Laurie, you rock! Happy Holiday, and gimme some more Bob photos!

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

oh, and I was going to say:Thanks for the laugh- how on earth do people manage to dress up their cats like that??? Mine would have killed me if I'd tried! So I leave them without sweaters, out there catching mice...

Hey Crazy Aunty, I am laughing out loud at the last photo. My husband is giving me very strange looks but seriously - I'm laughing out loud. And given the bronchial thing I am currently coughing through - this is not good! But that face - man, so funny!!!!!!!

HAppy holodays in the USA there.

Even Happy Holidays but happy holodays is good to right?!

Thank you for coming here and sharing yourself with us. I think we are all the better for it. I don't want to sound like a loon, but I've learned a lot from you Laurie.

Happy Thanksgiving Laurie and everyone else reading!

That last photo is absolutely hilarious!

It has to be a poster or greeting card or something - along with the caption!

And that unique pattern with the faux fur along the back- priceless.

Have a great Thanksgiving, Laurie!

Thank you for your awesome blog, your fun sweepstakes contests and for making it cool to dress cats up! :)

WHAT?! Someone left you a nasty comment?! Just send them my way, and I will give them a verbal a$$ whooping.

I'm outraged!

Happy Thanksgiving yo you and Grandma and all the adorable residents of her nursing home. I hope you have a wonderful day eatin' and drankin' and more eatin' and drankin'! I'm so proud of you! Can I say that I knew you when??

I just heard on the news that the three idiots in Aruba were arrested again just now for the disappearance of Natalee Holloway( the Kalpoes and van der Sloot.) I thought you'd want to know since you met her mother during you book tour.

Big smooches and hugs to you and the cats!!!

Happy Thanksgiving to you, too, Laurie!!!

And just ignore the occasional mean poster. They're just jealous of you and have no life of their own if they have nothing better to do than post nasty comments on some stranger's web site. I mean really! As my former shrink used to say, "How sad for them!"

To you, not "yo you." I think I've started celebrating a bit too early!!

Happy Thanksgiving, Laurie and Grandma! Have a wonderful holiday.

And try not to get worked up over the ignorant nastiness of that commenter yesterday, petal. She's not worth it. Honestly. You've achieved great things over the past year and I know I speak for the vast majority of us who come and check in on you every day when I say we're so very happy to see you achieving success for your efforts, and to believe that maybe this year you'll actually have the Happy Christmas you deserve. That's what we're hoping for you.

Liz, thanks for the heads up!

I met her mom in Portland and I have to say, I was so impressed. She is very classy, and she managed to take this awful thing and turn it into a way to help others -- educating parents and schools about the dangers and safety needs on a school trip that happens overseas.

Mostly I just felt she was handling herself with so much dignity. I thank you for the heads up!

And I hope you all have a great holiday, too. I'll be back on Friday (I have no time off because of all the traveling I had to do!) and hopefully I will have actual pictures of knitting to post. I am taking my goofy legwarmers with me to Grandma's house. I sort of lost interest in them when I realized they were going to be way way too big even for my gigantor calves, but now I'm thinking I might felt them! I'm using SWS. We'll see. They may turn into wine cozies LOL.

Yes, many wonderful things to be thankful for. Aren't we damn lucky. Meow and Happy Thanksgiving...

Yikes! I just finished reading the comments to the gallery, and Laurie, I want you to know I am not the Lisa who hated your book! I made the Kitty Porn comment and love your blog, your videos and really want to win the Super-Duper Sweepstake!

From now on, i will try to remember to post as LisaAlso, not Lisa... the Troll!

Laurie, I LOVE your accent! I do I do I do. And also Bob. If he was human, I'd marry him.

Bonnie, Bob has changed SO MUCH in the past few months, if he were human I'd marry him too! heheheh

This morning I woke up and he was laying on my chest, waiting for me to wake up, and when I opened my eyes to see why I felt like I had a ton of bricks laying on me (hehehe) he was just looking at me with his little sweet kitty face and he saw me open my eyes and he chirped. he doesn't meow, really, he chirps. He was so excited for me to finally wake up!

He never used to get that close to me, he was always Roy's cat. The change has been nothing short of remarkable.

I wish I could enter the competition! But although the terms and conditions page was a 404 error, I suspect being in the UK I'm not allowed to enter... there was no space on the form to put my country at any rate!

Sarah, I think they're having some technical issues -- I found some dead links too. I'll let them know. And unfortunately yes this one is for US peeps only, I tried real hard to get them to bend but they have all this legal stuff, I guess.

