Life goes on...and on...and on

Nothing much has been happening around here.

I quit my job...again

We had puppies...again

It's almost my wedding anniversary...again

And, I've been sewing...again (OK, not again but STILL)

I was reminded by a 4 year old that it's almost Christmas...again

Back in June, I went back to work for the company I quit the August before. I was only working part time on an as needed basis but then when the owner got his old company back, he decided to bring in a certain person from that company to manage both companies. I told the owner that I will work for him but I will not work for her. He told me to give it 30-60 days and things may change. I told him to call me when he is ready. I may never hear from him again but hey, I have my pride, not to mention my integrity.

Our puppy had puppies. Lola is one of the puppies our dog Lacy had last year. Totally unexpected and unplanned, Lola had 7 puppies on Halloween. They are adorable. There are two that are white with no markings, three that are white with slight golden markings, one that has typically golden markings and one dark golden, like Lacy. Lola is a much better mommy than Lacy was. In fact, Lola refused to leave her pups to go out to potty for more than 24 hours. Brent had to actually pick her up and carry her outside. She did her thing and within seconds, was scampering down the stairs to get to her babies. She is so protective of them. Lacy is real good with them too. She helps keep them clean and keeps Lola company. I even caught her in the pen with her arm over one of the pups.


Saturday is my wedding anniversary. 34 years. Yesterday, Brent said he had to go out and run some errands. Brent doesn't run errands so I knew what was going on. After a couple of hours, he came home and then said to me, "Do you know what tomorrow is?" I said, "Ummm, Thursday? November 3rd?" and he just sort of looked at me with a deflated look then I said, "Our anniversary is not until Saturday". He didn't say a word but turned and went down stairs. Today, I got a call from the neighbor, wishing us a Happy Anniversary and wanting to bring us some cookies. I told her it's not until Saturday and she said "Oh, sorry. Brent said it was today". I said, "Yeah, I know. He tends to mix up my birth date (Oct 3rd) and anniversary dates. I'm sure the flowers he got me from the grocery store will be wilted by Saturday. Oh well, it's the thought that counts, right?

It's the holiday season again and my orders are coming in regularly. Here are a few of the things I've made:

This is a dress I made and put up for auction on my website. It sold for a decent price. I still don't know if I'm ready to list on eBay though.


This year, one of my dolls went as a peacock for Halloween. I got this idea from a picture I saw of Tori Spelling dressed in a peacock tutu with turquoise tights. I entered this into a contest but only got 3rd place. The winner was also a peacock. Hers was cute but I thought mine was much cuter. Maybe not little girlish enough though.

Lastly, As I was reminded the other day, it's almost Christmas. I have no further comment on that.