kit e. cat - 2 cute!

first - I was first... Get me some wine, I need to savor this moment...

Oh you're such a sweetie, Aunt Purl, to go visiting your dear old grannie.

Your Grandma looks great!!! I'm so glad that she's doing better.

The nursing home residents sure do look like they're enjoying having our Crazy Aunt Purl around! As of course, I do, every single day.

Love you, Laurie!

Your Grandma looks great!!! I'm so glad that she's doing better.

The nursing home residents sure do look like they're enjoying having our Crazy Aunt Purl around! As of course, I do, every single day.

Love you, Laurie!

Aww, so glad to hear your gran is doing better!

How much is the space on your forehead going for, anyway?
I'm kinda thinkin' I might try the same thing and I need to get a feel for the market. :)

Love ya!

Sorry...I must have sent my message twice.

Darn keyboard gremlins!! ;o)

They have a in-house cat? That's great!

My mom works at a nursing home - hope the admin people's are better at your grandma's place :-( The last admin decieded to put down carpet. Better looking, soundproofing, ect. ect. Well, some of the residents can't push their wheelchairs anymore! And my mom is now having trouble with her back - the carpet makes pushing the med carts harder. Not much, but when you already have a bad back..... They put the carpet down in two phases and you should SEE the differance in the colors. Just from cleaning!
:-O

Sorry, minor venting

Glad your Grandma is feeling better. Will she be staying? When does she get her blanket?

I think you found your calling in making your grandma's friends happier and livelier!
=:8

Hi Ya'll! Yes, grandma is looking much better! My mom comes back into town on Sunday, I'm excited to see her :)

Also, conveniently enough, the "For Rent" sign on my fivehead (ha! love ya'll and your commenting terms, which is where I learned "fivehead"!!!) is covering a rather unsightly blemish. *sigh* what am I, thirteen again???

Looks like you liven the place up just by being there, Laurie, and that is a BIG deal for those people. You are making a difference in their lives, and who could ask for more than that?

I thought I was the only one in the world who had ever read that book. Seriously. It's one of my favorites of all time!

Cool pictures of your Grandma and all the people at the hosptial. Their resident kitty is way too cute. How sweet that they have the little furball to play with?

Judy-- thanks, but sometimes I wonder if I tire them out... all the talking... you know ;)

Leigha-- I love that book! Rage of Angels is one of those I've read over and over again, it's always good ... even when it's bad! LOL

When I get sick, I want Aunt Purl to visit me, too.
Did you know you even have your grandma's teeth, in that metaphor way, not like you reached in and grabbed them?

Cute picture of you and your grandma! And lovely little Kit E. Cat. Hm, Rage of Angels, huh? I'll have to read that one.

LOVE Mr. (Ms.?) Kit E. Cat. Gorgeous, softy, smooth. And the fact that everyone loves Halloween (the only holiday worth celebrating, IMHO).

And I didn't realize Mr. Hakim was such a looker! I bet he gets all the chicks.

Lester looks like a man who could use a blanket too. I hope he gets one, what with this avalanche of squares. If he doesn't, I'm making him a blanket myself. Please let me know.

And Kit. E. Cat is adorable. I hope when I'm old and alone there's a kitty around.

Mr Hakim is too cute! He looks like he could stir up some trouble... we're all doing our best to cover them all in yarn squares, a la Kristy. Which reminds me, I have to go check the progress that's been made on her site...and I have 2 more finished squares for her. :)

Without a cat it is a hospital. With a cat and those spooky qualified professional caregiver it is a home. Hi Grandma, good to see ya smilin'.

In yesterday's comments, one person indicated that she used "WWAPD?" (what would Aunt Purl do?) when making certain decisions. I, too, am now using that. When taking pictures! I didn't use to take many pix -- now, all the time. Some people are bemused -- others hide when I come around. Certainly weeds out good friends from those who know you're crazy and want to participate in the bedlam. (Or throw me into Bedlam, maybe.) Anyway, just wanted to send thanks your way, Laurie, for the picture-taking muse -- and also for learning how to take self-portraits (from above -- eliminates my double chin! Yeah!)

So glad that your grandmother is doing better, she looks wonderful.

How nice that they have a 'house cat'. I'd bet that having one around makes everyone feel better and more 'at home'. I used to have a cat that looked just like Kit E. Cat. Her name was Gremlin and she lived to be 19 but she wasn't quite so sweet and loving as this one looks. Actually, she was a holy terror who would bite or scratch at will.

Your Gran is looking so much better! I can't wait to see how the blanket comes out with all the squares together...

Forhead space for sale, huh? I hope it goes for a pretty penny because I've got some space I could rent out too.

So glad your Grandma is feeling better. That looks like a great convalescent home. With a very cute Kit E. Cat.

All of the patients look so happy to have your company. I think it's great that you find time for these visits, and obviously they do too!

Every hospital should be lucky enough to have an excellent goober leecher like you coming around. You're obviously bringing some sunshine to the place. Well done, darlin'.

I just spent the last week reading your entire blog. For one, I think you are absolutely hilarious. I might lose my job from laughing out loud.

Second, you seem like such a wonderful person, and I commend you on your honesty. I too am a knitter, a designer, some what of a hermit, and have had my share of misfortune.

I can only hope that someone like yourself continues to share stories. I wish you and your grandma the best.

thanks for the tour! sweet faces, sweet cat. Your grandma looks good too!

You are such a blessing to all the residents that have met you. They look so forward to your visits, you can see it through the pics you posted. Your grandma looks very happy in this pic, she looks like she is laughing, I can see why!

