Introducing....

So Nugget spent the two weeks that me and JF spend in Newfoundland at JF's parents with 4 other cats. He came back 4lbs lighter due to all the playing and the fact that he wasn't the only trying to eat. This is a really good thing because we'd been having some issues with his weight, and activity levels. Our conclusion was that it was due time he get a friend to play with. So we headed out last Saturday to find him a buddy. We ended up at the SPCA and found a little guy that we fell in love with. So without further ado:

Meet Burrito.

His name was originally Brido, we didnt like it and there's a food theme with animal names in our family so we changed it to something that sounds pretty much just like his old name. (Names include Poutine, Cannelle (cinnamon in french), Baileys, Nugget and now Burrito, there's also a dog named Brownie).

We're not sure if Nugget and Burrito are really getting along all that well, mostly because they seem to be fighting a lot but I think its just play fighting. My comfort was finding them like this:
two cats that hated each other wouldn't be this close together and peaceful right??

post christmas

So I'll start where I left off, since there are some of you that are giving me hell about not updating.

We spent the holiday's with JF's family mostly in Lévis (near Québec city). JF's grandfather loved his socks here is a finished pic of them:

They fit really well which was very important cause he has some circulation issues and is very sensitive to even slightly tight socks.

Ever since I've been in Montreal I've been making a whole dory-load (sorry for the Newfoundland reference it just came out) of Christmas cookies. This year I tried so hard to limit my amounts because I always make myself sort of sick I work so hard. Here are some of this years cookies (a few batches were done at the last minute and not photographed).

No knitting was done at all over christmas. I was working on a test knitting project that can't really be blogged anyway, but I left it behind with a few gifts that we also forgot so it really didn't advance. Since then I've almost finished it despite a few brick walls that got in the way (hurdle is too nice).

In other news my kitten is no longer a kitten. He's so fat and huge. He's not even a year old and he's 13lbs. Check it out:

and just to refresh our memories, here he is on the first day I had him:

I have just two questions; How did this happen and why couldn't he have stayed that small and cute? :o(

Monkey business

I decided to cast on for Monkey after seeing Brainylady's pair both online and in person. I was able to knit most of my leg on my way to Toronto a couple of weekend's ago.

Since getting back I have finished the heel.. Here's my progress:

I cast on at Robyn's here's a few pics of all of us. We each took a pic of the other three and then Robyn's Husband took a couple of the four of us.

Kadi, Me, and Caroline

Kadi, Me, and Robyn



Robyn, Me and Caroline


Kadi, Robyn and Caroline



All four of us (Kadi, Me, Caroline and Robyn)

Yesterday a few of us went to Peel pub for some alcohol induced knitting. Robyn has proof, so I'm gonna steal borrow a picture. You can see the rest on Robyn's blog.

In non knitting news my little Nugget is growing too fast. He's getting so big..

Here's a pic from just after we got him on JF's shoulder:

And here is is just a week ago:

Isn't the difference crazy, that's just in two months.

later daze.

Toronto trip

Me and JF visited my Aunt and cousins in Toronto for our 3rd anniversary, I knit most of the leg on my Monkey socks on the way there. I was there on International Knit in public day but I couldn't participate in the TTC knit-along since it was also my 3rd anniversary of being with JF, and we met in Toronto so it was extra special to be back there. I did however get to Lettuce Knits right about when the groups were meeting there, and I got myself some lovely Fleece Artist sock yarn:

I also found my long lost friend Jill who is one of my best friends from Newfoundland, I found out about a week before going to Toronto that she was now living there, by way of facebook (of course), and not only is that awesome, but she's also a knitter. YAY! Here's a pic of the two of us at Dairy Queen cooling off on a muggy Toronto Saturday. I think she might have mistaken me for her ice cream.

Toronto was very fun, and I got to see my best friend Robyn there even though she's now in Montrael. We just happened to be there at the same time.

And just cuteness factor here is my little guy sleeping!!

Well that's all for now folks. Until next time.

I failed blogging....

Ok... so I officially suck at blogging.... In recent news I've frogged Isabella because I didn't have enough yarn for it or so says Mona anyway... Just teasing Mona, she kept telling me I didn't have enough, and I kept knitting anyway because I really wanted to knit it but oh well.. Since then I have knit two standard issue bernat handicrafter cotton dishcloths.. (oh yay! so exciting).

For the stitch marker exchange that Robyn hosted I sent to Barb, Anita (blogless I think) and Karine, I also made a set for our lovely hostess.

Pink for Barb, Blue for Anita, Green & Brown for Karine and Clear with colour for Robyn.

I haven't photographed the stitch markers I've received yet but I will post as soon as I have.

I have been spending most of my time hanging out with my little kitten who finally has his own photospace. I'll leave you with this little teaser:
Otherwise life is good, and hopefully I will find me a pattern that I like and that I don't have to buy new yarn for, I really have to knit something from stash cause I keep buying stuff cause its pretty but I can't ever seem to find anything that I like to knit it up with.

Until next time..

Nugget

Meet Nugget!! We are also fostering his mom Marble at least until she is fixed, here is a pic of the 2 of them.I know I've been a bad blogger, i just haven't been knitting much i suppose. but I hope to have something soon. If nothing else, pics of my stitch markers.