I make Oreo cookie cheescake. Then again, I promised myself to be on a diet too. Damn. We can do this!

LMAO!!!! Totally how I think about food when I'm trying to be good...

you could add fried chicken, and mashed potatoes and gravy to my list...

Yum.

OMG - I love Lil Debbie snack cakes (tm) TOO! They are paeans to the lusciousness that is trans fat.

I miss my snacks and fried food...*big sigh*

I'm on a "no eating out" diet.

Yummy, yummy Big Red. Also: Oreo shake. Mmmm.

Mmmmm... Little Debbie....

a kitty pi would be a LOVELY get well kitty present for Ethel!

Thanks..now all I can think of is an Oreo shake.

I LOVE my Addi Turbos. Only have 2 sizes right now but bought 2 more on ebay yesterday. Only problem is that my gauge is very different on the addi's vs bamboo - which I did not remember until after I knit 15 rows of a cable pattern yesterday...oh well

Kelly -- The other thing I'm noticing is that these Addis are so slick I kept sliding my stitches off accidentally! They real are fast, maybe too fast for novice me. But I LOVE them. LOVE them. Never thought of the ebay angle!!

Ethel TOTALLY needs a recovery pi.

Oh man!

A: How do you like the turbo needles? I was looking at them but couldn't decide.

B: I have a cat that looks just like Soba (yes, I know you hear it all the time, I do too) AND a cat named Chairman Mao. When my husband & I were first dating and getting to know each other, he was telling me we wanted to name his next cat after a dictator, like Chairman Mao. I told him I already had one (this actually was true. I have lied about having some album to boys and then run out to buy and study it, but not a cat - yet.). That may be the only reason he married me. :)

Your kitty pi is one of the best I've seen! And I looked at every damn one on the gallery page while planning mine. I love the way you're main and accent yarns felted differently...I think it adds depth to the project. Yes, no mistakes in knitting! (I've copied down your yarn choices...hope you don't mind.)

I'm also dieting, mine being the "I'm tired of saying I'm going to lose these last 20 pounds after losing the first 40 over two years ago" diet. I came in to work this morning to a Swiss Chocolate-Hazelnut candy bar from a co-worker just back from Europe. And now it's *all gone*...mmmmmm.

It's funny, I'd decided that God must be a man because a girl God would have never gone with the whole PMS/cramp thing. Only a twisted male mind could come up with something so pointless and painful.

And one of the best diet aid? No job. No job = no income = less desire to squander rent money on Big Macs. But I really wouldn't recommend it.

Sorry! But go here to see said cat, in a bag. Her name is Kafka.

if that link didn't work, try

http://tinyurl.com/8puk5

Aw...we'll miss you!
We just had a fire drill...sorry you couldn't have been equally as disturbed! I love your list of things that you want to eat right now, Lil Debbie is the DEVIL! Keep up the good eating habits...the Chinese Chicken Salad is pretty good at Jack N the Shack, so if you go by, resist the fat fried burger and have a yummy salad instead!

xoxo
c

you should delete these because I am trés stupide.

http://juniorpyro.blogspot.com/2005/05/cards-n-cats.html

This is much like the only time that I really WANT to exercise is when I'm sick and stuck in bed. Then, I see Things on the TeeVee that make me want to do...push-ups! and sit-ups! and runrunRUN around the block!

Of course, thinking about such things just makes me want to take a nap.

Speaking of Doing Good, do you know that you can donate knitted items to hospitals and such? Once I move beyond squares and rectangles, I want to make some baby hats for the preemies.

I'm sure that Ethel would be very appreciative of a Get Well Pi!

Kris! You have a Tortie!

I should tell ya'll the story of Sobakowa (that is her real name, too, but we call her Chairman Meow because even though she is a little bitty thing she is mean as sin and rules the house with an iron paw.)

Mr. X and I went in to a shelter place -- that was HORRIBLE and in a mall and later the lady who ran it was in the paper for being CRUEL and went to jail -- and anyway we didn't know all that yet, but we wanted to rescue one older cat.

So we found Roy, all sad and caged up and missing clumps of hair, and had decided on him immediately.

Then someone at the shelter thingy handed me this little handful of matted ugly fur and said, "No one will take this one. It's too ugly. All the others in its litter got adopted right away."

And so ya'll know. I immediately said I WILL TAKE THIS UGLY PIECE OF FUR YOU CALL A CAT. I will love it and love it all day long.

And that is the story of Soba, who we named after an infomercial, and also who I think is the prettiest thing ever. And mean as shit.

Laurie, you did great! not just for resisting the siren call of the krispy kreme, but with that kitty pi as well. YOU GO!

check out the different kind of yarn diet in yahoo groups if you are interested in those kinds of things. You can get to it through my blog, too.

Dammit. Now all I can think is Mmmmm, easy-mac and wine.

Your ribbing looks great. Mine always goes wonky because I forget to pull the knit stitches tight.

