Momma made us a quilt!

What an honor to have mom make us a quilt, made from the fabric of America & one of my favorite patterns to boot!

The Traveling Log Cabin maker-Fabric Acquired traveling across America

I'll let the pictures tell the story, but the quilt arrived shortly after John's knee surgery with a note that it was to aid in his recovery. He was almost as excited as I was.

Currently on John's bed is a quilt from Nonie's house, a mexican wool blanket & than a store bought comforter.  A day or two before this quilt arrived, John mentioned to me that we needed to find a new quilt for him because the Nonie quilt was getting pretty battered. What Luck!

The Traveling Log Cabin maker-Fabric Acquired traveling across America

Miss Winnie Update

Well it looks like this is going to be trial & error with Miss Winnie.

We stopped the phenobarbital, stopped the antibiotics, put her on a diet as close to natural as you can get and she was doing well.

Being that our weather has been so un-winter-like, I wanted to get the girls their flea & tick medicine. That was 2 days ago.

Today, Miss Winnie had a seizure. I suspect it was the flea & tick medicine that caused it. She started having small tremors the day after I gave it to her. Seizure over, she seems to be doing well. I bought some Dawn dish soap on the way home & both girls ended up getting a bath.

Such excitement for a Friday. And to top it all of I broke another bra. That's 2 this week. I suspect this means it's time to do some bra shopping. I hate bra shopping. You can't go buy size because they don't all fit the same way. AUGH!  Willing to hire a personal shopper! Any takers?

By the way..this cute little boy turned 1 year old this week. Who would ever guess he made his appearance 6 weeks early. Happy Birthday Sir Liam.

Groundhog

While Phil may have seen his shadow yesterday & predicted 6 more weeks of winter, I think the signs of spring disagree.

Every day I've been looking for the ducks to appear in our pond. Always a sure sign of spring, followed closely by the sounds of frogs chirping (or as some North easterners call them Chirppers). Yesterday hubby texted me to say that sure enough the ducks were back. Woot Woot! I got home too late yesterday to see them but hopefully today they will be floating around when I get home. I love to watch them. It's a mallard couple that grace us with their presence every year.

This morning I made the decision to stop & fill up my car before work. Was I thankful I did. As I started to pump my gas I heard that familiar sound of geese honking. I did some quick calculations in my head and was able to determine that indeed they were heading NORTH!

I guess having spent a large portion of my childhood in the Northeast, you learn to appreciate the little signs of spring. Geese honking, a robin red breast sighting, buds on the trees, hyacinth & lilacs trees coming into bloom. After having spent a long barren winter, you smile at these things. Someone from another area might not understand your smile, but it warms your heart greatly for you know that the barren of winter is almost over and soon the green grass and warm days will be here to stay. You know that soon you will be donning your spring jacket & shortly after that you will be shedding it to soak in the warm rays of the sun. By the end of summer you will be thankful for fall to arrive & than once again another winter season. That's one of the best things about living in the Northeast is you get to fully experience all 4 seasons.

Winter Naps

While today was just as beautiful and warm as yesterday, it called for a nap.

Curled up on a twin bed was one mommy laying on her hip, 2 pups (40+ lbs each) curled into each other & some warm winter blankets.

From my perspective it looked like a peaceful sight. Sadly we do not have any pictures to share because John was napping on the other twin bed and missed it all. We (the three of us) laid there for a couple of hours. Mommy alternating between reading her book & napping. Miss Winnie took the top of the bed & laid her head on the pillow. Miss Maggie curled herself into Winnie's belly and stretched down to the end of the bed.

It was a beautiful, serene day and the three of us were happy to just drink in the rare moment of peace and quiet.

Hanging Laundry in January!

What a wonderful feeling!
What a wondeful sight!
I hung my laundry outside today on a beautiful January day.
I wished I had started the laundry a little earlier so I could have hung more out, but such is life. I love the smell of line dried laundry.

Oldest pup is doing much better. Last weekend we rushed her to the animal hospital. After being overwhelmed with them wanting to do all kinds of testing & exploring on her, we made the decision to bring her home. After reviewing her lab work, the feeling was pancreatitis. So we nursed her here at home. Hourly wakings to push 1-2 oz of water and no food for a couple of days. Seems to have done the trick. You know your the parent of an animal when you get excited that they have a bowel movement. Changed her diet up some. She will be on high protein and low fat. Right now she is not too happy with the dry food and that is fine. I'll keeping pushing  the moist food into her. Happy to have her feeling better.

Miss Winnie!

Sorry for not posting recently.  Our pup Miss Winnie hit a rough spot and it's been a very stressful time. She started out with seizures and from there moved onto what appears to be a pancreatitis. Today has been a good day and she appears to be coming out of it. Today was a big accomplishment with her drinking on her own and eating some boiled chicken.
Keeping my fingers crossed for no more seizures as we have chosen to take her off the phenobarbital.



As I write she lays on the bed watching me. I'm sure in anticipation of either my chasing her down with another squeeze bottle of water or in hopes of some more yummy, boiled chicken.


Miss Winnie is a beautiful 12 year old pup. Hubby and family got her about a week before I met him. At that time she was the youngest of 3 dogs in the house. In 12 years, she has become the oldest dog and sister to two more girls-Maggie and Scoobie Loo.

Silly Fact..I don't know why but when she started getting sick with the seizures, I took to singing to her. It seemed to help her calm down. Unfortunately for her the only thing I could think to sing at the time was Itsy, Bitsy Spider. So she's been listening to that for a little over a week now. Hand movements and all. Today when I saw she was doing better I changed her song to I Spy, with my little, little eye...She seemed happy with the change. I think she was getting tired of hearing Itsy, Bitsy, Spider.

Miss Winnie is our lover. She loves to give hugs and is vocal. I am so happy that she is feeling better.

quick thoughts

“If ever there is tomorrow when we're not together... there is something you must always remember. you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if we're apart... I'll always be with you.” 
― A.A. Milne