We found a "Forever Home...!"

Praise God---we found a forever home for Ms. C!!!

She will have a very nice (inside) house

as well as what's been described as a football-field sized

fenced in backyard!

She will be the only 4-footed resident

but will have a couple of other dogs (smaller)

that will visit from time to time.

We will deliver her to her new owner tonight.

Just as she's about to leave,

Inky and PC are getting brave and have ventured out

from under the bed

to check her out.

Ms. C---could care less!

PC actually went up and rubbed against her leg!

While I (we) will miss her, we will still get to see her

from time to time.

And I am ready to get back to our usual semi-normal

chaos!

Gotta get scrapbooking class kits prepped,

a birthday card made for my 4th-of-July baby (aka hubby)

and a few other things.

And-company is coming

and it's the week-end of the huge 4th of July celebration

in our neighboring town

so a trip to the craft show at least is in order.
Thanks again for all the help, thoughts and prayers!

Until next time, happy stamping and scrapping!

Blessings,

Beautiful Gal

Well, once again, Blogger won't cooperate so I cannot post photos of  the beautiful gal (dog) we now have in our care.  She has been an awesome house guest and, the best news is, we have a number of people interested in giving her a forever home---

one of which is going to come and meet her this evening! 

Bad Cat is oblivious to her--when he spotted her food dish and went to check it out,

"Ms. C" backed up and let him--and just whimpered a little bit!

The girl has manners!

Inky and Poppa Cat have taken up residence under a bed

and refuse to come out--

so they have a temporary sanctuary there. 

Ms. Dolly just sat at her door looking out and wondering "Who are you?!" 

God is soooo good! 

Once I surrendered it completely to Him--things happened quickly. 
The calls started pouring in-the vet records were found,

 we were able to pick up the dog without incident.

It all just fell into place.

The key..."when I surrendered it all...."

More often than not, that's easier said than done!

We want to hang onto things, worry them (and God!) to death,

put our spin on what we think needs to happen---

and forget whose really in charge-who holds the real answers

who can see the whole picture-past, present and future.

I thank all those who've heard our pleas, listened,

taken action--

my stepson Ray (in VA) even contacted

no-kill shelters and friends on Ms. C's behalf...

I am overwhelmed with the whole scenario and just pray

that the lessons learned and the things I've seen

as a result of this situation will stick...

End of sermon!

Time to get ready for the rest of the day!

Until next time, happy stamping and scrapping!

Blessings,

The Carla Saga continues...

Good morning, all. 

Someone just posted a comment asking if I have a photo of CARLA---

the German Shepherd we are desperately trying to find a home for.

Unfortunately, I do not--YET.

 I am hoping to do that either today or tomorrow.

There's been some concern raised by others that know this gentleman and his situation that,

when it comes down to it, he won't part with her. 

The situation is such, however, that that has to happen, for the dog's sake,  

regardless of what he wants. 

And I think they know and realize that, too.

It's a difficult situation at best-but if I have my way,

Carla will be with us tomorrow.

We'll deal with the step issues and the cats adjusting as it comes.

Our two local no-kill shelters are full and not an option.

We've put the word out to everyone we can possibly think of and,

so far, no takers.

Besides breaking our hearts

(we've had some stressful days and sleepless nights...)

I know that we are trying to do the right thing--

and God will in whatever way,

honor and bless that...

Gotta believe...

Stay tuned--

and, more importantly, if you know someone who might be

interested in this sweet gal-

please let me know!

Until next time, since there's not much stamping and scrapping going on here--

go do some for me!

Blessings,

 

Monday...

It's not been a good day---and now...blogger lost the entire post I just wrote!!!!

God help me!!!

We're praying for a miracle---we need a home for a lovely older German Shepherd who is still very alert, loving, no real health issues--at least not any that some good tlc won't fix-her owner has dementia and cannot cope with caring for her-he's also convinced he needs to put her down. Our local no-kill shelters are full....so we've been a little stressed.

Our house is up on pilings and one cat we have has major stress issues anyway,

Carla would undo her although Carla gets along fine with cats, kids...anything.

The owner has "promised" us three days...one of which is gone...breathing. Praying.

Top that with second post-op appt. today--

laundry that needs doing, housework, computer issues out the ying-yang....

I decided to blog hop--and found this How to make your own POP DOTS tutorial here

OHDEARGODINHEAVEN!!!!

All you need is fun foam, a Xyron machine, paper cutter and/or scissors!

It is SO EASY ---and then you can cut the dots to any size or shape!!!

I will be doing this one!!!

It's been a long, stressful Monday--time to go curl up somewhere and vegitate!

Until next time, happy stamping and scrapping.

Take Two on Saturday...

Ok, so I am quietly sipping my coffee and blog hopping when Hubby starts calling from the kitchen---I look over (our living room opens to the dining area which opens to the kitchen...) and this...

that was sitting on the dining room table waiting delivery...

has turned into a cat toy

(the definition of which (cat toy)--is anything that isn't nailed down)...

I hope Theresa won't mind a little cat spit on the handle!

The good in this (as she always says...)

is that the baby (aka Inky-the guy on the left)

was playing!

That's the first I've seen in a long time

and once I took the gift bag away

and gave them a grocery bag to play in...

they went at it for a good 10-15 minutes!
I am going to the vets to get medicine why....? hubby wanted to know..

sigh. Kids.

Until next time, happy stamping and scrapping!

Blessings,

Something new Saturday!

I was going to say "It's not Saturday yet as I am typing this" but, in glancing at the clock, it is!

 12:38 AM to be exact! 

I've had to take it easy on myself by late afternoons and evenings

as I am uncomfortable by that point from the rest of the day.

The only  problem with that is...

I am so relaxed...I can't sleep-if that makes sense!

I am weird, I know! 

I finished an awesome book tonight-it's called Wrapped in Rain by Charles Martin.

 It's a novel, easy read and his descriptions are just so vivid that you feel like you are right there!

He's a Christian so it's pretty clean, too!

I got some stamps in the mail today...and, evidently, I didn't have my glasses on when I ordered them

or didn't have enough coffee (probably the case more likely)

and what I *thought* was clear rubber...

turned out to be red rubber--and untrimmed at that!

I hate cutting stamps almost as much as I hate battling with Blogger!

Theresa's thrilled-she LOVES cutting them so I will tap her to do it.

I did work on a project today--as well as gift bag to put the project in

and I even took some pics to do a mini tutorial

but somehow they got deleted...I think the laptop locked up before I could tell it to upload the photos

and the camera software setting is set to delete them once they are uploaded...

it just didn't happen.

Will try again tomorrow, Scarlet!

At least, I hope I will...

the "baby" is still feeling puny--hairballs will do that...

so it may be a trip to the vet thrown into the agenda...

hoping not & that he'll be feeling better by morning.

So--what's new?

I have a new signature "stamp" for my blog!

I got it from Whimsey Stamps for a song...

and, if you're not a techno expert (that would be me)

I gotta say...Ann sent a link to very easy instructions

it's only three simple steps...AND you can resize it to meet your needs,

pick your own design, font and colors.

$ 3.00!

Check it out!

Guess I will go check my library for the next read...

Until next time, happy stamping & scrapping!
Blessings,