etienettebluet | Entries tagged with cassie

Up, wide awake at 8, and out for lunch, then to the library for a few sessions on the computer. Home early, thinking about dealing with Cassie, but no Leofwyna so went downstairs to work on Triple Threat until she came home. She baked her shortbread for Saturday then after supper we laid Cassie in the Lily of the Valley bed. Back downstairs for more Tripple Threat until bedtime.

Up and out for lunch then across town to the library for a few sessions before meeting. After meeting Leofwyna headed straight home as she said Cassie hadn't been feeling well today. I skipped supper with the others at Slim Picken's but did stop at Chili's before going home. Found Cassie was failing and Leofwyna cuddled her until her fierce heart finally allowed her to heed Bast's summons at 2:35am. It was a long 'evening' for us.

Up and breakfast then onto the to-do list... out to the library and Cassie to the vet. Spent the evening on the computer upstairs.

Wearing compression socks to bed seemed to make a difference. Up and out for Cassie's vet appointment. Out for lunch, library and thwarted Goodwill return. Home to bid Leofwyna a late farewell and have a quiet evening on the laptop.

8:20... a pretty day. Put away weekend purchases... still amazed the size I'm getting into these days. Out for lunch and thrift store. Not enough energy today to do all I wanted. Did pull the 22s out of the winter side of the closet to sort and pass on to Leofwyna and Cera. On the computer for the rest of the afternoon, canasta after supper (Leofwyna trounced me) and downstairs where I discovered Cassie had wet the chicken top so had to soak it with PineSol. Can't lay it outside though as rain is predicted.

9:45... a grey day but no precipitation yet. Found Leofwyna sleeping on the sofa; apparently Cassie baptised her bed sometime yesterday. On computer upstairs in the afternoon while Leofwyna ran errands in sprinkles; the rain started about time she came home. After supper downstairs working some more of crib quilt alterations while watching Stargate episodes on Netflix.

Wednesday up at ten to head out to Weeping Water to pick up the keys for the weekend as the seneschal has booked her time pretty heavily today and can use the help. She took the cat to the vet for shots this afternoon. Wednesday and Thuirsday evenings I concentrated on getting Leofwyna's Choli made and trimmed. I think it turned out great. At the last minute we remembered she needed an aline petticoat too so I whipped that up real fast Thursday night. Friday when Leofwyna headed out to Weeping Water for the Cattle Raids set-up I made 7.5 dozen banana muffins for Saturday morning breakfast, loaded up and drove out to Weeping Water myself at 11 pm. I sat 'gate' from 10-2 as my contribution to the day. Court was long but lots of well deserved awards were presented. After feast (which I skipped myself) I headed up the kitchen clean-up. Sigtrigg was there in his traditional position, washing dishes, pots and pans. All in all it was a long but very satisfying day. Sunday was site clean-up before coming home and getting the lawn mowed... in a hurry because we thought it was going to rain but turned out it didn't. I'm totally beat and procrastinating the packing and loading for Colorado.

Friday Leofwyna was so euphoric about getting Cassie back that she immediately made plans for a supper party Sunday and went around inviting all the neighbors. So she spent all day Saturday and Sunday putting it all together and I got pulled into some of the preparations. Turns out with the short notice and all only Rylan and his folks and Mike/Michelle came but that made for a really nice little get together.

Wednesday moot was largess A&S and at supper I confirmed plans with Owain... He's got some hemming for me to do, too. Thursday I finally succeeded in printing out KC flyers at the library. Friday I stopped in at the Humane Society again. Saturday I finished distributing the KC flyers all around the neighborhood. While I was finishing that Leofwyna got a call; she went and brought KC home from only a block south... That is such a relief and joy!

Thats a week gone and I hardly noticed. Shelly was with us Monday and Tuesday. Leofowyna was disgruntled Monday morning, not that she was able to get around again Monday, but that she missed out on Sunday's fun because of that pulled muscle. I visited the Humane Society Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Wednesday was business moot and the group went to Zoup for supper after. I turned largess over to Haldara (30 gift bags, three pilgrims' pouches, two fighters' coifs, one coif and two cappies). Thursday afternoon we got an e-mail and rushed out to a neighborhood several blocks south on a tortie sighting. Turned out to be a resident cat there; we got to talk with her owners and they'll watch for a stranger tortie for us. We had some pretty weather this week. I finished up in the garden and cleaned up the gutter out front. We've both been coughing all week but hopefully we're almost through with that.

