Finally a real keyboard

that doesn't have any pieces missing. My son brought my old laptop home and now I have a keyboard. Dell says I have to send in the new laptop to have the new keyboard installed so I will be without it for about 8 days. Logan sure did a good job picking off all the keys. LOL

Update on the new dog: changed the name to Diesel since he didn't know his own name anyway. He is a very stubborn little guy and keeps on getting beaten up by the cats. He has made friends with two of them... sort of. I'm afraid the lights are on but nobody's home. May he will grow a few smarts as he gets older.

If anyone out there is interested in a zine swap, there is one going on at my group. You can join in by clicking on the yahoo button on the right hand side. The more the merrier.

Happy weekend all.

“The greatest risk in life is life - it has 100% chance of causing death.” - Unknown

Stewie

We have a new member of the family. His name is Stewie and he is 1 1/2 years old. Stewie is a miniature Pinscher and probably something else but we aren't sure. He is a little darling. The cats have no idea what he is but they are being pretty tolerant so far. Here a few pics of Stewie in bed.



Sam and April are not quite sure how close or friendly to get with Stewie. Hopefully they will all become friends soon.


Today's quote is from Groucho Marx. "Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend; inside of a dog it's too dark to read."

Today

My precious grandson spent 15 minutes last week picking all the keys off of my laptop. I am typing on that laptop with half the keys still missing, correcting many errors as I go. I did order a new keyboard from Dell but it hasn't arrived yet. So if there are errors, oh well.

I started a new group on Yahoo for people who create, or want to create, zines (zeenes as in magazine). I''m hoping it will be an active group with lots of great artwork.

All those little furry things you see all over the key board are furry bits left behind by Murphy who has been helping me all day.

Last week my darling grandson learned all about the joys of playdough. He had a blast.


I leave you with a quote from a show I watched last week, or the week before. It is from Southland. I can't remember who said it. " The next time I decide I want to get married I'm just going to go out, find some girl I don't like, and buy her a house."

Painted the dining room

Yesterday in a fit of something I got up and painted the dining room and put up a new border. I have also been giving away a lot of stuff. The china cabinet is one my husband bought me for an anniversary present about 20 years ago. It was kind of old then. They made stuff better in the old days. The cabinet is solid wood, even the drawer bottoms are thick and good.


Below is the next item to go. I'm putting it on our local free cycle list and needed a place to post the picture. This is as good a place as any I guess. and easier than ftping it to one of my sites. I will remove it later.

New bodies to Bead

Last week I got the new bodies from Monica Magness girlgonethreadwild. They are awesome as all of her work is. She kindly included 3 faces for me. I am always looking for dime sized polymer clay faces. If any of my readers make these, please contact me.

I picked the red one to start first. The materials are so wonderful that I am only going to use bead embroidery on most of them, leaving some of the fabric to show through.


My absolutely adorable grandson spent most of last week with us. He is growing so fast and I hate being away because you miss so much, even in just ten days. One of his favourite meals is spaghetti. Just had to take a picture of course. He went home on Friday and we really missed him over the weekend. It will be two weekends before he comes to stay again. I get to see him during the week though. Grandkids are wonderful!!!!


My wonderful son Serge was also down on Saturday with his significant other. I got to cook a big meal and clean up after the meal. LOL. Aren't Mom's wonderful too! Isn't he just the cutest guy in the world?? Of course I may be a touch prejudiced.


Anyhoohoo... I am off to do dishes and get ready to go and finally get my mop cut. I hate having hair that requires work. If I had a nice looking head I'd just go with a bean shave. Unfortunately I have an ugly head and can't do that so I'll go with the short shaggy look. Just wash, fluff and wear. My kinda hair.

I leave you today with a quote from Forrest Gump: My Mama always said, 'Life was like a box of chocolates; you never know what you're gonna get.'"

Well I did it...

I opened an Etsy Shop. I put the three beaded art dolls up there for sale. Putting the Sea Urchin up just about broke my heart but you can't keep everthing and I just got that bag of dolls from threadgirlgonewild so I have lots more to work on. Please take a look at my shop if you get a chance. http://beadsnpaper.etsy.com

I am off to dog sit yet again. Have a wonderful weekend.

Home Again

I'm home again. For the past 11 days I have been dog sitting away from home. The dogs were awesome. So well trained and the chickens were just as cute as chickens. LOL. The dogs are used to being walked 5 times a day. I am a computer potato that walks to the mail box once a day. By the time I got home yesterday I was into walking. Some days the dogs and I went out 7 times. Rain, sleet, snow, wind, lots of wind, rain, did I mention rain. I lost 5 pounds just from walking because I sure as blazed wasn't dieting.

Today I had to get groceries because my husband and daughter had pretty much eaten their way through the entire house. There was nothing left to chew on but dog and cat food. Spent $208.00 dollars and only bought one package of chicken. We were out of everything.

After the groceries I had to go and visit my adorable grandson and of course bring him home for the rest of the week. I go dog sitting again on Friday for the March break.

Today my package of doll bodies came. Monica Magness at Girl Gone Thread Wild makes the most wonderful dolls to bead on. Visit visit her Etsy Shop and take a look at some of the awesome things she does. Tomorrow I will post pictures of the bodies I got and the one I am going to start working on.

Must go and supervise the little dude.

I leave you with a quote by Will Rogers, " We can't all be heroes because someone has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by."