Awwwww! Grandma looks so happy that you are there with her! If it weren't for those sun glasses I think we coudl see her eyes sparkling with joy! She admires you like all your readers do!

Seems like a nice place your grams is at. But, am I crazy or is that cat missing part of a leg? *strains eyes at pictures*

You are such a good egg to cheer everyone where Gran is staying! Speaking of Gran-she looks just
like Jessica Tandy (Mrs. Threadgood in Fried Green Tomatoes was one of my all-time favorite characters )Kit E. Cat makes it all perfect too!

Oh! the cat has all four legs :) Must be the photographer's lameness that made her look... er. Lame. LOL.

Sidney Sheldon books are so bad that I once was halfway through one before I realized I'd read it already! Heh heh!

Now, what gives with the Halloween garb almost a month early?

Mary, have you not been in a Target or WalMart lately? THEY HAVE CHRISTMAS STUFF OUT!! No, seriously. They do.

YOU brought the masks??? ;-)

You are such a ray of sunshine. I bet everyone at the hospital just loves you to pieces, just like the rest of us. And I agree--Mr. Hakim looks like he gets all the girls.

Does Raydine have a tattoo of a tear under her eye?

I agree, Lester and Raydine (as well as Mr. Hakim) need blankets. Dammit.

And do I hear "Kitty Pi" for Kit.E.Cat?

And seeing you with your Gram makes me homesick for mine.

Your grandma looks really good, and the place she's staying looks pretty good too!

Glad your g-ma is feeling better!

The nursing facility my mother was in had a kitty too. He was a nice boy. Visited around. Sat in window's and watched birds. Laid and slept in their chairs. He even had his own room.

I wish I were your grandaddy...I'm just saying.

yay for CAP bringing Halloween fun to grammy's home...I just spent the day rescuing Halloween from the PC police at my 6 YO's school, so I say the longer we can have fun with it, the better!

Hey Laurie- long time no post, just had to say that Kit E. Kat is a dead ringer for our own calico, B.K. (the cat formerly known as Baby Kitty) Kitty separated at birth perhaps? Ours could totally be her stunt double.
Peace, love and wine, dollie

kit e cat is a twin for my Pearl Phyllis.
same white tummy just waiting to be scritched.

A kitten for the home? Do you need assistance? Please email, Jo Ann, veterinary technician, animal hospital manager, and general suck up when donations are needed. Hugs and kisses from a longtime reader.

SOBA. KOWA. SOBA. KOWA.

Mr. Hakim looks like a sweetie, and I love how the staff enters into the spirit of fun. But Kit E. Cat (cousin of Bob T. Cat?) has that calm yet disdainful look that so many felines do...Yes, I am fabulous, puny human, now go away. And open a can of tuna for me.

Love the name Kit E. Cat!

PS: I, too, know the joys of a fivehead.

Your grandma is a cutie and I think I am in love with Mr Hakim.

Hi... I've been lurking around here (and all through your archives) since I saw your bed on Citizen of the Month. I love your writing and photography, and I've found great help in your archived posts about knitting (hello, Magic Scarf!). I just linked to you in a rather rambling post about knitting, just so you know. :)

I have my first knitting class tonight...you've inspired me to become an obsessed knitter! I've picked up some beautiful malabrigo merino and am ready to knit up a storm! I think I may just have to knit a square for Grandma Purl...she's adorable (hope she doesn't mind messy 1st knitting projects)!

Where'd your STD go?

So glad your grandma is better!

Rage of Angels is the only Sidney Sheldon book I ever read... except The Other Side of Midnight, was that him? Anyway, I hated that book, mostly because she gives away everything including her self-respect to save her kid and then he dies anyway of some only-in-trashy-novels disease or accient or something (I forget, it was a long time ago)? How crappy is that? At that point, had I been she, I would have devised some fiendishly brilliant plot to bring down all of them, Warner, his simpy wife and Moretti, in one fell swoop, executed it flawlessly, and then (if still alive) joined a Buddhist convent.

Does the Kit live at the nursing home? Or is your life getting hairier still?

Laurie -- Enough with the forehead! It is a perfectly acceptable size!

And maybe you should take some of the furries on the next visit (except Soba -- I could see her pulling people's IV lines if they don't comply with her wishes).

i like how Lester is the only one in sepia!

You & grandma look fabulous... and yay for upcoming Halloween! I'm just sad that I work in an office now where they're very anti-dressing-up, so I'll have to wait until after to get all goofy. Or take the day off. I might just do that.

Laurie,

You and I could be Billboard Twins! Our foreheads will rule the world!!!

BWA HA HA!

Also, my cat Abby looks like Roy's sis.

Glad everyone (both of the human and feline variety) is feeling better.

You and your grandma make a beautiful pair! And it looks like YOU bring a lot of joy to everyone there, both residents and caregivers.

True story:

Two years ago, I went to this clinic at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles because I was having trouble breathing through my nose, and most of the other patients were older with breathing problems. The patient who sat next to me was some funny older guy and we talked the whole time. When it was time to leave, he didn't realize that he had to pay for hospital parking and told me he always forgets to bring money. He asked if he could borrow ten bucks, and he'll return it the next time he sees me at this clinic. I said sure, and then he introduced himself as writer Sidney Sheldon (did you he also created the TV show "I Dream of Jeannie"?), who I am sure has more money than all of us combined. So, I loaned ten bucks to Sidney Sheldon. (he did pay me back)

I love cats. They have a healing touch.

You crack me up with your forehead comments. My family also inherited the large forehead gene. My brother tells his oldest daughter that when she was born the doctor told him, "Congratulations, you have a 7 lb. baby forehead." She takes it in stride --- don't hate us cuz we're beautiful.

Thanks for the laughs.