(((((LAURIE))))) Happy Thanksgiving!! If you're coming to Texas you WILL get to wear your knitting, it got cold as a witch's tit today! From 74 to 55 in about 20 minutes here in Longview. My poor son went to visit friends in a tank top, shorts and flipflops, he'll be cold when I go get him!

Molly

I deleted some of my comments so the comments may not make sense now, whoops! But anyway, just wanted to focus on being thankful, I shouldn't be focusing on anything else on such an awesome day... I'm going to see my folks! And my dad is cooking! REAL food!!!

Ya'll have a great holiday and "see" you on Friday.

I love your videos...they made me happy and feel like i was hanging out with you, way over here in Michigan! Can't wait to see the legwarmers. If they don't fit I suppose you turn them into festive wine bottle cozies!
Have a great turkey day

I like the little disclaimers from the "sponsors of the contest" They made me smile.

Happy Happy Thanksgiving, Laurie! And yes, as weird and unbelievable as it may be, YOU are one of the things I'm thankful for in my life...

Thanksgiving blessings to you and yours.

Happy Thanksgiving!

You are way too sweet for this world, you know that? Have a wonderful Thanksgiving and thank you for sharing your life with all of us. :)

Jennifer

Happy Thanksgiving to you! I am normally a lurky kinda girl, but your phrase "baby on your hip" hit home. There were many many days this summer and autumn where laughing at your blog was all that kept me from crying. Colicky babies are *not* easy, and you were my only relief on the worst of those days. Thank you for that.

mmm...daddy cooking.
w thankful for super growing bionic zuccinni?

*I* am thankful that I have Crazy Aunt Purl to come and make me smile on days I was pulling out my hair.

happy day, ya'll. Baxter dawg just informed me he wants a sweater and WHY DIDn'T I MAKE HIM ONE SO hE could be innernets famous!

dogs.

Happy Thanksgiving! I too am thankful for your blog, it give me a great deal of enjoyment and makes me think even while I laugh. And who doesn't need a good laugh? LOVED the sweater photo gallery!

Happy Thanksgiving to the whole Purl family.

I also have a cat that chirps. Actually its move of a cross between a chirp and a aqueek.

That last pic was priceless. Thank you for the giggle. Happy Thanksgiving!

Thank you, Laurie ... you are really wonderful and many times over I've been thankful to have found your blog. Big hugs and best wishes for a great holiday with your Grandma!

Hi Laurie, happy thanksgiving, and thank you for sharing your life with us!

I was outraged at 'Lisa''s wild assumptions and opinions. When I got to the make up, hair and vegetarian' part though I quickly realised that she's off the planet. So don't worry too much!

And thank you for your poignant and funny book and providing a bright spot on the web!

Laurie, thanks for your wonderful post today about your thankfulness !! I know this sounds freaky internet wierd, but I feel like I know you a bit now, after reading your blog everyday for so long. And of course reading your book. And I honestly think that if we worked in the same place or even lived in the same place, we'd be friends. Thanks for making me giggle, and sometimes cry. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday. Jennifer in Canada :)

Holy crap! Your linking me has given me more traffic than my blog has probably ever had in its existence. So, thanks! Happy Thanksgiving too!

Oh yeah and also: thanks for having the contest in the first place! It was a cool way to get weirdly creative, hahaha. The best kind of creativity. Your blog is inspiring.

I don't know anyone that I could refer that would guarantee would take me.........they would be like "sucks to be you" or "too bad, so sad" and I would be stuck back here in Ohio. Glad to see someone from our neck of the woods winning....Pittsburgh winner.

Happy Turkey Day!!!!!!!!!!
Don't eat too much...........psych!

Hon,
That refer a friend website keeps popping up "dangerous website" on my virus protection. You might wanna check that out.

Also.......what if I win. I don't drink wine (or anything else for that matter) and I don't knit. I DO however lurvve cats ( I gots 4 ) It won't be too wierd for you, huh?

Cat in Sweater: "Look into my eyes and feel the bottemless pit of rage and everlasting, burning emotional pain you have fostered within me. Now feed me."

Yes, that furry cat in the purple sweater is definitely contiplating killing someone and possibly eating their young!

Laurie Doll! You have the best fans in the world! Those flickr cat, dog, parakeet, rabbit, kid sweater photos are fantastic. I never laughed so hard in my life! You inspire knitters and crocheters to greatness, oh wise one!

Happy T-giving, darlin'

Hugs!
Ellen B.

{wiping nose} Aww, my little bubbeleh! I hope you're thankful for enriching OUR lives, right folks? (everyone nods vigorously). Because you are, you do, and every tear you've dried up on one of our faces is another day in Heaven for you so there. This incredible connection, unhampered by Time or Distance (courtesy of the innernet) has been enhanced by ya'll (see? it's CATCHING). I love thinking about you tomorrow, laughing, eyes twinkling, in the bosom of the kinfolks from whence out of which you came. HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO YOU, our Crazy Aunt Purl, bless yo' lil sweet-tea heart. I - WE - love you! {everyone nods vigorously} and lots of love to all the fuzzies too.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING, LAURIE...yes, being southern & that sweepstakes suspicion is true.

