What's a little tacky between friends??

(and how sad is this?... even having lived almost A DECADE NOW without an Ikea nearby (or an In N Out .... insane, I know)... I still pegged that as an Ikea lamp before you said so. There's just something about that Ikea goodness...)

AW! Feel better Roy!!!! Poor lambchop.

Oh, Roy! How can you look so sad when such tacky goodness is happening around you? I love the fuzzy muppet scarf...keep on knittin.'

tacky is the new black. i've said it before, i'll keep saying it till people believe me.

i'm the one with a cow print easy chair in my living room.

Oooh. Hamburgers and champagne. Makes me want to hit up In and Out right now, even though it's not even 10am yet. I had cookies and sparkling wine for dinner last night. Far less nutrients than hamburgers.

Hey, I like the tacky scarf. Maybe it’s because I love Muppets and secretly want to be one… Tomorrow I am going to the land of freezing rain and snow and overnight lows in the teens. You know what that means, all those homemade hats and scarves are finally going to be used for their intended purpose. And I might go ice skating. Happy Thanksgiving!

Saw a bumpersticker this morning on the way into work "It's never too late to have a happy childhood."

I say - put clothes on the cats and have parties. Any excuse for wine and cheeseburgers, right?

I'm thinking healthy kitty thoughts for Roy. I had my Hobbes for 16 years and I still miss her. Cats are the best! I'd have a housefull if the old man wasn't allergic to 'em. But he put up with two of them for 16 years. I got lucky.

Have a great Thanksgiving - you have a wonderful bunch of friends - both near you and on the net.

Roy is just too cute with his new toys. kiss! Roy I'm blowing kisses at you, cutie pie!

Emotional meltdown? What emotional meltdown? Does anyone know what she's talking about? ;)

I read that if you dip your fries in your chamapagne, the fat content and colories are nuetralized. Really. I think it was even Dr. Weil that said it...

What makes you think cabbages have short attention spans? I would think they'd be very, very patient.

Wishes of health to Roy, and you should go ahead and enjoy your self-striping yarn.

Good pep blocco choice! I was attempting to knit with some 14" size 15s on the bus the other day: okay on the less-crowded morning bus, but an olympics-worthy challenge on the more-crowded evening bus.

thats it - I'm going to In-n-Out for lunch.
Love the scarf - I just may have to give self striping yarn a try....

Red and black are fabulous. And we all reserve a special, secret, dark corner of hearts for tacky.

If you still think it looks piratey when you finish, then wrap it up in a gift box with an eye patch and a stuffed pirate and pretend like you planned it that way. :)

Oh! Big get-well smoochies, Roy! What a doll baby he is! My three kitties would love him and lick his head and help him to feel all better.

And the scarf? Love it! There's tacky, and then there's COOL tacky. It's definitely cool tacky.

Glad to hear that the Roy boy is doing better. Looks like he's entranced by his toys!

Black and red is what I finally did my bathroom in, after my first divorce. And after, you know, standing in the linen store for roughly 4 hours trying to figure out what colors I liked, after decorating in purple (my ex husband's favorite color) for so long. Not the least pirate like. More Old Fashioned Glamourous. I hope.

Poor Roy! I'd send you bacon, but I don't think they allow it in LA. Get well soon. Maybe your mother could try a liquid antiobiotic? Because Sheba would rather us both die than take a pill, but I can usually squirt liquid down her throat w/my life and limbs intact.

You know what you have to knit with Noro? Entrelac! I'm knitting the Lady Eleanor wrap in Kochoran, 50% wool, 30% angora, 20% silk, and it's lovely and muted. Let me just knit one more square to see if we get into the green, no, that didn't do it, another square? Now we're green and the square's soo pretty, can I get a third green square before the purple kicks in?

Very addictive.

Try Gerber ham baby food for your sick cat. Mine licks it off the spoon and barely notices that there's a pill hidden in it. Lamb is popular, too, but ham is thicker and the better to hide pills.

okay, so I am all about the red/black combo. And I say it isn't so much pirate, as Freddy Kruger (sp?). You should make a sweater. I would buy one!

oh and Roy, so so cute. I think you could dress him up and get away with it as long as you documented the whole ordeal with the pictures. He already has the incredulous expression that my sister and I donned in all our childhood pics... I think you're set.

Lycopene

*pronunciation still be contested

Looks like the BEST dinner ever!

Burgers & Sparkly Wine, & fuzzy yarn. Gotta get me some. Hope Roy is feeling better.

