ipad cover

I got an ipad mini for my Birthday this year.

I looked at covers & cases, didn't see any that

wowed me. So I decided to make my own.

I had a sample swatch of fabric that I designed & some left over

plaid fabric from a pillow I made. Made a heavy felt liner,

sewed up the fabric & put twill tape ties on it.

Then I made a little bag to put the cord & plug in for travel.

Front.

Back.

The ipad fits right in & cords are in a handy matching pouch.

Now all I have to do is download a bunch of books to read! : )

Turquoise Dish

I was in Winners/Home Sense, looking for running shoes.

So of course I found a really cute baking dish made in Portugal & in my new

favourite colour, turquoise! It was a deal at only $12.99  : )

Monkey

I was out with my friend celebrating our Birthdays,

when I saw this hand carved wooden monkey sitting

on a shelf. He was made in Indonesia & was

a real steal at under $10!

Needless to say he came home with me... 

Mocha likes him too. : )

It's all fun & games till someone ends up in a cone! : )

Cone of shame

I was out walking my dog & we met this

Female Chocolate lab whom we have never met before.

Everything seemed fine & then all of a sudden

they both went for each other. Standing on their hind legs & biting each other!!!

It was scary! It was icy & I couldn't get a good foothold to pull

my dog back right away.

The other guy was pulling hard at his dog as well.

Then suddenly they separated & just looked at each other.

I saw a couple of drops of blood by Mocha's feet.

The other dog seemed fine.

I got home & tried to see what was going on & to clean it out.

There looked like a small flap of skin hanging down on his bottom lip

& it was bleeding but not too much.

I cleaned it up & left it for a while but, Mocha just wouldn't 

settle & seemed to be uncomfortable.

I phoned the vet & they said to bring him in.

Took him in & they said it was good I did because he needed stitches!

They put him out & cleaned out the wound really well & 

stitched him up. Unfortunately for him he has to wear a cone.

He's never had one before & is feeling quite sorry for himself.  : (

Thad turns 21!!!

Wow! It seems to happen more often these days, I find myself saying:

Where has the time gone?

The days seem to fly by faster & faster.

My eldest son just turned 21! He is a MAN now.

7 days old.

Here he is with the same teddy bear 21 years later.

He's still my baby.

The men.  : )

Snow & Ice

We have had the most snow we have had in years!

We have had to shovel several times, which has

been rare in the past few years. Of course it is the

first year we have had nobody home to do all the shovelling.

The boys both being away at school!

The front yard

The back yard

New meaning for the term "White caps".

The bird feeder is stacked with snow.

Notice the squirrel highway on top of the fence!

These icicles on the south side of the house

are outside my bedroom window.

The long one in the middle was longer than the window!

I took a picture of them because afterwards I had fun

knocking them down! : )