We are just having our first real taste of winter weather -- there were flurries this morning, and the dogs didn't appreciate me taking their picture and not just letting them in already, darn it. Well, Katie was pretty annoyed, but she's kind of a princess. It was just flurries today, but the ... VIEW POST
Summer Vacation 2010, Part 1
I mentioned that part of the reason I was taking a blog break was because of our family vacation...that vacation is, sadly, now over, and now it's time for the reminisicing. Oh, and the getting back to working. I'm going to be posting about our vacation, and this is going to be some of that ... VIEW POST
A big blob of pink knitting
This is the knitting project I mentioned in my previous post. When it grows up it's going to be a shawl. The original pattern is all garter stitch, and I actually started this shawl in a different yarn in garter stitch. But then I dropped some stitches and I'm a garter stitch idiot -- I could NOT ... VIEW POST
Firing up the quilting machine and embarassing the dog
I haven't even been able to get to my quilting machine for most of the last week, but today I finally reached the bottom of the piles and started trying to catch back up on some quilting. This little cutie was a quickie. It was made by a young lady whose grandmother brought it to me to quilt. I ... VIEW POST
Sooooooooo hungry
Katie had an ear infection, and we've been glooping her ears up with ear goop for the last week. Wednesday was her recheck, and there was a possiblity she might have to stay and have her ears flushed, so...no food or water after 10 PM Tuesday night. Which meant that Cocoa didn't get to eat, ... VIEW POST
Cocoa, an update
If you come visit my house and sit down, you have to be prepared to have a big brown dog set her big brown head on your lap. And then she'll stand there for absolutely as long as you can possibly bear to continue petting her head. She sleeps in our room, and many nights she'll try to join us in ... VIEW POST
