Christmas Chullo Finished

I have one Christmas present done...7 more to go. This is my own design with wool and acrylic yarns.

Doggie Dress-up

Not quite Halloween yet... just feeling pretty.
This afternoon I'm making peanut butter & banana mini pupcakes for Puddin's birthday on Saturday. Nine years old doesn't seem that old until you consider that the world's oldest dog is only 19.

Adoption Day

Jill's adoption of all 4 girls is now final. We took these pictures outside the courthouse just after.
Chrissy, Miah, Bella(I want Lulu, Jill calls her Baby), and Abbi.

my own little basket of shame, part one

I just joined a Ravelry group called Basket of Shame to list and finish unfinished knitting. This is my first sweep at collecting everything that needs to be finished.

ballband baby blanket, 45% complete















pink toddler's sweater/jacket, 70% complete















christmas stocking, 35% complete

taupe child's chullo, 95% complete

skinny christmas stocking, 75% complete

gold small chullo, 95% complete

doll's christmas hat, 95% complete

babette blanket, 15% complete

rose child's chullo, 90% complete

stretchy socks, 15% complete

brown child's chullo, 25% complete

Playing Ketchup/ Let's Start Over

Some Christmas knitting...Jill's girls in the chullos i designed and knit. The whole bunch of bananas.
Last week it was so warm and nice that I dragged Mom out to start the garden. We planted lettuce, spinach, mesclun mix, swiss chard, and 2 raspberry plants.

Milking-it-for-all-its-worth Dog on Thurs

Last week I took Puddin for her yearly shots and tests. Happy, healthy and back down to her healthy weight. I mentioned to the vet that she was drinking more than normal. Blood work all looks good. We couldn't get urine since she had donated all her samples to the lawn in front of the clinic. Early the next morning I'm following Pud around the yard with an empty pie tin. You know. Later I get a call to pick up meds and talk to the vet. Her urine pH is "off the charts" and full of crystals. We get antibiotics and an acidifier. He thinks she's too young to have "the malady which must not be named" so we should assume its a uti and just watch her.



Any ideas what he's worried about but won't say?






Puddin thinks it is unfair for non-sick dogs to get the lap.

She retaliates by ripping out the head of Trixie's bear toy and stealing Gus' bed.

Seems fair.

Good Dogs Gone Bad on Thursday?

Puppy incarceration. So sad. If Trixie had a tin cup she would be raking it back and forth against the bars.

Wait....that's not jail! It's a day at the spa. Trixie has a new do thanks to Gus' constant ear-sucking. A sassy short look for summer.

Puddin is more the home-spa type. I think a stick in a wading pool counts as a retreat. It also counts as a bath.