Isn’t she beautiful

I’m such a slacker I didn’t take any pictures of Mark or our vacation things but I did of Jill.  Here she is with my hair dresser Michael.  When she said she was open to funky, new hair style or color he lit up like a kid at Christmas.  She was beautiful to start with and just amazing now. I just love her.

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Baby Dog Rules

I have been so lucky with baby Lothar.  I love Merlin and Argus but they are both stubborn and trying to teach Argus something is like knocking on wood.   Baby Lothar watches them sit so I never had to teach him.  When I say sit he just knows to sit.  I’ve had dog training bells on front door since Merlin and Argus were little but they would never ring to go out.  When Lothar was tiny I’d tell him ring the bell and he’d look at me like I was nuts so I just kinda forgot about them. Argus will stand by the dog and if you don’t notice him potties on the floor when he can’t wait any longer.   Friday Baby Lothar just went over, rang the bells and sat down and waited for someone to come.   I was so excited but I created a monster.  He is not your typical pomeranian.  He loves being in the yard, playing in the grass and digging up plants.  So now every 10-15 minutes he rings the bell and waits for someone to let him out.  He loves being in the yard rain or shine.

 

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Bufo Toads

Ok I hate toads period simple because they are ugly and I hate things that leap at you.  Walked out one day last week to find a giant and I mean giant, bufo toad right at my front gate.    These things are so poisonous to cats and dogs that I dread seeing them.  Luckily I can say this is the first time I’ve seen one since we moved to Pasco county.   He was the size of a large softball.

 

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Jeep Life

Teaching my sister Jill and her wonderful hubby Mark to enjoy jeep life.    I forgot to get his picture but he doesn’t have that fly away kind of hair.   We missed going to the beach because of Hurricane Matthew but we did a couple of fun things while there were here.

 

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After 19 years

I decided to try a little crochet while I watch tv to relax at night.   It’s hard for me to just sit so figured what the heck.   Hopefully I can remember how to read a pattern since i haven’t crocheted more than a chain stitch in 20 years.  I was surprised how much yarn has changed in 20 years.  I saw a lot of beautiful ones online.  Still like the look of knitted items better but I simply couldn’t get the hang of it.  Doesn’t look too bad for almost 20 years.

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Firefighter Quilt No 1 Started

Sunday I was exhausted and needed to get some house cleaning done but completely at random I pulled one of the kits and decided to sew a little so I could say I started one.  I picked this pattern as it looked not overly complicated.  Turns out it had over 600 pieces and I’ll tell you, 600 pieces should look a lot more impressive than this little pile after taking that long to cut out.   Here are the first of the blocks.  They need to be pressed so might look uneven in the pictures.  It will look like a weaved basket when assembled.