Jelly Roll Quilt-A-Long

I was going to take a "before" picture of the "Crazy 8" jelly roll by Sandy Gervais. But we've seen jelly rolls before, right?

I attempted to re-roll the fabric. It's still pretty--just not as neat! Kinda brings to mind the saying about putting toothpaste back in the tube--it just doesn't work.






Look at the fun colors.



And when you put them together, what do you get?




Not perfect, but it's a start!

And another shot of Buttercup! She's recovering from her spay surgery and still full of energy!



Silly girl.






And...a shot of her looking like she's resting (she really isn't!) She's just a poser. She loves to jump and wrestle. We're still working with her on her puppy manners, so no jumping up on the family!



But I love it when she's in the "down" pose. It show her cute, short legs. And she does do the "down" command pretty well. She's very quick to hit the ground--she doesn't have far to go--bless those little legs!

Masterpiece Theater...uh. Theatre

I've enjoyed watching Return to Cranford on Masterpiece Theatre. Did you see the first Cranford series? The characters of Miss, Matty, Miss Pole, and Mrs. Forrester are charming, adorable, full of life!

If you follow the link above you can actually view the series online, for a limited time.

This series makes me laugh and smile and then throw my hands up in despair when then kill off another character! But finally, just finally, they killed off a person that was less-than-stellar in character! Whew!

And, in the end, Love Prevails. Doesn't that always make a girl happy?

And here's a face that makes me smile!



The puppy is doing better on house training. Finally!

I took the little tyke out every two hours when we first got her. And it was during the cold snap! And still, I'd take her and as soon as she got in the house, she would go. Little twerp.

So I gave up with the schedule. I started letting her run with the Big Dogs. And, I think she's finally getting it! She has her soft bed back in her crate as she has finally stopped peeing in her crate and she's getting a little bit more freedom around the house. Good job, Buttercup!

Brady and Buttercup enjoy a good wrestlin' match every day. Brady is so much bigger but he's very easy with her, no matter how ferocious he looks! He lays on his back and lets Buttercup be the upright wrestler.






It's pretty entertaining.

More dog pictures

Here's a pic of Brady, Buttercup, and Delilah. They are all getting along very well and look at how well they pose! Better than the kids.

Buttercup loves to play, play, and play. And Delilah and Brady do play with her--just not all the time.

The New Puppy

And here she is DD2 and Buttercup...