No less busy 'round these parts!

Hello my dear sweets!


Long Time no see, talk, blog, etc :-)


I am slowly getting my life back together. 
Work has been H.E.L.L. Changes, new people, more changes, moves, not direction, UGH!
Makes one wonder should they stick around and see what happens or is it time for a change of scenery.

What a Month!!

Phew... I am soo ready for it to end and slow down.

Get back to normal, crafting chaos, instead of the hurry up and wait games we have here at Work.

Currently at the house We are FULL UP.


New puppy named Mollie. If you follow me on Facebook I am sure you have seen her. 

 13 weeks old Lab/Bull Terrier Mix and a ball of energy.

Two Puppies, 3 cats, 2 foster kittens!! Yes, of course I am still fostering kitties. So you can imagine how chaotic everything is. 

Lizard moved back home. I gave her the bonus room which was my craft room and I took over her tiny room.

Lots of painting, priming, sanding had to be done to her old room since she decided to splatter paint a wall in pink and green. Not a fun weekend of being covered in dust, fumes and paint!

Now the room is a warm inviting tan called Winter Oats. Now on to the decorating of my new craft room! Pictures will one day be done ;-) (just some plain honesty there)

Oh, We also had PROM!! Mack's First... though it was her boyfriend's. My first for hair and Makeup! We were soo excited. 

These two are sooo silly together! But they are a great couple. 

Mack... sooo beautiful!

Want to see what is adorning my front door now that Spring is here?

Gorgeous, If I do say so myself! Inspiration came from a store off of Six Forks that I recently visited here. 

And the best part is that it reaches out the grab you when you get to the door.... hahahhahahaha!

Hope to see you soon!

Cherie

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Happy Sunday and a footstool

Hello my dears,

Hope you all are having a happy Sunday. It was a lazy day around here. Went to the NC Fair Grounds today as it wasn't has hot as it has been all week. It was only 96 instead of 100+ (hahaha).

We got there around 11am and people were packing up already. All our favorite outdoor vendors were already gone. OH well.

I did get to try some microwaveable pork skins. They were actually good. As any good southern should know, pork skins are greasy, layered in fat, salt and SOOOOO not good for you. These had 65% less fat! 33% Less Sodium!  32 mg Less Cholesterol! 40 Less Calories! Still not good for you, but better. ;-)  

The day just got lazier from there until I told myself to get up and finish that footstool that you started painting last week. 

I posted a picture on Facebook last night as I was working on it. So don't forget to the like the page, you may be missing out on some postings.

So I finished it today.

What do you think? The color a good match for the chair?

Marley seems to like what I have done. ;-)

Just don't mind the blue walls those will be taken care of soon.

Hugs!

Cherie

Linking Up:

Jaxie

Hello my dears,

Hope all of you are doing well.

I on the other hand have been truly concerned for my kitty.

So picture this; Sleeping the good Saturday morning sleep.  You know the kind where you think you are suppose to be up, but realize you can sleep in because it is Saturday. Dozing, not quite sleeping, but just comfy and dozing. just falling back to sleep when BAM! you are awaken to wet feet. OK WHY ARE MY FEET WET?
Wrestle yourself out of the cocoon you have made for yourself and realize that your dear, sweet lovable Jax just peed on your bed. Not just a little bit, but a lot, soaking your feet through a duvet cover, comforter and a sheet.  And it smells! Strong!
Not a good thing at 6:30am!
Only thing to do was throw a towel on the bed, because HandsomeMan was still sleeping and who am I to wake him because my cat peed on my side of the bed. ;-) then take a shower.

Jax proceeded to hide for most of the day, only coming out of the closet (HA) to nibble on some food and get some water.
I don't think I even hear him scratching litter anywhere in the house. I have 3 litter boxes with 3 - 7 cats at any given moment.
Sunday I had a busy, busy day. Mother in laws, cleaning, and making the curtains for my room. Didn't even realize that my companion for most of my projects wasn't around until I went to look for him around 5.

I found him in the closet, on top of my laptop bag. Red ears, warm to the touch and cowering when I went near him.
I scooped him up and took him to the office to sit so I could get a look at him.
Looking him over I saw that his ears when crusty. There were crusties in his eyes and he didn't seem to want to put any pressure on his paws.
Looking at his paws, I saw they were gray around the claws and pads. When I tried to get the mess off, I almost got bit. Jax never bites. NEVER. love bug. Something was wrong.

Lizard and I decided that Jax's paws needed to be washed to see what was under the gray stuff.
Not a fun experience. Really Have you ever given a kitty a bath, even a cat that loves knocking over water bottles, cups and dishes. He just looked at me like "Why? Mommy? Why are you doing this?"
One soft toothbrush and dial soap later, most of the gray stuff off. Thank goodness!
Pads are a bit raw. but he can walk again.

