Dog Bone Ornament

Like the title says,

this post will be several odds and ends

 I have hanging around

and figured I needed to post them for posterity.

First, we have two of my 5 Fur~Babies.

Indy has been with us since 2006.

She came home with us

from Kokomo, Indiana,

when she was 10 weeks old.

Abby is the queen of the house.

To be honest,

I can't remember exactly

how old she is.

I think she is close to 16 years old,

but I remember when she entered my life.

Mike, my BFF Joyce's daughter's boyfriend,

brought her home to Kristi,

with the understanding that if it didn't work

she would come to me.

I figured right then and there

I would become a "mother" again.

The 1st night she was with me,

I was sitting on the sofa watching TV

when she jumped up on the sofa,

climbed onto the top of my left breast

and immediately fell asleep.

I knew right then and there

that she and I would be best buddies for life.

You can tell she is thin.

She has a thyroid problem.

We have tried pills,

and she runs away.

So now we use a lotion

form of the meds . . .

from a compounding pharmacy.

I put it inside her ears,

where the blood vessels quickly pick it up.

Well, now, when she hears me

twisting the container to get ready

(it is in a tube similar to lipstick . . .

twist it, and out comes the lotion)

she heads for the hills.

Damn, she is too smart for her own good :0{

Next, some craftiness.

I have had this pattern for a number of years

knowing that, someday,

there would be a little girl who would love it.

Need to ask the neighbor if she has some pink  blush . . .
I need to give him some "flushed" cheeks.

I wanted to make it to grow with her

so I adapted the shoulder strap.

One side, I did a plain sc stitch.

On the other, I repeated the 1st strap

then started a new pattern,

I made a row of dc's

between sc rows.

This gave me "buttonholes."

I found the bear buttons on eBay last year . . .
I knew they would come in handy one day.

Finally,

I am a great~aunt again.

Now, I always knew I was a "good" aunt

but after the nieces had babies,

I suddenly become "great."

Go figure?

LOLOL

I got a message from my niece

saying I was a great aunt.

Had to find out what was up,

since she has no plans for children.

My new great niece is Molly

a 10 week old boxer puppy.

Another one of my own designs.
It will be for sale in my Ravelry Store as soon as I get the pattern on paper.

I am SO JEALOUS,

and I told her so.

I have always wanted a boxer,

but,

alas,

it is/was not supposed to happen.

Now, back to making Christmas ornaments.

I have an idea for a stocking garland

but I need to get the stockings made first :0}

Happy Holidays to you and yours . . . LOLOL

Too EARLY for that, huh?

But it is NEVER to early to craft for Christmas,

is it?