Tom's Diary

Jul. 12th, 2025 11:53 am
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Tuesday: Hanging out outside. I think I'll go find that food under the stairs and try to get a treat. I'll meow really loud.

Wednesday: I've been kidnapped. What is this place? I heard the treat people say something about a clubhouse.

Thursday: I'm in a small box. I'm in a car. Something is missing. What's happening? Back in the "clubhouse"

Friday: I've been kidnapped again. Two large cats here. Lots of food. Why is the sky exploding?

Saturday: This might be ok. Treat people telling me I'm safe now.

Sunday: Zzz

Monday: So much food. I think I'm gaining weight!

Tuesday: Zzz

Wednesday, almost midnight: The perch looks nice. OW. What happened. Fall. Planter broken. Limping. In small box. Something about a "fracture."

Thursday: Pain meds. Sleep. So much sleep. Not so sure about "safer" inside.

Friday: In small box. Something about finally having an "appointment." Leg wrapped up. Stupid cone on head. Something about another appointment in two weeks. Something about eight weeks to heal. Treat people are nuts if they think I'll stay confined.

Saturday: Sid and Poppy are super nice. Sleeping with treat person. Get supervised break from cone. Get grumpy, but then zzzz.


So, Tom, in keeping with a new tradition I don't like, somehow knocked a heavy planter off the windowsill and fractured his foot. The regular vet couldn't fix it and sent us to the emergency vet who she thought could get him into the attached surgical vet, but couldn't. He got sn appointment for the next day. He's a super sweet boy and doing ok with it, but he clearly is not happy with the situation!

As far as the tradition, when Sid and Poppy were fairly new, they had emergencies too. Poppy swallowed yarn and Sid missed a jump and landed wrong.

Tom will be fine, but everyone is stressed! Poor little guy!

More stuff

Jul. 11th, 2025 06:18 pm
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Much was done again today. Even a little sewing...

Busy day...

Jul. 10th, 2025 06:42 pm
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More tomorrow...

Progress...

Jul. 9th, 2025 07:22 pm
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The armhole is finished and I started binding the neckline.

Plenty of time! I have until the 30th...

A little

Jul. 8th, 2025 09:03 pm
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Seams bound, neckline and armscye pinned down ready for ironing and seam binding, beads bought at a local store.

I still need to come up with a design. Sequins, rhinestones, seed and bugle beads, so I'll come up with something pretty!

Progress!

Jul. 7th, 2025 02:13 pm
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The machine sewing on the Lanvin dress is done. Next up, placket, snaps, and a hook at the waist, seam binding, necklace and armscye binding, and piping the waist.

I was going to do the skirt and then the placket from bodice to skirt, then read the reprint pattern and it has you do the bodice placket, pipe the waist, then add the skirt. That will be much easier than beading with the skirt attached!

I haven't patterned the skirt yet, but it's just a rectangle with an overlap.

Progress...

Jul. 6th, 2025 07:16 pm
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I've been working a little on the gala dress each day. The contrast is sewn on, the darts are basted in, and the flat lining is basted on. I usually don't do that, but wanted to because of the bias neckline. Hopefully machine things tomorrow...

Tom, Day 2

Jul. 5th, 2025 07:03 pm
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Our neighbor put a collar on Tom. He was fine with it. Today I got him a name tag with our phone numbers in case he heads back for the streets. He hasn't been too interested in the door though, so hopefully he's good.

Poppy and Sid seem ok with him. Last night's fireworks (what's there even though celebrate?) really freaked them all out though.

I think his trial period is over. Welcome home, Tom!

Tom

Jul. 4th, 2025 01:35 pm
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We've been feeding a super friendly stray for a while. Yesterday we got him neutered. He's here on a trial basis. So far, Sid and Poppy are wary, but curious. A tiny bit of hissing and growling, but less than I expected. No matter what, he's definitely not going back on the street!

I'm a nervous wreck 😂

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Stuff

Jul. 3rd, 2025 07:38 pm
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Everything is awful with everything that's happening.

Errands today, but done.

At least I went to a local doughnut shop and got good cheese danish and jelly doughnuts. I don't like cheese danish, but my teacher friend told me to try one and it was amazing. I think they use their croissant dough for the pastry, and the cheese is more tart than sweet. So good...

They were out of croissants, it's a popular place and I didn't get there until ten...

Lazy day...

Jul. 2nd, 2025 08:58 pm
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Soon. I'll start the dress soon because I'm wearing the dress soon. I have cut out the bodice, at least.

Wind!

Jul. 1st, 2025 08:38 pm
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We had a massive out of nowhere windstorm today. Power poles, light poles, trees down everywhere. 70 mile per hour winds. So crazy!

I didn't feel like working on the gala dress today, but I just cast on the second sleeve on the Vista sweater I started two and a half years ago.

And now...

Jun. 30th, 2025 07:44 pm
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I should probably get back to my gala dress. But today I needed a vacation from vacation, although I didn't technically go on vacation. We walked 23,141 steps yesterday...

Rebuilding journal search again

Jun. 30th, 2025 03:18 pm
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We're having to rebuild the search server again (previously, previously). It will take a few days to reindex all the content.

Meanwhile search services should be running, but probably returning no results or incomplete results for most queries.

Today!

Jun. 29th, 2025 09:43 pm
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It was Medha's last full day, and it was full. We went to the Diana exhibit (ok), Museum of Illusions (amazing!), ate good things, and went downtown, which was 100 times more disgusting than I remembered it, so we left right away. My poor mom working there for 42 years!

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