Taking care of yourself and others

We have started health plans for all of us. We all need to get more exercise and lose some weight. Yes I know it is not fun to talk about lifestyle changes, but here we are. 

The kittens are on board with one of their changes. Da Bird needs to come out more even if it hurts a bit it is good to keep all the legs moving.

Momma tell them I killed the bird several times before you took this pic!

I'm not lazy just hard to capture in motion.

Great action shot Burt!

Yes I know Momma. I am a very photogenic kitty!!!

I found a recipe for ginger curry scones. Yes I know it sounds a bit odd but they were fantastic. I also know that scones are not on the healthiest foods you can eat list, but they have tumeric in them so they have just a touch of anti inflammatory properties in them. Plus our heat went out and the oven helps keep it warmer in here. That is my story and I am sticking to it.

After any workout it is time for a nice rest and recharge. Mellie and her arthritis seem to be doing OK. She has good days and bad days. The cold certainly does not help but snuggling with big bro does till you crowd him off the chair.

We make a great bobsled team! If by bobsled you mean nap-chair team.

So try to stay warm out there and in here and remember to get up and move. Get more steps in every day and take care of yourselves and others.

Sock knitting and repair

Wahooo! My January socks for the hubby got finished in January. I am on sock knitting schedule. This yarn is vacation yarn bought on our trip to Czechia in 2019. It was a gotta buy something purchase and now I wish I had bought more. The shop was definitely a yarn store but it was full of what I would call baby knitting yarns. Fine weight in pastels. Luckily I found this Best Sock yarn. And the kicker is I think it was inexpensive yarn too. No like really inexpensive. Well at least hubby can enjoy these lovely memory socks, even it he is not getting more Best Socks Czechia socks.

Vlna Hep New Best Socks 

I am mostly on schedule for my February socks too.  Aren't these fantastic colors? I know they look a bit Chistmasy but as a person that still has their Christmas tree up I am not worried. He will wear them all year round. Especially if they keep landing at the top of the clean sock pile. Good thing my guy is not terribly picky.

Story time... before we left Oregon I found out my friend J has roughly the same size feet as me. Actually a bit smaller which worked out well for her since I had socks that had shrunk some with normal wearing and washing. She went through several small piles of "these don't quite fit me anymore" socks and took home about ten pairs. 

I received a text and photo of one of my socks had "sprung a leak.' She had not snagged it on anything and confirmed she was washing and drying them properly. She was very concerned she was doing something wrong and "did not want to get put in sock jail!!!"

We talked back and forth and we think it was just due to wear. I had knit them in 2009 so she "was a grand old dame" that had put in her time. I offered to convert to wristlets for her but J passed since they would be too big. 

A few days later I received another photo saying she loved this particular pair but they too were running thin and have limited sock time left. They were knit in 2007. By now I am starting to suspect some of the socks were not too small but pulled from the wearing rotation due to pending doom. Naah they were too small, my feet and ankles have spread a bit in the past 10 to 15 years. Turns out I have two skeins of the same yarn in my stash. So J will be getting her third pair of bespoke Yarnkettle socks. And most likely a fourth pair since the other colorway is named Crazy Woman. She thought I was teasing her when I mentioned I have two skeins of that yarn in my stash. I said nope I am offering. Followed by excited hand waving and me me me!!!

Burt was not concerned he knew Auntie J was sockworthy the whole time. Auntie J is a good, caring and responsible person, she must be good with socks like she is with kitties.

While that was going on in Oregon, I had two pairs "spring leaks" here in New Mexico. These were put back in the rotation after the move and could not handle that last little transition. I have a bit of leftover yarn from my Adriene swap socks but I don't think it is enough to reknit two toes... maybe I will just have to use a different color and do some contrast toes.

There is no leftover yarn for these, I never even had enough to finish them the first time. Good thing I have a bag of leftover sock yarn to pick from. And with reknitting there is less pressure to make them look perfect I can choose any wacky combo that strikes my fancy. 

 

So if I reknit sock toes does that count for my 12 pairs a year? Or is that another tally? Must I repair 12 pairs a year too? Aww heck I don't need more rules for my knitting. I just want to KNIT HAPPY, so I will.

Taking it Easy

My poor little girl is on bed rest orders. She has limped her way through the weekend. Thursday she was fine when I got up in the middle of the night. A few hours later she would not come down the stairs. I set up a temporary area up there and started watchful waiting. 

By noon she seemed a bit better till she did come down with us for lunch. Yep she picked a snow day to start having issues. I made an appointment for today to establish with a vet anyways. Thank goodness for Chewy's chat with a vet service. 

 

Update: We have seen the vet and she has arthritis. She had some treatment and felt a bit better. We are coming up with a plan to treat a very skittish cat that has never liked being picked up, and is too smart for her own good as far as eating stuff that will help. Little Miss is of the opinion that all doctored food must be doctored with poison not medicine to help her. Medicine and poison are the same words in her world. Sigh, it may be a long journey.