I was so glad to get Ethel Kitty's news this morning. Worried about her last night.

You are so dead-on about the food monologue. I happened to give in to mine today and have eaten nothing but cheese, carbs, more cheese, bacon...mmm bacon....and possibly a smidge of something green....but it was buried under mounds of cheese and sour cream on a baked potato.

On a knitting note...Is it overboard if you knit while getting your hair done? Just asking.

the other bonus to knitting -- I find that when I knit, I don't snack, because I don't want to put down knitting and/or get greasy chip residue on my yarn.

I do the G-d thing, too, (Learned if from a Jewish friend, also, and it makes a bit of reverent sense, so I have stuck with it) unless I'm doing the phonetic thing "Gawd", and you all (y'all...) know what I mean when I do that, right?

Spent many a morning dining on Little Debbie and Diet (HA!) Pepsi for breakfast. Now I have a slice of whole wheat on my way out the door, and I am 40 pounds heavier....Hmmmmm....

And finally--Girl, you must have a hell of a commute, 'cuz you made a lot of progress on that perfectly sized hat. Nice color, too. What is that yarn? I need to make some hats now...

mmm, Little Debbie... When I was in TN last Sept. they had special Little Debbie pumpkin cookie snacks for Halloween... so good.

We'll miss you at WeHo tonight, but just think how you'll be able to show off your new hat next week!

SHELLY! It is actually one skein of Lion Brand wool-ease that I got free from Laina when she was de-stashing and it knits up pretty well. I figured it was good for a hat because the person I'm giving it to is not a knitter and will want to wash it in the machine like normal. All wool would felt up into a big ol' mess.

TARAL (is that an L at the end? Hope so!) It is not overboard to knit at the hairdresser's. It's not overboard to knit anywhere, LOL.

And yes my commute sucks. Two hours a day minimum. But lots of great knitting time!

Two hours commute here too in the SF Bay. And I drive it everyday. Sucks so bad.

But you rule! =)

Addi Turbos are great! I love mine.

Your cats are too cute. I love how two of them sit in the Pi together. It makes me want to make one for our two, but I know they probably wouldn't sit themselves in it. *Sigh*

2 hour commute here in Chicago, too. 2 (somtetimes 3) trains. Lots'n'lots of knitting time.

I'm out of lurkdom to tell you that I made a hat out of that same color of lion brand, in a lovely rib. Seriously. Our hats will look like twins!

what is big red? is it gum?

I can so completely hear Homer Simpson's voice in my head saying . . . pie . . . mmmmmm . . . pie! Keep up the good work with the diet, you're doing great!

Lucy sez: "Knit kitty pi . . . knit kitty pi . . . "

1) Addi Turbos rule (20+ year knitter here)
2) Good job on the diet - the first few days are the hardest
3) I wish I'd read your blog before polishing off that Scharffen Berger bar
4) G-D stands for God Dammit in my family
5) But then again, we put the funk in dysfunctional

Oooff. I just had to deal with the monthly birthday celebration in my office. Not just one cakes, mind you -- but two for the little piggies!! Every month. And for June we had the special caloric bonus of the ever popular pinata! Filled with tootsie rolls, tootsie rolls and more tootsie rolls. I just sat there eating my strawberries and dreaming of the clothes in my closet that will eventually fit again...

I'm doing the South Beach Diet. It's not so awful. Have you looked into it? The book says "by day three you won't be craving sweets at all." Bullshit, I said. But it was true. And I'm a sugar-aholic. I was amazed.

Congrats on the resistance of evil food temptations. I started Weight Watchers on 5-17-05 and have lost 7 pounds! Go me! and Goddess bless the walking. I'm walking to work (Shut up .. I know its less than a mile but its Walking!)and walking in the evenings with a neighboring wine swilling girlfriend. We dish about men (even tho. we're both married... shhh!) and walk a lot!

Great Luck and I think you should do "food-related" posts. Might make you feel like all us IIF are stalking you and your calorie in take ... ;-)

Apparently, your cats like each other better than mine do. They each have their own beds, and pity the fool who gets in the wrong bed. Fur's a-flying.

Good job on your diet! It is so damn hard, I totally get the food daydreaming going on when I am trying hard to BE GOOD. Who's the cat in the first picture? Those are the prettiest and most unique markings. I am very glad to hear that Ethel is gonna be OK. It’s sad about her being sick in the kitty hospital and the IV and tube feeding thing, but she is a very well cared for kitty and what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, right?

I do not envy your valley to downtown commute, but at least you get to do lots of knitting on the bus. The ribbing looks fabulous!

Laurie - Yes that is an L (middle initial...you know...just in case there was another Tara somewhere...lurking/stalking...whatever).

I DID knit at my hair appt. And got some weird looks. But c'mon people! Can you not see this luscious mohair?! What is wrong with YOU?! I think they were just jealous.

I unfortunately had to come straight back to work...so could not have the complimentary wine at hair appt...would've made the knitting SO much better.

