Bea the Little Bear
I'm sitting here looking out the window thinking. Wow, it's beautiful outside. But then I think if I was not at work I would be at home, in the dungeon putting away all the miscellaneous boxes of crap that are still laying about. At least I'm getting paid at work.
So the little kitten who found a home at my apartment seems to have made herself a bit of a permanent fixture for the time being. I looked up the kind of breed she might be and she looks like a cross between a Chartreux and a Blue Russian. Both breeds being extremely rare it's unlikely she is really either, but she does have a wooly coat, so I'm saying she's Chartreux. Now Chartreux kittens born in the same year all have the same first letter of their name (for 2006 it was A for 2007 it's B and so on). It's apparently some kind of old tradition. This made my job of naming her a bit easier. I settled on Bernadette because it means "brave as a bear" (she looks like a little bear), but the name Beatrix kept leaping out at me. Every time I would suggest Bernadette to someone they would instantly say, "what about Beatrix?". So there you have it. Beatrix it is!
I'm really really trying to be more earth friendly and therefore budget friendly. The bus is great. My bike is better. The cold and rainy weather have made me lazy on both accounts. staying home and knitting by candlelight is awesome as is reading at Powell's. Both activities I need to do more of instead of watching TV.
I have to get my boss and our accountant something for christmas. It has to be 5 dollars or under. I already made gifts for two of the ladies in the office, so I figure I should make something for the other two. I think I will do a rice/lavender hot pack for my boss (he has a painful knee), but man....our accountant...what do you get the grumpiest person alive? If I could can some sunshine I would...but, the only thing I know about her is she has an obsession with the food we order for seminars and her two beagles are her kids. Homemade doggie treats???
It really is nice outside.