Oh, my yes, wine cozies; maybe I'll take up knitting after all.

Glad you're goin to be with Grandma and your family (will your dad be deepfat fryin the turkey?)...well, wishing you the happiest..what a ride your year has been...glad I got in on it...at least the (cat) tail end!!

Brite Blessings, Kate

Laurie, the videos are adorable! And the sponsors' disclaimers at the end of them are hilarious. Maybe you can start working on that George Clooney sweepstakes next?

Thank you, Laurie, for being you and sharing yourself so openly. I lurk but I enjoy every word and photo. Happy Thanksgiving!

Dude, always something entertaining to read over here. Thanks!

Love the videos - didn't notice any scrunching! Very excited about the contest, what a blast it would be to hang with CAP. At the risk of sounding a little TOO warm and fuzzy, I have definitely added you and your blog to my list of things to be thankful for. You have provided a laugh when it was sorely needed, a little cry when that was needed, and been a role model for and given encouragement to singleton women everywhere. And you just thought you were writing a blog! Seriously, meeting you, your cats, your family and your world wide web of friends and fans has been awesome. Happy Thanksgiving dear Laurie...hope you have a great time with your family. We'll all be here when you get back!

Thank you. For laughs, a great book and cats in sweaters.

I have never seen so many cranky looking cats! LOL
Happy Thanksgiving to you, Laurie. it's been an interesting ride over the last couple or three years!

Well, smack me with a Cheeto, girl. That chopstick tip is the best thing since sliced bread.

Best,

Kathleen

Thank goodness you said somewhere in the middle of the comments that you had changed things because I thought I was losing my mind! I kept going back and re-reading thinking "what the hell is she talking about"????

Well, if someone was mean to you, brush it off and don't you bother for one second listening to them. You could tell us who it was and we can all flame her for you if you'd like...but you will probablly take the high road, which is good, but I am just offering. That's all.

Have a happy thanksgiving. You are so very blessed to have family to share it with -- never forget that!

That photo gallery cracked us up, but Lindsey and Sax the Cat were our favourite too.

Of course we need to see a list of winners. Otherwise the contest is totally rigged and not real.

Happy Thanksgiving to you, Laurie! And thanks for making us laugh, and making us cry, and... no, this is NOT the trailer for Steel Magnolias. Just thank you for everything.

That purple-sweatered cat! I thought mine looked ticked off.

Thanks Laurie for taking a risk writing a blog everyday and thanks for writing a book that touched a lot of people including me.
Happy Thanksgiving from (cold) West Texas! Good thing I have 8 cats...

Just want to say thanks to you. I spent most of the day in the hospital with my grandfather. They took him into the er for chest pain and discovered an aneurysm. He is now in critical care. Its just really nice to come home and have a laugh and read something pleasant. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

Lindsey and Sax the cat should be on YOUR book cover!

Thank YOU for making us laugh all year. Ok, a few tears were shed too.

Happy Thanksgiving. Enjoy your family.

And thank you, for your expressions, your weirdly scrunchy forehead, and all that goes on behind it!

Thank YOU for your book and your blog. I'm going through divorce myself without a lot of people to talk to. Reading your experiences makes me feel connected to others in a big way. And when my seventh-grade daughter saw the title of your book she said "Mom, that so sounds like you." (Except the drunk part. Got to avoid that when you want to keep custody of your three children. And the cats.) Eat all the turkey you can and feel no guilt.

Happy Thanksgiving! You certainly have some things to celebrate.

I'm thankful this year for finding your writing. Thank you for reminding me to embrace my inner crazy-cat lady and for re-introducing me to the joys of yarn. Yarn has come a long way since I last knitted or crocheted. Now I'm crocheting for anyone who will accept a "homemade thingie" from me. It's so much more FUN this time around. I think I was mental for starting with a king-size afghan as my first project 20 years ago. No kidding. It was SIX FEET wide. Scarves are bliss in comparison.

Oh, by the way, tell your editor she was wrong to have you cut out 500 extra pages of your book. It was over much too soon!

OMG, the photo gallery made me crack up!

Happy Thanksgiving!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING LAURIE!!! Right back at ya!

Happy Thanksgiving to you and all of your family - furred and otherwise. I thank the internets every day when there is a new post from you - you make my day. Thank you.

