Chloe

Our family was very sad and upset to learn yesterday that our family dog of almost 11 years has cancer.  We haven’t told the two younger boys, but our grown children all agree with our decision not to do the treatment.  It would be horrible for her and we just want her to live out the time she has left being loved and happy.  We will just love and enjoy her until the time comes to take her back to the Dr.  He said we would know when that time was.  :o

CHLOEOn another note, I am in the process of making 5 totes/diaper bags from the basic pattern I created for the “Doggie Travel Bags”.   I have sold a couple of the doggie bags as purses already, so I thought I would make up 5 of them in different fabrics and see what happens.  I did sell a lizard tooth fairy pillow from my Holiday and
Gift shop over night, so that was nice. :o)

YART SALE

I bet some of you are thinking I mispelled “yard sale”, but I have it correct.  Etsy Street Team is hosting their second annual “YART SALE”, beginning today, Wednesday, June 10th and running through Sunday, June 14th.  Each participating shop will be running it’s own special promotional offer.  I am offering an additional 25% off every item in the sale section of my shop, not including shipping costs.

Here is the addy for the Etsy Street Team blog which has lots of information concerning this great event.  

http://teamesst.blogspot.com/

This will take you to the thread with a huge listing of participating shops.  http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=6181610&page=1

I would love to hear if any of my readers found themselves a bargain during this sale.  I will be checking out the sales……like a yard sale without leaving my computer.  :o)

Off To The Drive-In

I just made a couple of big bowls of homemade popcorn and the drinks are chilling.  We are taking the boys to see, “UP”, and “Night at the Museum  II”, at the drive-in which is about 15 minutes from our house.  They are so excited as this is the first time we have been this year. Steve took the van through the carwash so the outside of the windows are clean and then he washed the inside of the windows, so we are all set.  Rachel is going too and will take her own car.  She will have Nick and we will park next to each other, this way, everyone can see and the big bonus is the boys can’t bicker!!  It is a great night for it…warm, but not too warm and no rain.

We drove around Lime Lake today as it was their yard sale day.  We spent a whole $1.50.  Steve bought me a light for my studio and the boys got a pr. of headsets to play with.  They need batteries, and even if they don’t work, they are having a blast with them and they were only 50 cents.  We are pretty good at hunting down the bargains, but the yard sale queen is my sister-in-law, Denise.  I think she is the one that got me started on them and boy, can she hunt down a bargain!!

I finally listed the last two kid’s aprons today in my “Holiday and Gift Shop”.  I feel really good about getting them done as they have been sitting around, all cut out for months.  I need to make a couple more men’s Barbeque aprons. I made 2 before Christmas and they both sold.  Here are the other two aprons.  :o)

Mountain Pies

MMmmm…if you have never had a mountain pie, you really need to find someone with the pie makers and try them….you won’t be sorry.  We went up to our camper for the late afternoon and evening.  Bradly planted flowers which he loves doing, and Nick watered them.  They actually got along while doing this.  I cleaned the deck and Steve fixed our screen door and made a great fire.  We made mozzarella cheese and pepperoni pies and then for desert, we made some with blueberry pie filling.  It is so amazing how much Bradly has changed.  Last year we were lucky if he even finished one pie….today he ate two cheese and pepperoni ones and 1 1/2 blueberry pies.  It seems so nice not to have him be so picky.

My goal for today was to finish the other two little kid aprons that I have had cut out since before Christmas.  I actually had three, but got one done yesterday and I did finish the other two this afternoon.  Here is the pic of the one I made yesterday that is already listed in my “Holiday and Gift Shop”.  Hopefully I will get the other two listed tonight.

Oh, by the way, I did figure out what I was doing wrong with my drawstring bags….I was stringing them wrong.  How in the world I got to this age and have done all the sewing I have done, and not known how to string a drawstring bag is beyond me.  I found a tutorial and followed it through to the part where they put the string in.  Boy, did I feel stupid..LOL  Once the bags were strung properly, I was quite pleased with them.  :o)

Rascal Flatts Concert

Rachel and her best friend, “Amanda” got tickets yesterday for the “Rascal Flatts” concert which is coming to Buffalo this summer.  They are quite psyched about it.  I think the last concert I went to was “Aerosmith” in 1979 at the “Aud” in Buffalo.  Boy, that makes me feel really old..LOL The Aud isn’t even there any more. The amazing thing is that “Aerosmith” is one of those groups that are still going strong and another generation likes them too.

Bradly had two good mornings in a row which does not happen very often, and it feels so good.  He always needs a few reminders, but I can live with that.  You know he had a good morning when he leaves and I am not in tears, or so frustrated I want to scream…LOL

I have been working like crazy on my dog collars and leashes.  Yesterday, Mindy, our dog groomer stopped by to pick up all the doggie items she is displaying in her shop.  I have 12 collars in various sizes and three leashes which match three of the collars displayed now.  She also has a “Doggie Travel Bag” displayed in her shop. Mindy purchased one of them herself and uses it a as a purse. We are both excited about launching this idea that we have been talking about doing for a year.  :o)

My Physical Was a Flop

Have you ever had an idea that just seemed inspired, only to have it totally backfire on you??  Well, that is what happened to me today.  Nicholas needed a fasting blood level done and of course he was nervous, so since I was having blood work and a physical this morning, I scheduled him to have his blood work done with me.  The plan was that after his blood work was done, Steve would drive Nick to school while I had the rest of my physical.  Now, because I totally hate having pap tests, I procrastinated quite a while on getting it done.  I had myself psyched out that today was the day, and then it would be over for another year.  Well, Nicholas totally got hysterical about the blood work, even after I had mine done.  He was screaming and really getting out of control.  After 15 minutes or so of this, it was decided that there was no way they were going to try and get his blood.  So, ok, at least my blo0od was drawn.  Then it was off to the bathroom to give a urine sample…..yup, you guessed it…I couldn’t go.  Now I have to go all the time and usually, all I have to do is think about having to go, and I have to.  Well, nothing!!  So I go back in the room and they tell me not to get undressed because there wasn’t going to be time for the whole physical.  I asked the Dr. to at least give me the pap test, but she said I would have to reschedule.  I did get the basics done and my prescriptions refilled, so all was not lost.  Lets hope I never get another brainstorm like that one..LOL

Megan and her sister-in-law, Loren, just stopped for a coffee break on their way to Pennsylvania.  My hubby baked them some blueberry muffins for the trip and we had some take out coffee cups with lids so they could have coffee to go.  Megan is letting me use her old laptop so I have a computer down in my studio.  Sometimes, I will look up a tutorial on something, and have to keep running up and down the stairs to check and see if I am doing it right.  This will be so handy.

Oh, I almost forgot, I promised pictures of the dog collars I finished yesterday.  I am hoping to get a few more done today.  :o)

Dog Collar Day

I got  6 new dog collars made today to take up tot he dog groomer’s place.  Three are x-small, two are large and one is x-large.  I will hopefully have a picture to post on tomorrow’s blog update.

Megan is leaving for camp in PA to work as a nurse for the summer.  Scott’s sister, Loren, is also a nurse and she is going also.  I hate the thought of her being 6 hours away from us, but we can still call each other.

I have an appointment for a physical in the morning.  It has been hanging over my head like the plague for days.  Whenever I have to have a physical I  always have myself convinced that they are going to find something very wrong with me.  I really hate PAP tests and actually skipped last year which wasn’t very smart of me.  I am having fasting blood work and Nick needs a fasting blood work also, so I scheduled us together.  I thought it would be easier for him if we were both getting stuck with a needle.  He is still not very happy about it.  Steve will run him to school after his blood work while I get my physical.  :o(