Miss Katie

Back in April our sweet Miss Katie was having a problem with her paw.(Katie's boo boo) After many vet visits and xrays and antibiotic treatments we had decided to put her under anesthesia and have a better look. When the tip of her nail was clipped the pus just oozed out so we had the nail removed back to the nail bed. We have been trying to get it to heal since and have gone through several courses of antibiotics and tonight it started to bleed again and is swollen. Another course of antibiotics and even though I don't like prednisone it has it's benefits. Will do a short term to bring down the swelling but it looks like at this point she will be having the toe removed. We did our best hoping that removing the nail would do the trick. She is the sweetest 13 year old girl there is. Happy and full of life and can she dance when treats are around! Here she is in her bed under my desk. She sticks close to me. We love her dearly.

sometimes ya gotta think about it....

So many times I wish I could read the minds of our fur kids. What are they thinking? Here is our Miss Sassy just sitting and staring out the door. Is she thinking about what she can find out there? Is it warm out? Is that really the sun? Nope...... She was thinking she would take a nap in the sun. Love that ole girl.

It's a switchplate day

I have lotsa neat little things that I make. Just because I feel like it. Ya know.....when you get into a rut doing the same thing all the time. Awhile back I did some switch plates with fabric and decoupage. Today I loaded some into my etsy store http://scottieacres.etsy.com/ I sold them at a Scottie collectors luncheon. Nice touch for bathrooms, kids rooms or wherever. They make a neat addition to a basket for a shower gift or add it to the package as a decoration along with a ribbon. These are just a sampling. I can do any variety of designs.

decisions....sigh!!!!

I hate it when I have a plan in mind and then halfway through a project I decide that maybe I should change it....then maybe I shouldn't.....then maybe.....oh heck....you all know what I mean. Been working on this baby quilt. It is a combination of vintage chenille, flannels, several different minky textures. Wanted touchy feely for the baby....know what I mean? Also want pretty. Originally I was going to do a row of white ribbed blocks around the outside edge. Note the stack of fresh cut squares to the right.

Then I just happen to think that maybe the white would be too much so looked at maybe a border of the darker green flannel. That's what it is laying on to the right. The back will be a heavy white flannel and it will have warm & white batting in between. Here's another photo. Any thoughts are welcome.