Small Is The New Big

I swear to you that I don't spend my entire life thinking about my cats, nor do I spend thousands of dollars on their comfort.  That said, there have been moments...

Back when the Smaller, Less Fluffy Kitty was ill, I decided to get her a nice, soft, kitty bed.  She was having a hard time moving around towards the end and I thought it would be nice if she could have a place to sit in the living room and be part of the "family."  She was also in some pain and I wanted her to be comfortable.  It probably would have helped matters if she wasn't spitting out her pain meds, a fact I discovered later when I found fifty million of those tiny little pills secreted all over the condo...

I purchased the softest, squooshiest pet bed I could find and brought it home.  No sooner had I placed it in the living room than the Big, Fluffy Kitty, who was highly mobile and not sick at all, snagged it for her own.  Not to be outmaneuvered by a cat, I promptly went out and bought what would later be called The Nappin' Basket.  With extra padding added beneath the genuine, imitation fur liner, it was perfect for my poor sickly SLFK.

The BFK took over that one, too.

The SLFK went back to sleeping on the bathroom rug, which was really where she wanted to be all along and I learned a valuable lesson about my ability to meet the needs of my pets.  With two kitty beds in the house, I vowed to refrain from ever purchasing another.

So here's the thing...

Back in June of last year, I got this Absurdly Gi-normous Kitty.  He is huge.  Mutant huge.  He loves The Nappin' Basket, but it's getting to be a tight fit.  I hadn't planned on getting another kitty bed or anything, mind you.  He seemed perfectly happy wedging himself into the basket.  But when I found small dog beds on clearance at a local department store, I just couldn't resist.  Spending less than ten dollars wouldn't break the bank and maybe the AGK would like having a bed which, although designed for canines, would accommodate extra feline girth and let him sprawl a bit.

The new bed was installed in the living room and here is where we stand:

That would be one small kitty who looks big because she is fluffy resting in the gi-normous doggy bed and one gi-normous kitty who is, in fact, big with no fluff-illusions whatsoever squashed happily in The Nappin' Basket.  It is now official.  I have no idea what I am doing.  I should just hand over my credit cards and let the pets do the shopping.  I'll just drive and pay the bills.  That's all I'm good for.  

At least they can be near each other now.  That's an accomplishment of sorts...

In knitting news, small things continue to dominate.  Not long ago, Susie sent me the cutest little sample skein.  I'd participated in a contest on her blog and the prize was yarn in the colorway of my choice.  She thought I'd like to see the one I didn't choose.  While I believe I picked the best one for my sock wardrobe, I couldn't help but wish there was something I could do with that wee bit of yarn.  It was so soft, so bright and so happy-looking.  What might I knit with this in order that its beauty not go to waste?

Then I had it!  A quick knit, perfect for a weekend when I needed mindless stitchery to recover from a bad week and something useful that I can pull out next fall when the temperatures begin to drop:

A spiffy new headband!

Small baskets will hold very big cats.  Very small cats will prefer big beds.  And wee, little skeins can bring big ol' bunches of satisfaction.

SA