Abbey, Abbey, Abbey….

If you been to my blog before you know I have a new grand puppy…her name is Abbey and she was the sweetest tiny puppy!!!! ( she is finally growing into these ears)

Well, since this photo, Abbey has eaten almost every plant in my two son’s newly landscaped backyard, two weekend ago and a few hundred dollars later it is finally looking good again…she ate them down to twigs and they were all new plants! I already did a post about the carpet, yup she ate part of it also…. she also had broken off her baby canines and we couldn’t figure out where….well a couple of weeks ago my son found out….

Let me back up a bit….I got this awesome “fake” cat from my brother and his wife a few years ago. His name is “Bogus”….as a gag gift a few Christmas’ ago I gave it to my son so he could have a “pet” in his apartment…. Meet Bogus…

I even bought him a bed and a name tag….does he look real or what????

Well this is Bogus today….

Notice, no left ear, a chewed right ear and an area on his body that is in the white that she also ate….

Do you see anything else missing?????

Yup! She ate all of his whiskers!!!!!! I was really sad…this is one awesome cat! I am going to see if my friend Meri might be able to fix him with some paper clay….I don’t know about the whiskers….:(

She is only 8 months old!!!! She is going to doggy book camp this summer, and they guarantee she will be a trained dog when she gets back in two months….I sure hope so….my son takes this pup every chance he gets to a dog park to run…..this can last up to an hour and she finally gets tired, and I mean non stop running….how do you handle ADHD in a dog????? I told him these English Pointers were high energy! LOL

"Cultivate the Attitude of Gratitude".

I want to thank all of you who emailed and left comments, it all helped to get moving forward again…..

One of the comment mentioned the above thought…..and it struck a chord…I have so much to be thankful for! My family who loves me, the roof over my head ( which by the way is getting replaced due to hail damage, just found out yesterday), and the blessings of friends, to name just a few. And so, I want to share with you a random act of kindness bestowed on me….I received an email from a lady named Kathy….

Hi Sandy,

I started to read your blog back in January. I love all of the happy colors! I enjoy paper crafting and home decorating too. The reason I am writing is that a couple of years ago I bought some vintage decals on one of my thrift store/yard sale/flea market field trips. It's only a handful. I don't know what I thought I would do with them but I liked that they were vintage. Now I am cleaning out my studio and getting rid of some of the stuff I doubt I will use. I'd like to send the vintage decals to you! I knew immediately that you were the person for them when I first read your blog. Would you like to have them? Would you be willing to provide your mailing address? I will gladly send them off to you with NO OBLIGATION! I just think you would enjoy them more than I will. Thanks for having such a cute blog and sharing your treasures online.

Happy Monday! Kathy

And so a few days later this is the wonderful little package that arrived…

I almost didn’t want to open it, it was so cute! wrapped in wax paper with my favorite twine, and all of the vintage goodness!

But I finally did open it and this was the surprise!

Aren’t these just so cute!!!! I am sure I can find items to put all of these on….Thank you again Kathy, for your kindness and generosity. :)