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Mean Mister Monster jumps in the sink, he doesn't think, tryin' to chase bacon
Sits inside and watches the birds
Buries everyone else's turds
Doesn't understand all these words (I hope!)
Such a fuzzy big boy

His brother Loki sits on the sill, he's never ill, he's a happy boy
Climbs up on the back of the chair
Tries to jump up into the air (and misses!)
Likes to chew on his momma's hair
Such a crazy wee boy

I've been playing a little bit of World of Warcraft again. There's an event on where you get +17% bonus experience and reputation. I still only have one character at max level. The latest expansion is still a linear boring grind and I've seen it all.

The kittens are growing like little furry weeds. They've just passed 6 months. Nimbus (6 months) briefly outweighed Findo (17), but Findo promptly regained almost a pound and is once again in the lead. I was briefly keeping my bathroom door open, but now Nimbus can jump up onto the counter and apparently toothbrushes are FASCINATING so oh well. That was nice while it lasted. Loki was spotted trying to chin himself up onto the counter by his claws. It didn't look like it was going well. We are already planning to transition them onto adult food in the next few months.

We both took Thanksgiving week off. I have hauled out my main sewing machine (a Brother Strong & Tough) and re-repaired the husband's bathrobe pockets. Sadly the machine is not a Strong & THICK so I had to improvise on some of the more layered bits. Still beats doing it by hand.

Still have not cut out the first skater dress. Will still need to clean & oil the serger as I don't think I've used it since about April. What is time anyway?

I need to post more cat pictures. And get a paid account so I can have more icons.

Zoot is home from the kitty hospital! Huzzah!

She's confined to the big cage, with the "no jumping" rule in force, and she is currently sulking; but home nonetheless.

Last night I did some more cross stitch... I got to start TWO new colours, including the last shade of purple! I'm nearly done with the lower half, which is good as the page break is driving me crazy! (I even got to use one of the threads from my existing stash - will wonders never cease! The dark purple, of course.)

Yesterday I had a random bass line stuck in my head. I still have no idea where it actually originated, but today it came to my attention that it's awfully similar to the guitar line from "Nerve" by Shriekback. Yay, one more of life's little mysteries (possibly) solved.

This morning the cats were staring intently out onto the deck. Instead of the usual choices (squirrel; neighbor cat; mass hallucination) there was a tiny kitten out there! Awwwwwwwwww. I'm a little worried for the poor thing. Current plans involve Kitten Rescue Lady (who fortunately makes house calls) and a humane trap. She (the kitten, not the rescue lady) is tiny, looks about 6 weeks old at the absolute most, covered in fleas, and strangely friendly. She has at least one thing in common with Zoot, namely that she's so friendly she wouldn't last 5 minutes in the wild!

ARGH, I have a Weezer song stuck in my head. It's been there all of 5 minutes and it's getting mighty old.

Also I went to the gym Monday night. Hoo-eee. was that crowded. Carpe cross-trainer...

I'm sure there was more stuff but that's all I can think of right now.

If you were a cat, where would you be hiding?

I'm sure Princess was in the house when we left this morning. But I've been home over 2 hours and can't find her anywhere...

Edit: No idea where she was, but she wandered out nonchalantly about an hour later. Cats!