happy 8th birthday to thaddeaus and calpurrnia!!!

this was supposed to post sunday which was their birthday, however i was busy and forgot it.....
then yesterday i got yarn at the post office and forgot EVERYTHING.......

and i mean EVERYTHING......i swatched instead

mommy loves you very much
even though you are peeing outside of the litter boxes with alarming regularity..
daddy loves you too ........
in spite of the less then lovable things you both do
which since mom is getting old....she shall innumerate for posterity
Thaddeaus my darlink boy...... please explain to me WHY you have to tap mommy on the mouth with your little paws? honey i know where those paws have been......
dad would like to know why you insist on sticking your head in his mouth and sniffing loudly?
we both want to know about those rifle shot sneezes of yours that end up drenching us
how come you only do that when we are all in the bed and you are in-between us?
and why my fuzzy little lovebunny........ why on earth do you insist on eating my hand knit socks......hats, scarves.....sucking on them until you felt them ......then stuffing them into your food bowl?
i am sure there is some deep physiological need......but frankly son, it's getting a bit old..
i have knit and lost at least 50 pairs of socks to your ......ahem.....fetish

but my boy..... momma loves you very much and when you settle down in her arms at night and purr loudly.....she forgives you everything
***dad not so much, really son, stop sticking your head down his throat***

and my little precious blue eyed darlink....... you who can do no wrong....
who growls like a demented pitbull when you catch (finally!) a mouse
sweetie daddy has a permanent crick in his back from you laying on his chair behind him and pushing him off.
and sweetie, you need to let me brush you please as you have enough fur for 40 cats.....which you leave all over my pillow ........
but of course my little angel faced kitten you can do no wrong....
and the fur does keep mommy much warmer during the winter.

now today, i have to finish cleaning the kitchen that do some knitting math
after that i should clean
but i will most likely knit

cause today is not off to the best of starts......i forgot to put coffee in the coffee maker....
filter check
water check
turned it on WITH IT PLUGGED IN check
(don't laugh, i been turning it on without it plugged in and wandering back there about an hour later only to find no coffee!)
no coffee grinds in it
oye

let's hope the rest of the day goes better shall we?

vi