Puppies & Jewelry....

Okay, last week was interesting to say the least! My Daddy told me that he saw a litter of puppies in the woods. As soon as I got off work, I put my big cage in the back of my truck and took off with canned cat food, water, a bowl and a flashlight! There were 5 black puppies there. Two were friendly and no trouble to catch so I brought those home. My Daddy took some food to them the next day and after work, I took off again. Bought a new cage for the other 3 and I took a live trap that I use for the feral & stray kitties. I was able to catch them all....

I found a home for one. I arranged to meet her in another state, which is a 45 minute drive for me. I got up early (I am not a morning person!!), gave the little guy a bath and took off the Tennessee. I waited for 45 minutes and she didn't show. So I drove another 45 minutes home. Apparently she got there before me and thought she had missed me so she left! I was planning to take the puppies to meet the local shelter. They were set up at the fair and would try to find homes for them, so I took them to the vet for baths. That was a waste of time because they all had accidents on the way home. A couple were out of the cage, so my truck was a MESS by the time I got home! Ha....they were really cute and sweet, so I kept that in mind while I was shampooing my carpet in my truck the next day. I called the shelter today and 4 of them have homes and one is in a foster home. So I guess this story has a happy ending!

And while I was cleaning up after the puppies, I worked on new jewelry! I should have my new website open in the next month or so. Here is a sneak peek of some of my new jewelry designs! Right now I am concentrating on pendants....then I have some other exciting new things for the site. I can't wait for the site to be ready for the world to see!! It will be a challenge to squeeze in the time for this site too, but I'm excited about it!    

Tax Time!!

Oh, no....it snuck up on me again!! So tonight I am scrambling, trying to get some done on my taxes!! I actually have most everything together, its just all that adding!! I've been happily ignoring the fact that I should be doing my taxes. ha ha! In the meantime I have been working on some new stuff. I painted a cat for ASPCA Day to donate some money to ASPCA.  I had fun with that one....click on the painting to see the auction and BID to support ASPCA!! They're my favorite charity!

Speaking of animals....spent a lot of time this week trying to catch a stray that keeps hanging around. He likes to come in the middle of the night and pick a fight with the other cats and he has the most awful cry that sounds like a siren!! I set the trap so I could take him to get fixed and bring him back here. He is too smart and hasn't gone in, but I have caught two of my own cats!! Cricket is a stray and she's still a little skittish....so she stayed mad at me all day after she got in the trap. ha ha! (She's over it now.) By the way, the new stray's name is Jack!!!

This weekend I painted a couple of paintings for my living room. I found this cool graveyard picture on the internet, so I painted a small painting for myself. I loved it so much, I made a huge one to go behind my couch! I still have a lot of decorating to do, but those 5 canvases covered a lot of space! I was just telling a friend that I need a clone of myself and I could get so much more done! Actually I could use several--one to design & make dolls, one to paint, one to do the internet work, one for jewelry, one to clean my house. Then I could just sit back and tell all my clones what to do! Its a nice thought anyway!