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Z and I are currently watching through Dark Angel… I’m in near physical pain from late 90s/early 00s slang used in ‘2020’. I’ve also had to English to English some of the slang, because it wasn’t part of British vernacular. Still, figured this was a good enough line for having Vivi chilling in my lap yesterday. He’s developing a lot of… Read more »

I found this on Z’s camera roll and couldn’t resist. Everything about it is excellent. Like, I really appreciate candid shots that look almost intentional… this oddly ticks that box for me. Not a lot going on. Have friends over, so socialising, crafting, gaming — the usual introvert-style party. 🙂 <3

Z spotted Vivi going up the side of my chair, but never making it to the top. That is, of course, until he realised that Vivi had gone under my cardi. So I had a handful of amusing pictures to pick from of him in his ‘clever’ hiding place. Bonus mildly concerned kitten watching, there in the chair. Not a… Read more »

The sock pattern I’m currently doing is by a German designer. Which means, of course, including a weird-ass heel that I’ve never done before. It’s the Jo-Jo/Yo-Yo, which… so far, so good? I’m almost to the point where I turn the heel, and I thiiiink I’ve got the idea in mind. It’s pretty clever if it works. I mean, it… Read more »

I looked over earlier, and spotted one of the kittens sleeping with this leg up position weirdness. I couldn’t tell which one without risking waking them up, but at least I was able to get photographic evidence. So tiny, so cute. Been a pretty non-day, but not in a bad way. We did a family trip to Tesco to pick… Read more »

I caught up with where I was pre-frog today, which is pleasing. Right now I’m trying to get my head around the heel that the pattern calls for, which is the jo-jo/yo-yo heel. I might just do a normal heel, I don’t know. I think I’ve found a couple of places that attempt to explain it, so it’s just a… Read more »

I decided last night in bed that I was going to frog my sock so far. There was a little run along the pattern section, and just. No. I had to slap my hand to stop myself overthinking the same spot and repeating my error… I think I’ve got it under control. And this pattern knits up so quickly that… Read more »

I’m well stuck into my next pair of socks now. I’ve already completed the first iteration of the charted pattern, and am making good headway on my second pass. The main thing is that I’ve managed upright all day. Had to throw the heavy artillery of pain meds at it, but I’m more or less holding up. I need to… Read more »

I woke up feeling a bit spinny, so slapped snooze. A few snoozes later, I just turned it off and went back to sleep. I got Z to bring me water and some meds in the early afternoon, and managed to get out of bed around 4pm. I am still feeling awful, but I’ve had food, more pain meds, and… Read more »

One of the things we got Smaller for Christmas was a small snowglobe kit. It came with pictures you could colour and change out behind the globe, which I thought was pretty neat. She managed to bash it open on accident a few days ago, so it ended up on my desk. I bought some glitter to add to it… Read more »