Rose - G-D stands for God Dammit in my family too. Maybe we're related and don't know it...

I think the Kitty Pi should be chocolate colored in honor of chocolate pie. A little milk choc, a little dark, a little white...damn, now I'm hungry.

And because I am a grown woman who still reads comics and am damned proud of it, I think that first kitty really needs to be named Harvey Dent (he became Batman villan Two-Face) - though I guess it would be Harveena? Eh, If Leslie can be both a boy's and a girl's name, why not Harvey.

Ok, I shut up now, lol...

Just remember, it's serving size that matters most--even the naughty stuff is okay in small doses, and that way you can treat yourself while still being good! And really, it's surprising how satisfying a SMALL dessert can be, when it's a really good dessert and you eat it slowly. The trick is to put it on a plate and sit at the table and use silverware--no snacking, grazing, nibbling. Hang in there! At least you've got your knitting-craving satisfied.

ever have a DEEP FRIED OREO???

Oh you are just the Bridget Jones of knitting! Too funny! What I want to know is, do they have a D.Q., because I seriously don't know how you could be from Texas and then live without Dairy Queen! I am addicted to their Mocha Moolattes, and I practically have to go in disguise, so they won't think I am some crazy fat Moolatte drinkin' woman, cause the same boy waits on me every night, and I can just see him thinkin',"Back AGAIN?!!? FATTY!!"

Right now I am eating something that was prepared at home, without being fried. Which is rare for me because I am a student in the School of Lazy, where I would rather drive up to a little window and pay for food rather than PREPARE it. (And in all honesty, my roommate made this, so I am still lazy. Plus we are both sick at the moment. How unfair is that?) But that aside, I would rather be eating chips and cake. Mmmm chips and cake!

We'll miss you at S'n'B tonight! -K.

dieting always sucks for me. i cave so bad. i'm not even on a diet and just trying to be frugal (and not be a wasteful spender) but i keep wanting to cave. it's something about the inability to have it that makes it so much better. you know?

xo

and i love knitting too. :)

Hmmm, is that the Velvetta Casserole with rice and corn? Just think, "Blah, icky.....". It really tastes like lettuce...I swear! (atleast the way my mother-in-law makes it).
The kitty's are too cute! Love the orange kitty in his Phantom of the Opera get-up! (Ooooooo, annoying bad song now running thru head...blah!)

hey, chairman meow looks just like my josie!! separated at birth?

How are you so famous and I am only discovering you now? Thanks for the horoscope. I am a Gemini and waiting for the throngs to come from miles around to admire my hotness.

Oh my G-d! Moon Pies! So much southern goodness there. If you wash them down with Aarr-ceee cola you get extra points.

mmmmmm snack cakes I have to keep reminding me that the ones in my kitchen are for my son. hehe Ok so he doesn't know they are there yet. Love your kitty pics. Am really starting to wish I had a furry little monster running around my house other than my son. hehe

2 hours of knitting every morning before work, and 2 hours after?

Aaaaaah.....

I live three blocks from my job, and yet, I am late every day.

I'm thinking the French Diet may be the way to go, and throw in a little lower carb. I don't care about not being able to eat white bread, but most food NEEDS butter...

Your Bus knitting is making me miss my Metro Knitting...I had 3 hours total commute...it is such a great way to unwind after a day of "dealing with people"...

I am having Moon Pies sent up to me *fresh* from Georgia...I love me a moon pie. Of course since I am perpetually depriving myself of anything sweet...I may have to off load some to a certain Valley knittin' girl I just have discovered !!!
Love your blog...I'm now one of the faithful Blog skulkarazzi.

;)

I miss Jack in the Box tacos. I'm not even sure what's in them to be quite honest!

I love your kitty pis by the way!

i have a sensio coffeemaker, as you may well know, from all the talking about him i do, and i feel that coffee, with two splendas and a very large dollop of locarb whipped cream is indeed a meal. so, this said, i have about 6 meals a day!! i love eating cereal out of baggies. it last way longer, rather than putting it in a bowl, making it mushy and mealtime is over momentarily.

i also love knitting. it is so soothing. i don't know if you have checked out my newest spinning attempts, but that may be even more fun...actually it is like a rollercoaster ride. weeeee!!!

i am glad to see you are doing so much better. it helps that everyone loves you so much....

Oh, Little Debbie, you tasty bitch. Now I must crave you.

Laurie, your contented kitties-in-pi photos make me think that I should make one for my cat-loving friend.

Dear Purl, I have a kitty bed (not a pi -- made out of short-row wedges) and no matter how much felting I do it's very large. Perhaps I should send it to you, since your kitties seem to like cuddling in beds, and mine think it's a big toy.

For anyone wondering about the whole "G-d" thing, there's a good explanation here:

http://www.jewfaq.org/name.htm#Writing

Also, what is a kitty pi? It looks cute, but I don't get the "pi" part.