Pay it Forward (and other stuff)

Yesterday I was just browsing around on the internet, like I had nothing better to do. ha! I ran across Missy's blog and found a link to her Pay it Forward swap thingy....darn it, I was too late to get in on that one, but I'm starting my on. Here's how it goes....

I promise to send the first 3 people that comment on this post a small gift within the next year.  And in return, they post a pay it forward swap on their blogs!

What fun!

I got up this morning, ready to get to work. But noticed Pumpkin must have injured his foot in the night--noticed he had trouble getting up, but I thought maybe he was just stretching, but he's walking instead of running around like a maniac and his foot tries to slide out from under him. So I have to take him to the vet this afternoon....poor baby!! Had to share a cute picture of him......Now, I normally don't dress up my kitties, but I found this little knit cap and I just couldn't resist putting it on him. He actually didn't mind it too much! He's a pretty laid back kind of kitty anyway. Oh, and its been one year since we rescued him! I still think about it every time I drive by the briar patch where we found him. I wonder if he remembers????

Today....I have whole piles of dolls all over my kitchen! I'm concentrating on a bunch of raggedy ann dolls for today. My husband found this huge old apple basket, so I'm trying to make enough raggedies to fill up the basket. I am just realizing it is HUGE and it will take a lot! My next show is The Yellow Daisy Festival and its only about a month away!! I guess that means I better GET BUSY!!

Okay, last night I did something I knew I shouldn't do....we have a problem with raccoons because I sometimes forget to bring the cat food in from outside. I tried buying bins with lids and that "lock", but they are too smart for that. They drag them off and open them, then clean them out! So last night, I went out to put my food up and there was a kind of small raccoon on my porch. The cats were hungry, so I put them a little food out and waited on the porch to keep the racoon from eating their food. Well, it wasn't long before he was back, trying to eat the food off the porch. He got too close and it scared me, so I shook the bag at him. He just ran under my truck, but would come right back. He was so darn cute, I threw him some food and he was just grabbing it up as I threw it. He got pretty brave and shaking the bag wouldnt' scare him off and he eventually went under my truck and wouldn't leave. I am afraid he will be hanging around for a while! We one had a momma with about 4 or  5 babies that used to come. That was BAD! I have too many cats, I can't afford to feed all raccoons too! I did see a girl walking down the road a few weeks ago with a BABY RACOON in her back pack! He was so cute and tiny, I had to stop and ask her about him. She said they were remodeling a house and he fell out of the ceiling --she raised him and now he goes everywhere she goes. If a car hadn't pulled up behind me, I would have talked longer Now I wish I had asked to take some pictures of him. For a couple of weeks I was halfway wishing I would find a baby I could raise. ha ha! I'm over it now though....I raised one kitten on a bottle from 1 day old and that was a lot of work. Definitely worth it and I would do it again if I HAD to!

Okay...waiting to hear from the first 3 bloggers so I can "pay it forward"!!!