Maverick update...

Well, he's hanging in there. Seemed much better today. So it's a day to day process. I just hate the weekends. If you need a vet it's a trip to the emergency vet not the vet that we use and love. Oh well, what will be, will be, right?

On a lighter note we have an exciting weekend planned for Mystic Paper. The fun is all starting right at 10:00 A.M. with a completely full class taught by Mike Putman. We expect to see lots of new faces with it being the start of Art Unraveled. This event brings people from all over the world to Phoenix to take classes from amazing artists. I've never been, but I plan on attending their shopping extravaganza next Saturday. So, here's to an action packed weekend. Hope to see all of you!

At our house last night...

Abi was in seventh heaven with Tucker here to wallow on the floor with her. The picture is kind of dark, but can you see her smile? Tucker can come over any time! Abi loves him. Can you see the old man in the background? He's another story.

This old man isn't doing well. It's a daily discussion between The Peddler and I if today is the day. We keep saying, well as long as he can get outside to potty and he's not in pain we'll hang on. But tonight he's not acting right. He will not let me out of his sight. Even though it's so hard for him to get up and down he goes everywhere I go. So I decided to sit at the computer, and he is right under my chair. Not like him. He's almost 14 years old and I have had him since I found him and all of his litter mates in a dumpster. He's the one that my daughter said no one wanted. Truth be told, she was the one that wanted him. He has cost me more money than any dog I have ever known and he has been worth every penny. So, we'll see what tonight brings and hope that I don't have to make any tough decisions tomorrow. Love you Maverick.

Turtle update ~

Here's the new turtle pond. It's not finished and very temporary. Those guys were just getting to big to live in an aquarium and I was getting tired of cleaning said aquarium. Now they're out in the fresh air, sunshine, and heat, just like turtles are supposed to be.

Here's one checking out who is out here taking pictures!

And here's the other one sneaking up from behind the rock.

It's funny to watch my Golden Retreiver watch them. She just lays on the deck and looks at them like "I wish I could go swimming with you guys".

Now we'll have to get something new in the store to occupy all the little kids. The turtles were great babysitters.

Is there a blogging funk going on?

I know there is in my house. Having a tough time finding the motivation to sit down and type. I've been trying to think of some more stories that I can (hopefully) entertain you with. Right now I really can't think of a thing about my life that would entertain you! Well, except for maybe this...Jennifer and I had a meeting at my house last night with Mr. Mike P. Together we are all coming up with some fantastic new ideas for Mystic Paper. And, if you click on their links and look at their blogs you will see that yes, I am right, there is definitely a blogging funk going on! So there, I have busted the three of us and we need to step it up and keep our readers entertained. Mike, the Cat will be home tonight and life will be back to normal for you. And, the animals will be happy again! Jennifer, well what can I say, YOU NEED TO BLOG! You've taken a little side trip out of AZ. You're in a new house. Come on, surely you have lots of stories. Oh, that's right it takes time to blog. There's one more person that I need to pull out of the funk. Joy, we talked about the funk that's following us. We need to say "goodbye funk" o.k.? And Tanya, it's o.k. for you to be in a funk, and you're the most recent blogger! Good for you. So, Goodbye funk. Let the blogging commence! Maybe I'll get to it on Sunday! If you read this and you get the Mystic Paper e-mails, read it, print it out, and get into the store tomorrow. You know what I'm talking about. Then, I'll have my camera ready and I'll have some stories to tell. Doesn't that sound like great blogging material! I'm counting on you. I need stories.

More vintage linens!

Love this quilt. It's a Grandma's Flower Garden quilt. I am guessing from the materials that it was made in the 30's. It's big too. This picture was taken on my king size bed!

I think this is my favorite square. I love the dainty little flowers!

And I love this set of Days Of The Week Kitchen Towels. All hand embroidered. Cute kittens!

My favorite is the sleeping kitty on Sunday. That's what I feel like doing right now!

Sadly I am going to part with all of the linens and other antique things that I show on this blog. I did some investigating and found out more about the doll from this post. She is from the early 1900's and is a Minerva #5. They will be coming in to Mystic Paper if you are local and would like to see them in person. If you're not local just leave a comment and an e-mail and I can send you more pictures.

Have a great day!

Blogger is not cooperating for this post!
It won't let me put my text where I want it so this will probably look very strange.
We took a little vacation and went to California to visit 2 of our grand kids. They were camping at Mohave Narrows, which is an oasis in the middle of the desert. The photo above is Grandpa and Dean getting ready to fish.

Taylor was more interested in the fish food than fishing!

Dean is all boy and had a great time playing with the worms.

I think they spent more time untangling the fishing line than they did fishing. They only caught one little blue gill and a shoe!

I know that camels belong in the desert but have you ever seen camels with a bunch of horses?
They seemed pretty happy with their living situation.

We had a great weekend and Grandpa got to do alot of this!

We're home!

And while I haven't loaded pictures off of the camera of our trip, I have had time to look at You Tube to see what everyone on country radio has been talking about. I had six hours of drive time to listen. Gabe knocked it out of the park while the two teens (who deserved it along time ago) were voted off. While I do think the judges were just a little hard on them, they did deserve to go. And, YES, I still think Gabe is the winner, hands down! And, by the way, I am not opinionated about my music at all!