giving becomes less and less.  I've already completed my shopping for this year, thanks to Amazon.  I abhor holiday mall shopping.  As the nearest mall is an hour away, just the thought of all the traffic and PEOPLE!  Bah humbug I say.  I had to go into the mall area a few weeks ago to pick up a baby gift and was nearly homicidal before I even got into the parking lot!   The store was a mad house.  Thank the Maker I had ordered the gift on line and was just there to pick-up. I started the Miya shawl twice and frogged it twice.  Apparently even with a life-line I can't knit.  So with ELPH out of town this week I'll have some absolute, uninterrupted  quiet and I might be able to get this shawl rolling.  To sooth my frustrated knitting Mojo I knit this sweet little hat for a friends newborn. I'm planning to knit a tiny sw...

Zoe