Wednesday I got out to the humane society, no joy, and went round and round the Adco Park neighborhood, no joy. Back at home Shelly came and we went to supper before Leofwyna and Shelly did their prep for Thanksgiving dinner. When they were done I cleaned up the kitchen. Thursday when Shelly and I got up Leofowyna was oversleeping... OMG she says and throws the turkey in the oven. Aside from that it was a good day with good friends, good food and miserable weather. We were glad to hear from them at the end of day that they'd made it home safe.

Tuesday on last night's lead I went over to the Adco park neighborhood three times (8am, Noon and 4pm) for more than an hour each time looking for Cassie. No joy. It's just 24 blocks west down the bike path so is not impossible for Cassie to have gotten there. Leofwyna observes Cassie lived west of us her first three years and perhaps that's where she's homing on. There's just no way she'd make it that far though, across the salt flats and airport and all. This evening I finally finshed re-covering the seat of the sixth dining chair. We'll need it Thursday.

Sunday and Monday, still looking for Cassie, still putting together Mountains Majesty quilt tops. Also putting away laundry and travel stuff in my room to make room to box up and move books and magazines out of the living room. Monday night there was an e-mail, "There is a small tortie can (looks like this one) running around the area of 38th and Madison for the last three days. Pretty far from Havelock but cats do travel someotimes."

Saturday I got Cassie's picture on facebook and a lost cat list on the internet. Looking at that list over the last few months it looks like they have pretty good luck so I'm hoping that works for us too. At the sewing table I've begun putting together a couple Mountains Majesty tops.

Thursday and Friday were sunshiny but the nights were cold. We hope someone has taken KC up so that she's not cold and hungary. I went to the take-up shelter Friday morning and plan to go Mon-Wed-Fridays for awhile just to check but knew it was probably too soon to be successful this first time. Thursday Shelly was feeling chilly and we discovered the furnace wasn't blowing hot... barely warm. We were fortunate that Biggerstaff was able to fit us in but the old furnace may well be on the way out. Parts for it aren't to be found and repairs have been jury-rigged. I managed to get someone out to reprogram the computer at home Friday so at least that's back to normal.

Tuesday and Wednesday have both been damp/wet days so I was able to spend time at the library on the computor. At the sewing table in the evenings I've been working on the 10-inch squares for a couple Mountains Majesty quilt tops. Right now I'm ready to start cutting the two-and-a-half-inch strips which I'm planning to scramble this time for a scrappier looking quilt. I hope this doesn't make the 'mountains' completely disappear but I want to give it a try. Tonight will be the first time to see our MagMor friends in a month. We're meeting downtown at St Marks as the library has 'bumped' us this month for something else they have going on. Makes me nuts but it doesn't seem to upset the others. Anyway, we went to a different Mexican restaurant since we were downtown and it wasn't bad. I won't mind going there again sometime. When we got home we found the wind had blown the (unlocked) back door open and Cassie had gotten out. We combed the neighborhood in the dark thinking surely she would hear us and respond in her rather strident voice. No joy though. May Bastet guide her to safe haven.

Sunday I went home to feed our cats morning and evening. Leofwyna rode with me Sunday evening just to get out and to give Cassie a little attention; Cassie has proven to be Leofwyna's kitty wholeheartedly. Sunday afternoon I made a run to the fabric store to get more graph template and a flat acrylic ruler as the rotary ruler was making line accuracy difficult. I also stopped in at Barnes and Noble and found Nadelstern's new 'workbook' and got it since I still haven't found my copy of her first book and the library doesn't have it to borrow. I'll have to request it on an interlibrary loan or FIND MINE! Another run was made to get KFC for supper. All this driving means I need to fill the gas tank again real soon

[I'm attaching Leofwyna's Holiday letter here.]

The end of the year got pretty hectic so I never got any Christmas cards out so please accept this missive with our apologies and our best wishes for a great New Year!

Why so busy?...well. we're short-staffed at work so there were mandatory extra shifts in addition to a mini baby boom as well as the initiation of a new computer charting program this fall at the hospital.. Any one of which were enough to be crazy making.

On the home front we are in the middle of a huge remodel of the entire first floor. We replaced the front window with a bay window, put in engineered wood floors, new counter top, sinks and backsplashes in kitchen and bath, took out the divider between the living room and dining room and painted everything. It was supposed to be done before Thanksgiving but I'm getting old and haven't been moving as fast as I used to think I did. We're trying to do as much of it as we can ourselves-demo, removal of old doors and frames, plastering and painting. We're getting pretty good with power tools. Here's a mental picture for you--imagine a VERY large reciprocating saw in our hands. I felt like the Terminater or something! Anyway, I hope when its done it turns out looking as good as it does in my head.

