Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Match It for Terry

As you may have noticed from previous posts, I am a big Terry Pratchett fan.
This is copied from http://www.matchitforpratchett.org/

Terry Pratchett, author of the bestselling Discworld novels, has been diagnosed with a rare form of Alzheimer's. He has donated half a million pounds (approx $1 million) to Alzheimer's research and appeared in the media highlighting the low levels of research funding Alzheimer's receives. Millions of loyal readers from around the world have responded and are helping to match Terry's donation.


If you would like to help, follow the link or click on the Match It pic on left to take you to more info on how.

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Kit's New Name

Well, we think we have finally found the perfect name for our wool stealing, wrestling kitten. We originally named her Ode which is Hebrew for 'yet again, another', but it never really stuck. Rodent and Pest were other names we toyed with, but she never responded. So we have been referring to her as Kit. After picking up balls of wool from where ever she drops them after stealing them the last couple of months, we were sure she had been a sheep dog in a past life. This too did not create any response in her.
Recently, I reread the Terry Pratchett/Tiffany Aching series ("Wee Free Men", "Hat Full of Sky" and "Wintersmith") and realized the aweful truth! She was a Nac Mac Feegle!
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nac_Mac_Feegle )
Looking directly at her, I said, "Are you a Feegle?" and she ran over and jumped on my lap! She has been coming whenever we call her name now.

Sunday, March 2, 2008

Lost Projects

Been rooting around lately looking into bins I have stored. Found 3 baby afghans, 2 sweaters, 2 full size afghan, 2 washcloths. (and that was only 2 bins) Maybe I should make this year the year of finishing lost projects. I don't have enough XP points on Chore Wars to buy new yarn yet...lol.