More snow last weekend.  This means the ducks still aren’t laying eggs.  Seems to me they have their days and nights mixed up.  They stay under the deck all day when it’s bright and beautiful.  When it gets dark or starts to snow, they go to the middle of the yard and they sleep there all night.  Isn’t that backwards?

Kacey doesn’t particularly like the snow.  The neighbor dogs always want to play, but she won’t have much of that!

The only great thing about this white stuff is that it keeps me inside and addicted to my sewing machine.  I finished my second baby quilt for the month, which in itself is incredible!   That big word, FINISH, isn’t usually in my vocabulary.  So here’s one of my favorite boys, Arvo, with his new blankie.  I used the abundant scraps I had from the fabulous freecycle giveaway to make a pretty cute bug blanket. 

Big brother, Nico, pointed out all the bugs for Arvo.

I’m pretty sure that Nico has much more fun when the boys come over than Arvo does at this stage of the game.  Arvo just wants his mama.  Understandable!

Right now my obsession really has nothing to do with ducks, except that I do worry about them a little too much. They spend most days sitting in snow drifts and tonight we’ll see how they do in the minus temps. So far they don’t seem to be fazed by any of our nasty midwest storms, except that I can’t find any eggs.

THIS has become my indoor addiction…

I found it on a fabulous quilter’s website, Film In The Fridge .  I dreamed about it so much that I HAD to make it!   I’m hoping to make it king sized if I can stick with it long enough.  Of course, Kacey makes sure all blankets in the house are up to code (her code….COMFY!).

But then I decided I needed something to work on while I watched TV, so I struggled for a day and knitted my first sock!

“WOW!” you say?  Yep, I’m pretty proud of this one only because it was my first attempt.  Let’s just say after hours of youtube instruction and another hour on the phone with my superb knitter friend, Lauren, I finished sometime around midnight.  Mind you I started at 8 in the morning with very few breaks! 

Hubby says the per hour cost of my single sock may not be cost effective. 

What? I have to duplicate it!!??  AHHHHHHH!!!

Oldest daughter, Kendall, and fiance, Evan, have just gotten their first puppy. He is a rottweiler/golden retriever mix and is 3 months old.  They say he is a very mellow fellow……..

Can YOU name this puppy?

Dog sitting took over our lives last week. Theo, my friends chocolate pomeranian, came to visit while his parents moved this week.  This is Theo…..

At this point, 10 pm, Theo was wiped out, zonked, ready for bed.  Did I tell you he’s a puppy?  I forgot what puppies do.  They randomly pee and poop, they chew on everything, they cry, they wake up early in the morning, but they’re so damn cute you get past all that bad stuff!  And by the way, he only let me hold him like this because he was so dead tired.  We did our best to keep him awake at night to ensure a good nights’ sleep. 

Our dog, Kacey, tolerated him.  By late night she would lay near him, but during the day she seemed constantly bothered.   She is a whopping 13 years old, so imagine your 90 year old grandmother hanging out with your 2 year old for a few days!

There really is no keeping him awake at this point!

Theo went home today so things are back to quiet.  I always think in my next life I want to come back as a puppy.  It’s a pretty good world!

Our friends Joe and Jenny came over tonight with their pomeranian puppy, Theo, to play with Kacey and the ducks.

That little puppy must only be about 2 pounds, but he can sure run!! 

He gave the ducks some good exercise and I’m sure they will ALL sleep well tonight.

Round and round they go……

Kacey had to get in on some of the action.

Now, isn’t that just the cutest thing you’ve ever seen??  Next to my dog, of course