I spend a lot of time in my craft room slash office and right now my desk is an old dining room table, my storage area comprises a three piece old entertainment unit set and 5 rack metal shelving unit. I seriously need to find or create (IKEA) a new workstation... I have so much stuff but I can't access it easily enough... a lot of stuff is still in boxes because I have no where to put it. I really need to think about going to IKEA - they have a make your own desk area
Drool... IKEA is one of my favorite places to lose 4-5 hours and have the awesomest meatballs ever!!
27.9.08
25.9.08
Christmas
Christmas is 3 months away... Does that scare anyone else? I think this year will be a little weird for me, but in a good way! We are having Christmas at our house this year! Every other year we've split our Christmas time between my family and Chris' family and its really hard and stressful and we have to put our kitties in a kennel while we're away - so its hard on them too. Now we have Gizmo too and we'd be able to take him to my in-laws place but not to my family since my sister has really bad allergies. So this year we decided to start (or try) a rotation - this year we'll stay home, next year we'll go to one family and the year after that we'll go to the other family... then start the cycle again. I really hope it works out - I'm looking forward to starting our own holiday traditions - Chris, Me and the four legged critterz!
I'm going to make a special Christmas dinner for Chris and me and something neat for Tigger, Jade and Gizmo. We're going to put up our tree (haven't done that in quite a few years) and decorate our house - maybe even put lights up outside! I'm getting so excited!! I plan on baking and doing all of the corny holiday stuff like caroling and making eggnog and doing stockings (we have a fireplace so we can really hang them!!).
I just wonder how to keep 3 critterz away from the Christmas tree?
oh... here are some pictures of the critterz!
TIGGER
I'm going to make a special Christmas dinner for Chris and me and something neat for Tigger, Jade and Gizmo. We're going to put up our tree (haven't done that in quite a few years) and decorate our house - maybe even put lights up outside! I'm getting so excited!! I plan on baking and doing all of the corny holiday stuff like caroling and making eggnog and doing stockings (we have a fireplace so we can really hang them!!).
I just wonder how to keep 3 critterz away from the Christmas tree?
oh... here are some pictures of the critterz!
TIGGER
JADE
GIZMO
24.9.08
Day 3 - Free Range Puppy-Power!!!
Day 3 - its getting a lot colder in the mornings, but Giz always does his biz for me in the mornings! In fact anytime I bring him to his pen outside (we still haven't gotten all of the roofer debri from the yard cleaned up yet) he does at least one if not both biz's. Poor Chris, can't usually get Gizmo to poop for him. LOL... I think Giz knows that if he waits long enough, Chris will just bring him inside again - He knows I will wait a lot longer and he should just go as quickly as possible so we both can go inside again!! Plus I think I praise him better!!
But that was a tangent...
Giz was awesome again last night, we got to sleep in... so much so that we really had to rush to get ready and out the door on time. I think Gizmo is getting used to being a free range doggie during the day! He definately didn't look cunfuzzled this morning when we left... it was almost like he was saying 'ok humanz get out and let me playz the dayz away!'
Came home and no mess... Poop still on the pee pad (not eaten!!!!!) no mess anywhere... no chewed up pee pad!! Giz U Rock!!! I took him outside and (so cute) he scrunched down for a poop and only a tiny little kernel came out - he looked a little cunfuzzled but I praised him anyway - afterall I want him to learn that outside is for the poop and pee and that the sooner he does them the sooner he can come back in - that will be especially important when it starts freezing outside...
Speaking of Freezing - this winter is going to be interesting! It'll be our first Christmas at home (normally we travel to Linden and Calgary) and we'll have two kitties and a puppy around... maybe I should find a barrier for our tree?
But that was a tangent...
Giz was awesome again last night, we got to sleep in... so much so that we really had to rush to get ready and out the door on time. I think Gizmo is getting used to being a free range doggie during the day! He definately didn't look cunfuzzled this morning when we left... it was almost like he was saying 'ok humanz get out and let me playz the dayz away!'