That Shannon! Always knows how to cheer a girl up. Karman will love that scarf. Hope Roy is better today!

The scarf is not tacky...its called CAMP! So much more highbrow

Glad Roy is feeling better, and tell Soba I'm the first member of her fan club.

Not to be alarmist, BUT

A friend's cat had trouble breathing and was diagnosed as an asthmatic last year. They did Xrays and told said friend to clean better. More cleaning and an air purifier later and still no improvement.

Second vet opinion: the cat had a tumor growing on either his heart and pressing his lungs or in his body and pressing his lungs.

Lord knows why the first vet/animal hospital never caught that on the Xray.

All I'm saying--it might be worth asking if shortness of cat breath is solely attributable to asthma (this coming from a woman whose cat has his own ophthamologist).

Also, tell Roy that he's adorable even in X-Royed form. What a handsome man!

Love the red and black.

Get better Roy, love the fang!

Aurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh. Hey, I majorly heart pirates, and that'll be in time to wear to the Pirates o' the Carribbean II premier!!!

Are you suggesting I am maybe slandering cabbages and their attention spans? Well. It is still better than the Great Cabbage Slaughter of 2003, a.k.a. "The Cole Slaw Months."

I will ask the vet about heart stuff when we have our chat today. She's testing him for a fungus thingy too. Ya'll. There could be a fungus among us. HAH HAH!!!!

Ok, that wasn't really funny. But I still call Bob "Scabies" from the time the vet thought he may have had something called "mange" which sounded a lot like "scabies." Ergo. Nickname.

It wasn't "mange" of course... it was merely a bald patch from where Sobakowa had attacked him. Love that Soba.

Could have been me, since I'm such a fun-guy....

HAHAHAHA

so so punny

If puns were deli meat, this would be the wurst.

Laurie~ Thank you for writing and sharing stories as you do! I'm facing a difficult period within my marriage, and while at moments my world is crashing down in a small New England town, I have glimpses of it's going to be damn okay someday soon. I've added your blog to my daily reads, your positive spin is contagious.

If the scarf is to be boa-ish, you might want to make the scarf skinnier that what you have cast on for. Maybe 10 or 12 stitches max. Really I'd just go with 10 stitches for it to be a boa, those are usually pretty skinny and long scarves, as opposed to wider.

I like the scarf!
Processed tomato products like ketchup are full of lycopene therefore ketchup should be an essential part of a healthy diet.
Mmmm, In'n'Out. I've only eaten there once in my entire life but I enjoyed that burger(alas, although we have the Patons factory outlet in Canada, we don't have the delicious wonder that is In'n'Out). I hope Roy's feeling better.

Drew -- don't knock the wurst. heh.

Wanda - I went wider because Karman is a not girly girl. Prefers wider scarves, but I agree a boa would be more skinny, I guess I was thinking the fuzzy makes it boa-like?

chele - it gets better, and worse, then better again. you hang in there. Oh! Just in case no one tells you this, please be aware that these things can (and will) make you temporarily INSANE. But it's an insane I think we come back from. Maybe. I'll keep you posted on that part.

Debby - I'll stop by the store tonight and look for the baby food, thanks!!

thanks to all for the good roy thoughts and words. I'm back at work so typing on the DL here ....

Glad Roy is doing better. The In and Out Burgers and champagne look awful yummy to me!

I'm glad you're feeling better too, Laurie. The thing about divorce is it's a roller coaster ride. Eventually the lows will be less low and the highs will last longer. (That's what I'm hoping for!)

Love Unwind. Although, when Six Feet Under used it for having one of their characters knit there (Ruth) I didn't think they portrayed knitters very nicely. Wonder if that bothered anyone else?

Hope you get Friday off and have a long good weekend!

Okay, that's two reasons to move out of my crappy little town...a yarn store and an In'n'Out. But a reason to stay? Green chile on your cheeseburger. Mmmm...and I agree with Roy, bacon always makes me feel better. Like my grandmother says, food is love!

I have a secret passion for furry yarn, due to its muppety factor. It's like petting Animal! Or Pepe!
Have a fantastically yummy food filled Thanksgiving!

Hey Mary! I am working Friday, but it's OK, it'll be a quiet, easy day. I hope.

Honestly until my meltdown on Monday, I hadn't considered that the "situation" might be making me crazy (or at least, nuttier than usual) but I think ya'll are right, and this is maybe just part of it.

I can only hope that Mr. X goes batshit crazy and is seen one day walking down Burbank Blvd. with a bra on his head. I mean, really. Is that so much to ask?