Cyber HUG and THANK YOU for being you.
Love the pictures, your adorable even in curlers..
Happy Thanksgiving...........

And let me give thanks for your wonderful blog which brings sunshine, laughter and friendship into my greyest days. You have a wonderful goft for communication and friendship, however you deliver it. One day, maybe we'll get to have a real hug, but for now please accept a virrtual one (HUG). Happy Thanksgiving.

A very happy Thanksgiving to you, Laurie. Thank you for all of the laughs, tears and things that make you say "hmmm".

That last cat? He looks like he may have EATEN his owner.
Holy disgruntled!

Was listening to your contest videos and my husband had to come over an watch. He was cracking up saying "she's a nut". I just kept laughing and trying to explain to him what some of it meant. He did point out we have the same accent. How is that possible with you from Texas and me from Atlanta?

Been reading you for almost two years. Thank you for all the humor and insights.

Now do I win?????

thank you laurie! i've been reading your blog since august 07 (including reading ALL of the archives). i love it! happy thanksgiving!

Laurie, thank you for bringing joy into days when it was tough to smile and for being you!!! Enjoy!

Happy Thanksgiving Laurie :)

I was looking at the kitties in sweaters pics yesterday and marvelled at how much work you put into that. I've always bought cat or dog calendars and had a lot of awwwwwwww moments but these pictures are priceless and would be great in lots of calendars.

I live in Toronto and we had our first snowfall of the year last night and today...snow over ice..hope nobody gets hurt driving.

Dear Laurie, I count you as one of my blessings to be thankful for on this Thanksgiving day. You and your feline tales have provided me with many enjoyable moments. And I do so love (it's my favorite) the photo of Lindsey and Sax the cat in their matching sweaters :)

I can't read the contest rules because when I click on the link, it says "Page Not Found". So I am going to operate under the assumption that if there is a space for "Province" and "Postal Code" on the entry form, you must be able to enter if you are a Canadian, eh.

Happy Turkey Day to all my American friends.

Juliana xo

Happy Thanksgiving, Laurie!

Happy Thanksgiving! I made cornbread stuffing with fake sausage, because I'm a little bit southern and a little bit yuppie.

Karen

Happy Thanksgiving! I made cornbread stuffing with fake sausage, because I'm a little bit southern and a little bit yuppie.

Karen

Thank *you*, Laurie!! Love, love, love the Lindsey and Sax pic. Hope you're enjoying a *wonderful* day, and hugging up a storm. Happy Thanksgiving!

Hi Laurie---just had to add that the cat in the final pic has to be included in the calendar...I've seen few photos that express a more annoyed cat than that one!!

Hope you had a great time with your family...my dinner with my not-really-my-family (yet...long story) did NOT put the fun in disfunctional...but, a nice Chablis when I got home & a little "pool therapy" made up for it...may I be one of the 1st to wish you a Merry Christmas, Happy Yule, etc.

Brite Blessings,
Kate

Laurie,
I want to thank you for all the stories, the laughs and the tears you've shared this year. Hearing bits of your story has helped me travel my first year post-divorce. And I have L.O.V.E.D. seeing your book dreams come true!!!

I hope your Thanksgiving was fabulous.

Happy Thanksgiving! I'm so grateful that you have a blog and that I stumbled across it.

Awwwwww, you look so CUTE in the video!

Happy Thanksgiving! Hope a nice time was had by all, loyal lurkers and Laurie and fuzz-babies alike.

We'll this isn't a feline....this is a maline. This post made me laugh my head off. Great one..Tis sad that your Granma doesn't have inernet, maybe you should try and ask Granpa! lol

Well, you just made my son's morning with the matching sweaters and the fun fur cat sweater.

I am so not knitting my dog a sweater -- he's a Rhodesian ridgeback mix, and it would have to be huge!

Laurie, I just watched your video on the sweepstakes site and you are totally adorable! You sound just like Reese Witherspoon when she's in movies where she has a Southern accent (uh... Sweet Home Alabama? There's gotta be at least one more). Thank you for sharing your life and baring your soul on this here blog - it's one of my very favorites! Happy day-after-Thanksgiving, and all the best to you!

That big guy in the fuzzy purple sweater is my boy, Stewart. He may look like a killer, but he's actually a big lamb. He's looking much friendlier now that he had a nice turkey dinner for Thanksgiving. Thanks Laurie and all for noticing his beauty and personality!

Thanks for the contest results, Luarie. I so enjoyed them all but I am glad you pulled out my very favorite -- pink curlers and matching mom-and-cat sweaters!

And PINK CURLERS! Did I say pink curlers? That just slayed me when I saw it on the slideshow of entrants. I actually spit out coffee.

Hope you had a lovely Turkey Day. With bacon.