Came home and no mess... Poop still on the pee pad (not eaten!!!!!) no mess anywhere... no chewed up pee pad!! Giz U Rock!!! I took him outside and (so cute) he scrunched down for a poop and only a tiny little kernel came out - he looked a little cunfuzzled but I praised him anyway - afterall I want him to learn that outside is for the poop and pee and that the sooner he does them the sooner he can come back in - that will be especially important when it starts freezing outside...
Speaking of Freezing - this winter is going to be interesting! It'll be our first Christmas at home (normally we travel to Linden and Calgary) and we'll have two kitties and a puppy around... maybe I should find a barrier for our tree?
23.9.08
Roaming... Day 2
Day two of Gizmo's free range daytime adventure...
Gave Giz another nylabone and a couple rawhide chews this morning. He looked a little less cunfuzzled when we left him to roam free.
Came home and No messes at all!!! Both pee pads were well used but they were left unchewed!!! YAY! I suspect he eats his poop when we're not there to clean it up - but I'm told thats not entirely strange behavior. I still think its gross when he burps and you get this horrible whiff of partly digested poo.
We still put him in his kennel at night for sleeping and he seems to be sleeping better and not whining as soon as the alarms go off. We actually got to sleep in!!
Fingers crossed everybody!! We'll try this for the rest of the week and see how it goes... Maybe Giz will be a free range puppy soon!! Poor kittehz... the Gizonator will be able to chase you all around the house soon...
Gave Giz another nylabone and a couple rawhide chews this morning. He looked a little less cunfuzzled when we left him to roam free.
Came home and No messes at all!!! Both pee pads were well used but they were left unchewed!!! YAY! I suspect he eats his poop when we're not there to clean it up - but I'm told thats not entirely strange behavior. I still think its gross when he burps and you get this horrible whiff of partly digested poo.
We still put him in his kennel at night for sleeping and he seems to be sleeping better and not whining as soon as the alarms go off. We actually got to sleep in!!
Fingers crossed everybody!! We'll try this for the rest of the week and see how it goes... Maybe Giz will be a free range puppy soon!! Poor kittehz... the Gizonator will be able to chase you all around the house soon...
22.9.08
Roaming
This morning we decided to have a trial run at something new with the puppy... Instead of putting him in his crate with a pee pad, his bed and some toys - we thought we'd try letting him roam free around the livingroom (the only non-carpeted place in our house other than the basement and bathrooms). We set up two pee pads and made sure he had lots of toys and chews, then to the astonishment of the Puppy (he really did look cunfuzzled) we closed the mudroom door and left the house.
Came home a few minutes ago... I was expecting to find poop and pee everywhere and at least one or two things destroyed... there was some poop, but it had been flung off of a pee pad and he did chew up one of his pee pads (the sticky ones aren't so sticky akshully!!) he couldn't chew up the other one because we got this cool holder (its too big for the crate though). His water and food dishes were empty but really there were no huge messes to clean up!! Congrats to Gizmo... we'll try again tomorrow and see if he improves or makes more mess!
Wish us luck!
Came home a few minutes ago... I was expecting to find poop and pee everywhere and at least one or two things destroyed... there was some poop, but it had been flung off of a pee pad and he did chew up one of his pee pads (the sticky ones aren't so sticky akshully!!) he couldn't chew up the other one because we got this cool holder (its too big for the crate though). His water and food dishes were empty but really there were no huge messes to clean up!! Congrats to Gizmo... we'll try again tomorrow and see if he improves or makes more mess!
Wish us luck!
21.9.08
Looking into the incredible glass bubble
So, I haven't posted about this subject because I was waiting until I could surprise my family and my in-laws... So here it is... I got my learner's permit in August and now I am the one behind the wheel of our car!! That's right... watch out for me Alberta!! I'm A Driving Maniac - well without the reckless driving part!
On to my stories... two out of many on this engrossing subject of driving.
