Izzy

She is back at the window but this time with a little bit of a troubled appearance. There has been complications from the surgery Wednesday. She is in pain. I have just been to the vet and he explained that she is suffering form a small inflammation in her stomach, a reaction to the surgery. Last night I was really worried as she didn't eat, drink or wanted to move at all. She just laid there totally apathetic. She had trouble walking, moved her legs in slow motion, and couldn't jump up on chairs or sofas...

I didn't sleep so good. When my kids or my cats are sick I turn on this radar and won't sleep. I got up at 4am to chek on Izzy and she was still in the same position as I left her the day before. I tried to give her some water, helped her to her toilet, but she just crawled underneath the sofa and hid there. I realized that I couldn't help her so I left one of my crocheted blankets out on the floor for her to cuddle up on and went back to bed. I tossed and turned for a good hour before falling back into a light and worrying sleep.

Today we have been to the vet and she seem a bit better. She has eaten, she is moving slowly and she has been to the toilet. We will observe her for the weekend and go back for a control again next week...

All the worries we carry around on a daily basis. If it isn't the worry for our own souls, our family or our kids, it is our pets...

Izzy looks at me quietly, turns her head and let her eyes wonder over the garden through the window. She wants to get out there but for right now inside is best. Until things are better. She will recover quickly. She is a fighter. I know she will.

Kärlek
Annette

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Rain, crochet and time for the vet

My Scrappy Happy V-stitch Blanket (pattern here) was washed and put outside to dry yesterday in the sunshine... Little did I know weather would change dramatically during the night. The rain is pooouring down today. Well oh well. The blanket is at least brightening up that greyish view from my kitchen window. And at some point it will dry up. Right?

I took our kittens to the vet this morning. It is time to get them neutered. And my oh my did the two of them bend over and turn the house upside down to get their petit dejouner this morning? Jumping all over the place, stroking my legs, crying, making a mess in the bathroom, spreading cat sand all over the floor, fighting with big noise. Staring me out on the table, looking pitiful at the window wanting to go outside. Even trying out my cup of tea in desperation of getting my attention. But, no - dear Izzy (in picture above) and Maya - today there won't be any breakfast. Today is a day you probably will want to forget. But as a responsible owner I have to do what I have to do. I'm sure I will be forgiven once they are back home and those food bowls are filled up again.

Kärlek
Annette

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Spring bulbs, doilies and 15 degrees

Doily from Maaike at CreJJtion's wonderful book Puur Haken.

Sunny Side Up doily from a pattern found at Red Agape Style & Design

It was one of those days. When the sun came out and transformed our whole life. From sitting inside all day Saturday, cuddled up underneath crochet blankets and with woolly socks on watching the rain never stop outside... To going outside and stripping off to bare feet, feeling the silky grass between our toes and the warmth of the sun making us all bubbly inside.

I cleaned out some flower beds, re-planted the few of my Geranium survivors. The kids balanced on our planting beds, played hide and seek, took the swings outside and made me all happy with their bubbly laughter and giggles. Not once did they fight. And then we had Swedish homemade Semlor, Fat Tuesday buns. Yummy!

I crocheted a Sunny Side Up doily from a pattern found at Red Agape Style & Design, which I modified and made a few rows larger and with a different edging. I placed it underneath some blooming bulbs on my window sill, together with another doily I made last spring from Maaike at CreJJtion's wonderful book Puur Haken. I think I'm awakening a doily obsession in me... Instant satisfaction and so much fun.

Last week I finished 36 Maybelle Flower Squares for my Baby Blanket project, and soon after I started to join them with a simple Join-As-You-Go technique. I'm loving how it is coming together.

The kittens are in and out and about at all times. Sleeping in my unmade bed whenever they get the chance. Running wild in nature and disappearing for hours on end. Next week they will get sterilized.

It is February break here and we are going up to the mountains. We are squeezing in a few days of skiing and I'm going to Chatel in the French Alps to meet with Heike from Made With Loops blog and her friend Julie again. Just like last year. I'm sure it will be a day full of yarn talk and bloggy chitter chatter. And I'm bringing Mariana too, from @WinterBeachByMab. You who are on Instagram knows who she is. If not, don't miss out on her feed.

Now I'm turning in my computer for a well deserved detox and clean up. I will be absent for a good week or so. And when I get back I hope my computer will be as good as new as it hardly functioned very well lately.

Happy last February week all. I which you lots of fun hooky time, squishy yarn time, hot cuppas and laughter. I'll keep you posted on my Instagram feed in the days between, until we meet again.


Note: This week I have worked only with my 4ply cotton/acrylic Tilda yarn from Svarta Fåret. Available in my Yarn Shop.

Kärlek
Annette

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