Into the isolation kennel he went until Vet visit scheduled for next day. Clean Litter, clean water and food.

Can you see how red his ears are?

Vet said Poor Jax has a bacterial infection. Cause - Unknown.  Risk to other kitties - None.

One ear ointment, one steriod, one antibiotic 2x a day for 2 weeks. FUN for me when I get up at 5am but I love my kitty.

Hopefully soon, my baby Jax will be better and back to his loving self. I miss my cuddle bug with fur flying in my face or a tail whipping my head.

Keep my baby Jax in your thoughts.
Hugs,
Cherie

a shower and a quilt

Hello my dears,

Hope you are having a better weekend than mine.

First off my wallet was stolen sometime Thursday afternoon after I went to gas up my vehicle. No clue when, just know it was not in my purse last night when I went to pick up some foster kitties. Thank goodness my credit cards weren't in that wallet. Only my debt card, $16 and my driver license. So off to DMV monday to get a duplicate made. Yay, just the place I want to go after work. Hopefully I can get it done online.

Second, 2 more kitties in the mix. 7 total. Yes, I am becoming the crazy cat lady. ;-)
We now have Gabby, Gizmo, ( 3 orange tabbies; 2 girls and a boy) and Gilligan. Gordon the little sweet black kitty. I will try to get pictures of all of them together.

Third, I know you all have been waiting on a picture of the baby quilt I did for SIL.

So without further ado The baby quilt!

Check out my little Helper!

Check out those mismatched socks on my little helper... Yep, that is how he rolls.

Some detail

I also made a flower to go with it out of the left over material. It is removable from the quilt so SIL can put it on some other place so the baby won't get hurt or eat it.

Also, my first ever covered Button!

So the Baby shower was great! SIL made out like a bandit. The cutest baby girl clothes I have seen in a while. And the most darling pillowcase dress with a little story of how the pillow case dresses came about. Though I have tried looking googling the origin of pillowcase dresses I have yet to come up with something.

I also did yet another pair of booties.

don't why they look so wrinkled

I also had a bit of help making the booties.

Of course Marley had to help out.

SIL loved both of them and I am glad. ;-)

Until next time,

Hugs!!

Cherie

Finding treasure

Hello my dears,

Hope everyone is having a good start to the week.
I am not. The girls are not home this week as their father is on vacation from being overseas. They are gone until Easter. BOOOOO.

Now I get to come home to find out what the cats have done to the litter boxes, what they have knocked over or avoid the numerous amount of toys on the living room as you come through the door.
IT was GGGRRROOOOOSSSSSS yesterday. One of the bigger cats decided to use the babies little itty bitty dish pan as their box. Not good... let's just saw face masks were involved and lots of vinegar water. My poor half bath.

Then there was the garbage and dishes and laundry. I don't like having to do all this work, isn't this what I had kids for (just kidding, though they do chores)? They know I miss them already. Just don't look forward to coming home to an empty house and chores waiting on me.

In other Treasure News:
This weekend before the Massive storm that blew through Raleigh. I went to the ReStore place and found a few more cabinet doors. One is HUGE, like 2 x 3 HUGE. Chalk board here I come!

Then off to my favorite Hoarders Heaven place... Garage Brothers Off Gresham Lake for you locals. You can't be afraid of getting dirty or climbing things or opening boxes.

Score... TREASURE Trove!!

I found a Ironstone Tea Pot. Look at the crazing. I think that is my favorite piece, though it is missing the lid. Oh Well. $20 for all this and a few other odds and ends I didn't get pictures of.

Now I have a surprise for you on my facebook page! I have a picture of my disorganized mind craft area.

I would love for you all to "Like" my page.

Until I see you again,

Hugs,

Cherie

A New Look!

Well there my dears!

Hope you all have had a great Saturday.

I have been working on some spring cleaning today, fixing a computer and another coat of Kilz on the dreaded stairs redo...yes it has become the never ending project.

Gave myself a new look today... no not me physically.. the blog!

Do you like?

Thanks to Kristin at My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia  I was able to use Picasa to edit my photos and created that gorgeous collage that you see up there!

Trying to remember all of my previous education in web design, but soo much has changed in the past 6 years and I haven't kept up with it. Luckily I still have my books so you may see changes here and there.

Let me know what you think!

I also had to watch for this today.

Gabby Loves Sweet Tea.


Hugs,

Cherie

new arrivals

Hello there my dears,

As I said a couple of days ago, we were fostering 2 kittens.

They arrived today.

So tiny they are.

Names are Gizmo and Gabby.

Gabby cries a lot but will curl up next to you and go to sleep.

Gizmo is curious and wants to explore.

Lizard is holding Gabby.

They need a bit of work on their social skills.

Two orange pretty little girls.

sorry for the bad quality, we had to bathe them.  Cell phone pic.

 Until next time,

Hugs,

Cherie