I had foot surgery on the 28th, planned at the last minute when they announced a major change in our insurance benefit package for 2013. If I had waited til spring like I planned it would have cost me a lot more out of pocket plus a major chunk of my vacation time. So I managed to get in just under the wire. Doc surprised me by doing a a hammertoe on both feet instead of just the right foot but I've had very little discomfort so I feel like I'm on a six week vacation off of work.

The timing was serendipitous because Etienette was dog and house sitting at a beautiful house at Pine Lake south of town.and I stayed there with her the first 5 days after the surgery. The house is amazing-right on the lake with 3 fireplaces and a collection of 21 original Sundsimo watercolor paintings. I felt like I was at some ritzy lakeside resort!

We didn't travel much this year. Took a long weekend to camp at Monroe State Park in Missouri in May, which was so relaxing. We jetted(sic) to Des Moines in September when we heard that the American Quilt Society Quilt Show was there. We both loved the additional exhibition of Japanese quilts they had.

Hope you had a wonderful Christmas.

Love, the Sisters

...without a single post. I'm so bad.

I've spent an inordinate amount of time in genealogy mode. I haven't made any 'exciting' finds but continue building and refining what I already have; looking for available documentation can be a tedious process.

We've been out doing yardwork a couple times as weather and Leofwyna's schedule allows. I got the potatoes into one bed but the second was still too damp and 'heavy'. I need to deal with compost to make it sweet... and build the three replacement veggie beds for all the rest of it. I wish my scheme for helpful labor had worked out but I'll push on through some how myself as I really need to be contributing more around here.

We brought Casey/Cassie home last work. She is NOT interested in becoming friends with Maggie. Maggie patiently and bewilderedly awaits an attitude adjustment. Cassie hisses and growls and mutters. Maggie doesn't back down but she doesn't reciprocate either so it's 99 percent Cassie's issues. At least they don't launch at each other. We're all trying to be patient with Cassie in hopes she will eventually adjust. She does, at least, dote on Leofwyna and accepts me. She wants our attention even as she continues her complaints at Maggie.

I haven't done much of anything with the rummage sorting and putting stuff away. Spring is already here and dealing with garden and events planning has begun with the accompanying deadlines. I've got pennants, handpies, jerky and sunshades taking high places on my to do lists now. The rummage sale is being slid back to next fall. In May we have JAV and Crown Tourney and then in June there's Lilies. In July Leofwyna's household is camping out at Niobrara and we'll extend the trip a few days to go out ahead and get the 'good place' we had last year. Then, of course, there's Cattle Raids in August. That leaves September for the rummage sale.

Oh, and Leofwyna had the great idea to sign me up for the scrapbooking weekend she's going to in May. I've got a book and some paper and I need to find my photos and some cha-chis but I am NOT going to get deeply into this as I prefer quilting. Leafwyna thinks I'll have the same problem with scrapbooking that she had with quilting but I'm made of sterner stuff than that. I just need to prove it to her.

TUESDAY

I popped in and out of a few thrift stores and found a jigsaw puzzle, a couple Y bags for the vacuum cleaner, a couple cotton cutter shirts and a couple blank journal books. Back at home I continued the garb sort to prepare for Lilies.

WEDNESDAY

Was poking through a few piles and rearranging them. Still looking for the red linen both upstairs and down; and trying to clear the center section of the west wall unit downstairs for Leofwyna to use for her scrapbooking supplies. Also set up a new 'nesting' place for Maggie in the west wall unit since this project destroyed her previous place. I was interrupted by an individual ringing the doorbell to promote a switch from cable to their company for our television and while upstairs/outside remembered the storm window which needed to be fixed. When I had that done I realied I hadn't set the television recording for the evening (was already half an hour late) and was missing A&S - poetry (was an hour late). I set the recorder for the rest of the evening programs but was too late to catch up with the A&S group so I settled for stopping in at Sash's with his birthday present before heading off to supper.

Back at home Leofwyna had brought the new kitty, Cassie, home and settled her in upstairs. Cassie is a black and orange calico and has a vocabulary that makes me think she may have some Siamese blood. She's very interested in human contact and doesn't seem the least bit shy of us. However, neither Cassie nor Maggie seems to have any interest in the other... no patti-paws going on at the door between kitchen and basement stairs, not even any sniffing or hass-ing. Integration may take longer than planned if they're not communicating at all.