OMG - I just about fell off my chair laughing when I read 'drag queen muppet'. And considering I'm at work and shouldn't really be reading things that cause me to fall of my chair laughing, that would've been a bad thing. People thing I'm strange enough already.

Oh! And I never saw the Ruth Knitting stuff on Six Feet Under, but I'll catch it on DVD. Unwind is now selling yarn online, too!! http://www.unwindyarn.com/shop

Trader Joe is my boyfriend! (Don't tell my husband. I think he suspects, though.) Trader Joe's is, hands down, the best place to buy wine. It's very good, but inexpensive, like practically everything my true love Trader Joe sells. It was his Italian chocolate gelato that won my heart.

I love the gaudy muppet scarf! It really does put me in mind of Animal, my favorite muppet. Must find me some of that yarn.

Hi Laurie: Not to put a damper on your impulse buying, but Elann.com is selling the Lana Grossa Pep Stripe for $4.79 a skein. If you haven't discovered Internet discount yarn shopping yet, there's a whole world out there waiting to be discovered. Let me know if you want a list of my favorite discount websites.

So glad Roy is on the mend.

Have a fabulous Thanksgiving.

So.. when are you opening a Crazy Aunt Purl shop on Cafe Press????
Love the black/red scarf...or is it red/black??? So if it's a muppet...who was elmo with?? Hmmm...who was black fur???
I love the striping effect of Noro (love. love. love. Noro)... I am afraid that I will get skinny skinny stripes if I knit a sweater from it...
Have you seen the turkey and stuffing flavored soda?

I love the fact that you said your DNA has "nodes"... tee hee

Haha...Things That Make The Ass Look Smaller. hahahahaa, you kill me.

Have a great Thanksgiving, baby!

Cheryl is sooo right. I'd love a Crazy Aunt Purl tshirt. And Sobakawa mousepads! And Roy mugs! And - and - I'll go away now and sit quietly with a pre-moistened bra on my head.....

P.S - I'm glad Roy likes bacon. I have a friend whose cat goes nuts for tinned mushrooms. Now that ain't right.

P.P.S - My husband has offered to punch the Tall Asshat on the nose for you. I know, I know, we're in Australia, it may be tricky.

Don't forget... the 80's??? They're back!!! And this means that tacky is definitely cool right now. It would have been even better if it was hot pink and black, i used to wear hot pink and black together ALL THE TIME!

Hi Laurie

Sorry I haven't been near the nets for a couple of days, and I was just reading the other day post - and having been through a long lonely separation/divorce. I just want to say, enjoy the wallowing, yep that's crazy, but enjoy it the way a hippo loves rolling in the mud. This stage of introspective drunkness where you begin to question every drop of self, and where you overanalyse all past actions is the point where you start to define all the loveliness that is you. Just be a bit quicker of coming out of the mud pool than I did - 8 years isn't a recommended amount of time...
btw, are you sure you want to come to NZ, we don't have Taco bell, Ikea or that burger place (we do have McD's tho...) but crikey we got hot pools and geysers

yours rambling on as usual... genny

I would totally be the Kitsch Queen here in tasteful Redmond, but my roommate put the kibosh on most of my furniture :(

And ketchup TOTALLY makes your ass smaller.

Perry the Bi-Polar sends Roy get well wishes - and if you ever do open a Cafe Press site we'd go for a mouse pad of Roy's x-ray.

Seriously, having an ill baby is nothing to laugh about (even though we disguise our fear by doing so). And having the downers after your buddy left to go home and being alone (except for the cats) does easily lead to depression. We all understand and love you the more for your being able to talk about it.

Now I'm dying for champagne -- I always thought it would go well with KFC (original) myself.

I'll pop in tomorrow to see if you're doing anything for Thanksgiving -- want to come over for Pumpkin Pecan Pie???

hugs

Buster and Elvis send lots of kitty love to Roy, hoping he'll get better soon! Tess the dog could care less, but since she's a nice dog, she says, "yo."

You funny funny lady...Happy Thanksgiving from all of us furry friends to yours! XO

Girl!!
I raise my Leinenkugel Berry Weiss in a toast to you and your meowsers!! Have a great Thanksgiving and best hEALTH WISHES to kitty boy Roy!!Here's to striped anything!!!!!!!oh and burgers and booze.....CHEEEEERS!!!

Love you
Love the scarf
Love you, Roy and the scarf.

