Demonic Progress: My Cunning Plan

Favorite Quotes & Miscellanea

Winston Churchill:
"We are all worms. But I believe that I am a glow-worm."
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W. B. Yeats, from "Adam's Curse":
"I said 'a line will take us hours maybe; Yet if it does seem a moment's thought, Our stitching and unstitching has been naught."
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Mr. Finch, in a recent Dr. Who episode:
"....forget the shooting-dog thing..."
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Katharine Hepburn:
"Cold sober, I find myself absolutely fascinating!"
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Winston Churchill:
"I know history will be kind to me, because I intend to write it."
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Kaylee, in the TV show Firefly, "Jaynestown" episode:
"Hamsters is nice."
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Bill Slease, paraphrasing John Beck & Mitchell Wades' book Got Game:
"The hunger for a challenge that requires your full attention is a hero's desire."
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from a refrigerator magnet:
"I used to jog, but the ice kept falling out of my glass...."
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from Mike Doughty ("American Car")
"I'm done with elephants and clowns
I want to
Run away and join the office"

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from Dr. Who:
"Are you in charge here?"
"No, but I'm full of ideas!"
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I always run out of time to make catnip mice for every cat in the family for Christmas. I succeeded in only getting two done for Lynne's cats before Christmas; I made our three cats each one after Christmas (they don't know it's Christmas anyway), and while I was knitting them I was thinking, this is stupid. It takes less than an hour to make a catnip mouse, why the hell don't I make everyone catnip mice in time?!

This is what I think about. So sad. But I feel so sorry when the kitties do not get any presents from me, because I know how much I love our cats. And they love their catnip mice :)

So I have developed and implemented my cunning plan. Every day but one, I'll work on my knitting, whatever that may be, but Saturday or Sunday, I'll knit a catnip mouse before knitting anything else. So far it's been three weeks and it has worked, and the mice have actually gotten faster to knit, and I have kept up. We will see.

I found two mice already made before I had my stroke, but the rest are new. I'll fill them with catnip and stuffing when it's closer to Christmas, because the danger of collateral damage from my cats if I fill them with catnip now will be great, and storing 50 catnip mice in the freezer or refrigerator is not an option. And when it is Christmas again, I'll feel very virtuous when I have a stash of catnip mice to give out generously!

February 2012

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OK Now that is just an ingenious idea! Now I need to point out that it seems like another "plan". Your systematic organization could send me weeping into the corner, but I choose to be inspired instead:-) Thanks Beth, Kelley

Posted by: Kelley | January 17, 2012 at 07:09 PM