Story Number One: Incredible Multi Tasking. I was driving to work the other morning, Chris was in the passenger seat calmly eating his morning breakfast bar and sipping his coffee (thoroughly enjoying being a passenger on our commute), we stopped at a red light behind this little two door red number (I'm not that good at remembering the make and model of cars...). I'm looking at the driver ahead of me while patiently waiting for the light to go green, the lady inside decides a red light is just the perfect opportunity to fix her face... She starts putting on lipstick and notices that the light went green... so instead of stopping the lipstick application, she proceeds to drive through the intersection WHILE putting on her lipstick... I giggled a little - she barely stayed in her lane and didn't hold up traffic too much... but seriously! Its people like her that keep the female driver stereotype going strong!
Story Number Two: Speed Limits and Digging for Gold. So I'm driving to work a couple weeks ago and I normally stay within 5 km's of the speed limit and I've probably annoyed quite a few people who like to go a lot faster but have gotten stuck behind me... I usually laugh and tell them (into the rear view mirror) that they can feel free to pass me - after all... I am doing the speed limit and there IS another lane to use... This works just fine when I'm the one infront... I learned this very quickly that morning when for some reason I got stuck behind someone who was doing 40 in a 60 zone and who slowed down to 35 in a 50 zone... I have to admit that I got fairly frustrated that this person couldn't even do the speed limit!! And the kicker... I couldn't pass him because I needed that lane and traffic in the other lane was incredibly thick... On top of that... since I was following pretty close behind I could see him digging away for gold - not a kleenex in sight... Ewwwww Gross! Finally he turned and I was able to speed up to a luxurious 50km (and annoy the people behind me) LOL.
Moral of the day... You may be locked inside that car thinking you're in your own private bubble... and you're right, but your bubble is made out of glass and the world can see you too!
On to my stories... two out of many on this engrossing subject of driving.
Story Number One: Incredible Multi Tasking. I was driving to work the other morning, Chris was in the passenger seat calmly eating his morning breakfast bar and sipping his coffee (thoroughly enjoying being a passenger on our commute), we stopped at a red light behind this little two door red number (I'm not that good at remembering the make and model of cars...). I'm looking at the driver ahead of me while patiently waiting for the light to go green, the lady inside decides a red light is just the perfect opportunity to fix her face... She starts putting on lipstick and notices that the light went green... so instead of stopping the lipstick application, she proceeds to drive through the intersection WHILE putting on her lipstick... I giggled a little - she barely stayed in her lane and didn't hold up traffic too much... but seriously! Its people like her that keep the female driver stereotype going strong!
Story Number Two: Speed Limits and Digging for Gold. So I'm driving to work a couple weeks ago and I normally stay within 5 km's of the speed limit and I've probably annoyed quite a few people who like to go a lot faster but have gotten stuck behind me... I usually laugh and tell them (into the rear view mirror) that they can feel free to pass me - after all... I am doing the speed limit and there IS another lane to use... This works just fine when I'm the one infront... I learned this very quickly that morning when for some reason I got stuck behind someone who was doing 40 in a 60 zone and who slowed down to 35 in a 50 zone... I have to admit that I got fairly frustrated that this person couldn't even do the speed limit!! And the kicker... I couldn't pass him because I needed that lane and traffic in the other lane was incredibly thick... On top of that... since I was following pretty close behind I could see him digging away for gold - not a kleenex in sight... Ewwwww Gross! Finally he turned and I was able to speed up to a luxurious 50km (and annoy the people behind me) LOL.
Moral of the day... You may be locked inside that car thinking you're in your own private bubble... and you're right, but your bubble is made out of glass and the world can see you too!
20.9.08
Baby Announcement Card
As promised, here is the card I made for my Sister-In-Law's new bundle of joy... (picture is a little crooked - darn scanner!!)
Inside of the card: features an embossed teddy bear that has been watercoloured blue (hard to see in the picture) and custom made announcement card printed using SU! colour with the edges hand inked.
The Back of the card features my SU! angel policy stamp punched out with a fancy punch.
If you are a parent-to-be or know someone who is expecting, I am available to make affordable one of a kind, personalized cards. Contact me by email at misty1780@shaw.ca for more information.
Please know that it takes a lot of time, energy and creativity to make these cards and I would appreciate that if you are going to CASE/copy my designs that you please ask permission first. Thank you
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