Since Mother Eve in the Garden long ago

I keep going "I need to post X" and then not doing it and it is so annoying!

Poor little Clyde had urine crystals, but they are taken care of now. I have the babies on Science Direct food and they hate it, so once the bag's done we'll be switching to Purina. It's a bad company or owned by Nestle or something, but they preferred that sample, so ... I don't have a lot of options.

I've been wanting to learn to crochet lace so I can replicate these vintage handkerchiefs I have (made by my great-great-grandmother), so last week I just picked up some yarn and an easy doily pattern and now I've made a chunky lace doily! It took me a couple of false starts because I didn't quite get the mechanics of a few things, but I feel pretty confident about understanding crochet patterns now and am going to move to a slightly more delicate thread next. And then I rediscovered my cache of vintage knitting and crochet patterns! I haven't knit in ages but I went to the LYS yesterday and now I have the stuff to make stuff for everyone for Christmas (not vintage patterns). One hat is done!

Feeling very dissatisfied with my wardrobe lately. I think I'm just tired of the Unique Vintage modernized take on 1940s-50s fashion and I need to make some more proper repros of my own. There's a 40s dress I bought fabric for last year and should make up once Christmas knitting is done, and I've got so many patterns I've never touched. But I've also been contemplating whether I could mix in more Victorian/Edwardian stuff. Not full-on like Victorian Life lady (*crosses self*) but like ... late 1860s gored skirts but 50s length? Edwardian shirtwaists without the bloused front? Various bodices altered to fit without a corset and to be less up-to-the-neck, or meant to be worn open over a chemisette? That sort of thing. It feels like a lot of effort but I think it would match what I actually want to wear more - 1940s-50s is really just the furthest back that it's remotely normal to dress in everyday life so I go with that for lack of other options, but I think this has potential. (The issue is really just my attention span. I never lack for ideas ...)

Got to the end of my exchange fic! Unfortunately there's a big [write more here] in the middle of it I have to go back and deal with.

Woke up this morning to find that Bonnie was still upset, had jumped on the counter and peed on it - out of spite? because she believed she was being attacked by Clyde? I don't know why, but it was very annoying. Most things were okay as they're glass canisters, but she ruined a bag of flour and the very end of my cutting board was sitting in it. I put some food and water on the basement steps but left the new kitty door locked so she couldn't get out during the day while I was at work. Interaction must clearly be supervised. She seems happy enough to play paws through the kitty door, but still the hissing and growling when they're actually in the same room.

It just makes no sense! Why should being upset about the vet and tech holding her too much lead to intense fear of her brother? But she's totally okay with me even though I took her there.

I watched bookbinding videos much of the day when I was at my desk while I worked, and I decided to make my second project DAS Bookbinding's single section pamphlet, which is still just one signature but looks more like a Real Book than the single-section pamphlet I made previously. I don't have proper materials yet, but I think I can manage it with the substitutes at my disposal, like two layers of heavy paper rather than davey board, wrapping paper for endpaper, etc.

I briefly tried using The Tudor Tailor as a straight edge and scored the spine with my exacto knife. That feels Significant. (The significance is my impatience and poor judgment.)

I took Bonnie and Clyde for their first vet visits today! Bonnie seemed okay at the time, but it clearly upset her because as soon as we got home she ran and hid - initially in my bedroom, where she hissed at Clyde when he poked his head in her direction and then ran away to the basement. She only came out about ten minutes ago, and when I went down there a couple of times to look for her she stayed well away. She just doesn't like to be touched by strange people ... anyone but me, really. Clyde handled it a lot better, even though he had to get a vaccine.

She's still hissing at him now. He is misreading it as an invitation to play, as usual. :/ Just chased her back down into the basement.

Today I came across a Tumblr post on fanbinding (that is, home bookbinding of fanfiction) that remarked on the fact that people typically/only bind copies of longfic, and showed the process for binding single-signature "books" of one-shots. And I was like, I could do that! I've been avoiding getting into bookbinding even though I want to because I don't need another hobby, especially one that requires specialized supplies and equipment, but that seems so much more low-key. Of course, after typesetting and printing one sample very short fic, I started prepping one of my favorite one-shots by After the Rain, and then I decided I've got to make a little collection of her one-shots instead/as well ... so I guess I'm going to get into the more serious binding processes after all. I already have a mental list going of what to do next, and plan to do doubles of everything so I can also send a copy to the writers.

It will be interesting to see if this is a fleeting ADHD impulse or something I could keep up with. The extensive, detailed instructions for hardcover books certainly set off my executive dysfunction, but maybe when actually doing it it all feels more natural? IDK, it seems like someone who struggles to make a whole garment/ensemble would probably struggle with this, but it just looks so cool, I've got to give it a shot.