It reminds me of a character from Labyrinth.

Kellie N - Tinned mushrooms? Now, the story there is - how the heck did they get ahold of tinned mushrooms in the first place??! The Chaotic Cat digs popcorn in a major way (both dry and soaked racoon-style in his water dish) - but that's because I'm a very sloppy popcorn eater.

Now, Roy seems to have better taste, what with the bacon and the Whole Foods turkey!

a pirate scarf sounds awesome. i'll have to check out that yarn the next time i pop by unwind. bet roy's looking forward to some turkey and stuffing. mmmm.

I'd totally wear that. Keep knittin'.

Igor sends best wishes to Roy, although he was eyeing Roy's chicken at the time.

Oh I forgot...during the First Bush admin I think he said Ketchup was a vegetable in school menus... or maybe it was reagan...one of the rebumblicans anyway...

Why on God's Green Earth would you want to have a big Turkey full family guilt when you can go to the beach, eat In-n-Out and drink fizzy white wine?

BTW my dog would ONLY drink bottled water.

Attention-span of a cabbage....hahaha
then what? I have the complexion of a tangerine?

Those.big.thick.needles...they look...umm..PHALLIC?? (I'm just sayin...)

There are soooo many wonderful things I can say about this entry but there is one specifically... I AM SO JEALOUS! I wanted those lamps soooo badly to put over my new bar and all my husband could say was "Go ahead, if you really want them. But I think they look like some sort of funky, internal body part." WHAT? I was shocked. I knew I would constantly hear some dumb ass remark about them so I chose differently. Now? I REALLY WISH I HAD THEM! Damn you and your ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS lamps! Lucky lady! :)

I made a pep muppet scarf for a friend's b-day last year, and it was so much fun that I made one for myself. Now that I'm done, it's more fun to touch the scarf than to wear it. Maybe I should carry it around like a long, skinny security blanket.

I am loving the yarn. Also I had not thought about cat birthday parties. Natasha has one in March so I guess we should have a party for her birthday to kick off the months of celebrating next year.

(Omigod. Boris so needs his claws trimmed. I almost had to give up this comment to tend to the wounds he just inflicted trying to climb up my leg.)

The scarf is perrrrfect for her!!

Shannon is HAWT!

Those are really interesting looking needle tips.

I have a dial-up and got through Ok, so no worries............on the other hand, not too sure about the scarf. Have to reserve judgement until it's finished!

You find the most interesting bits of knitting equipment. I love all that you offer up via your blog. Where does one find exactly the Uncle Ronnie knitting needles? Searching the Internets as you say... :-)
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your kitty posse.

I have a cat who loved marshmallows. He would spear them with his claw and eat them that way. I am about 3,000 away from the closes in-n-out right now. If my flight gets delayed again I may end up eating canned tuna with the cats.

I envy the ability to knit with big needles. My hands really hurt and my carpal tunnel acts up when I knit on anything over an 8 so I never get to do the fast tacky knits with chunky yarns that other people can do.

Can't wait to hear what the vet says about Roy. You're both in our thoughts and prayers.

"Ketchup has natural mellowing agents..." really, girl, you gotta listen to Prarie Home Companion. The Ketchup Advisory Board fake commercials will make you spray champagne out your nose.

And isn't that what we all want out of life? Of course, it is.

Have you tried Bryspun needles? They have that marvy dolphin nose we love so much. I'm hooked. downside is, they break if stepped on. Well, THAT'S rude!!!

I LOVE the pirate scarf! If Karman doesn't, send it to me. I haven't made a muppet scarf yet - maybe that should bemy next project, since I just discovered my own local yarn enablers and I'm too sick to go to Thanksgiving (poor me). Thanks for the idea! Hope Roy feels better.

poor baby roy-try this:
crush the pills with a pestal and mortar (sp), or a dish and spoon. mix into yummy can cat food, tuna, or baby food. they'll eat the pill and get better and love you, doctor laurie!

Happy Thanksgiving :) I'm glad that Roy is feeling well enough to eat. That is a very good sign.

too funny...thanks for introducing me to A major Knitowrk...great quick fix after dropping kids off at soccer practice at the park...

Roy, you are such a handsome lad. Stop worrying your mother and get better!
I hope he feels better soon. I have 3 cats (and two d*gs) and know how worried you can get when they're sick.
And the scarf is kinda cool. In a tacky kinda way. :-)

I love you.

Red and black striped Pep is on SALE at Elann for under 5.00/skein. Pirate scarf-along anyone?