Seed-Stitch Sweater

As usual--I got excited about it, then decided I hated it. I was going to just toss it, but I had lunch with a friend who knits today, and she told me it's much cuter than I think it is, so I guess I'll finish it. I've got a sleeve and a half to go, so pictures soon.

I found some pants down in one of the basement standing closets (you know, the plastic zip-up kind on a steel frame). I thought they would be kind of big, since the label says 22. But--they're at least 20 years old--I'm pretty sure I haven't worn them since I moved into this house--and they fit real well. I knew American clothing makers had changed all their sizing so women could think they were wearing smaller sizes, but I didn't realize they'd changed them so much. I'm currently wearing a 16 (lost another pound!), so that's a 4-size difference--16, 18, 20, 22. So that means all those women prancing around proudly wearing a size 0 are really wearing a size 6 (0, 2, 4, 6). Which is still disgustingly small, but much more realistic than size 0. I don't think American clothing makers can make their sizing any smaller unless they go into negative numbers. Anyway, it encouraged me to get out my 16s (you see why I never throw anything away). I haven't actually done it yet, but I'll get out the 16s and then label the 18s--I take a strip of masking tape and write the size with a sharpie pen, and then put the tape on the outside of one of the legs and pack them with that side up so I can tell what size they are without my glasses. :)

I can't remember if I said that the vet gave Timber some eyedrops for his allergies. It's Neomycia and Polymixia B Sulfates and Dexamethasone Ophthalmic Suspension (if I've read that right... very tiny letters), and it's really helped a lot, his eyes are much clearer and less inflamed-looking. This makes me happy, although he's not very happy about having eye-drops 3x a day. He's very good about it and doesn't fight me, but he puts his head down and his ears back and comes into the kitchen oh-so-slowly when it's eye-drop time. I've been giving him a treat every time he gets the drops, but he's not impressed. I had to get another bottle today because (a) it's a very small bottle (5 ml) and (b) one night while I was trying to get them in I gave a mighty squeeze and squirted the stuff all over the kitchen. Fortunately it's only $10, so I think I can keep him on them until fall comes and his allergies clear up.

Taenzer just brought me my shoes. :) She'd like to go outside., but she's going to have to wait until 7, to give her dinner time to digest. Cute girl.