MorphKat

I can hardly believe my eyes with this cat. If you remember, we adopted Betlgeuse in the summer. He was about a year old and looked JUST like a Russian Blue. Totally sleek, short hair and full of character.

Well, he's grown into a giant fuzzball! No more shiny, sleek hair. No more skinny butt. Just long, long, fluffy hair. He looks like he's fat, but it's ALL hair! Craziness!

I'll be back tomorrow with some more of my latest projects. In the meantime, I HIGHLY recommend you check out Michelle's Stitch & Paint blog (listed in the "blogs I enjoy" roll to the right). She's been doing this "snow dyeing thing" that is AWESOME!! Finally - a use for all this freakin' SNOW!! I'm gonna drag out the dyes and see what I can do. No promises, but I'll try.

Have a fab night, kids!! I'm off to join the sleepover my kiddos are having. Snuggling in the quilts with big bowls of homestyle popcorn and laughing little faces. What could be better on a Friday night?! :o)

Blue Moon

Been getting back into weaving baskets again and it really takes me back. I love to smell the wet reeds soaking in a huge bucket next to me. When I've been away from weaving for a while, I'm always nervous that I might forget how to do it. And this time I was REALLY scared. I had carpal tunnel surgery done on both hands as well as a thumb tendon release on my right hand. When all of my strength was gone, I thought I had made a big mistake, getting my hands done.

But then, one day, almost like magic, they felt a lot better. Each day brought more strength and hand control, only without the pain and the tingly zapping I had 24/7! I couldn't believe it! So I thought weaving would be the real test. I gathered my materials and sat down, ready to give it a go. Blue Moon is the product of that session. I made one more, just to double check my manual dexterity, and it's true. My hands are better than ever! I think I'll start another basket today...

Paring Down

Well, with Spring (hopefully!) on its way, I've begun to pare things down around here. First up is books, which you can see at: http://www.gudstufff.blogspot.com/

I will be getting to everything else soon. But it's WAY too cold to go up into the loft now to dig through boxes. At least the books were easy to pull off the shelves.

If you see anything that grabs ya, just email me at debmarie@hughes.net and we can work out the details.

Thanks a million for checking it out - I really appreciate it!! Have a great day!