Miscellaneous Stuff ~

Like Saundra, I just have miscellaneous stuff to blog about 😇

We, too, have had some very spring like weather and you will get no complaints from me.  It is fun to walk around the flower beds and see what is peeking out.  The snowdrops have been above ground for the last month and they, along with the winter aconite, were blooming yesterday.  Daffodils have buds and the hyacinth are beginning to emerge.

Yesterday Molly enjoyed soaking up some sunshine.

Since passing on the raffle rug to the next hooker, I am back to "my" hooking.  This October I am vending at a show that is not a hook in, so want to hook a few small mats to hopefully sell.  Two pumpkins with hand torn strips are hooked . . . 

. . . and the hooking is nearly complete on this little hit or miss mat.

Photo bomber 😁

I finally finished the hooking on Gypsy, started last May at Cedar Lakes rug camp.  All I had left was about 15 minutes of reverse hooking.  The rug is OK, not one of my favorites (but they all can't be, right?).   Now on to steaming and binding.  I find steaming as tedious as the binding.

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Lauren

Feeling Blue ~

Sorry I did not give a Molly update on my last post.  Thanks to all who are praying for her 💖

She is doing much better.  Walking more and more before falling over as long as she is on a surface with traction.  She has been seizure free for almost 2 weeks.  Last time she went 3 weeks.  I am praying she can remain seizure free.  She is on two anti-seizure meds (morning, afternoon and night) and never misses a dose.  Thank goodness for phone alarms.  FINGERS CROSSED!!!

Though yesterday's needle felting class was great fun, I am now certain it is not another "craft" I care to embrace.  Friend Heidi was a great teacher and very patient with this problem student 😁

Heidi's sample is on the bottom left.  Mats were hooked prior to class and the heart needle felted in class.  

A couple close ups.

The long mat in the back was hooked by the amazing Deb in a 3 CUT!!!

Thanks, Heidi, for allowing me to feel blue.  I am not a pink person and the reds were just a little too bright for me.

A little pin back can be added to the small heart or a chain to wear it as a necklace.

Happy Sunday everyone.  I am not a football watcher so will not spend any time in front of the TV watching the game.  In fact, I so rarely turn the TV on (it has been months!), that I was looking for the remote and cannot find it.

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Lauren

Miscellaneous Stuff ~

Just a  bunch of this 'n that 😁

Meet my grandkitty, Marge, named after Marge Simpson.  My son always talks about Marge hating his girlfriend.  When I first got to my son's place, Marge let me pick her up and pet her.  Soon she was hissing and swatting at me.  Then she would rub against my legs and then start hissing and swatting again.  Little stinker.  I decided to keep my distance!

When leaving Las Vegas I had a window seat.  Out the window were the most gorgeous views.  I did not realize until arriving home (sometimes I am a little slow) and looking at the pictures, the location given was the Grand Canyon.

I finally passed the Crooked River raffle rug on to the next hooker who will be working on it.  I made some progress.

Hopefully it will be hooked and bound in April and I will post information if anyone wishes to purchase raffle tickets.  A lucky winner will be chosen at our September hook in.

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Lauren

The Bellagio . . . and more ~

A trip to Las Vegas would not be complete for me without a stop at the Bellagio on the Strip.  I am always mesmerized by the Chihuly glass hanging above the lobby.

The Conservatory and Botanical Gardens are just off the lobby.  They change the display several times a year.  The theme while I was there was the Lunar New Year.

The flowers are gorgeous.  They have 120 gardeners on staff!!!

Here is my #1 bad boy Bill.

The fountain, set to music, is incredible.  Since my videos are too large, I hope this link will work.  

We went to see a magician named Shin Lim at the Mirage.  I had never heard of him, but my son had seen him when he won America's Got Talent.  He is the only person who has won it twice.  It was pretty amazing what he could do with cards.

That pretty much sums up the highlights of my trip.  The best part was spending a few days with my son.

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Pug hugs 😊

Lauren

Big Brother is Watching!!!

 

Within hours of arriving in Las Vegas, ads are popping up on my Facebook feed what there is to see and do in the "city that never sleeps".  I find that rather creepy.

So one of my favorite things to do there is to go down to Fremont Street, the oldest area of casinos.  I rarely gamble and this trip chose not to lose any money 😁  I was shocked at how many people were there at the end of January.

I do love to see the street entertainers.  I believe it is a lottery drawing on who gets a spot on the street and they must stay within their circle.  Now it was 49* out and I am in a winter coat and wearing gloves.  

So many scantily clad women . . . and no, Saundra and Robin, I did not buy any fishnets!!!  (Though I had the urge to go floss my teeth 😁😁😁)

Not quite equal time for the guys . . . not many of them were "performing".

This tall man was no spring chicken but still very limber.

Acrobat.

This gentleman would sculpt your face from clay.  His work was amazing.  I am sorry I did not get a picture of some of his completed pieces.

The light shows are amazing and constantly changing.   Unfortunately blogger says my video is too large and won't let me load 😞  This was my favorite.

More to share next time.

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Pug hugs 😊

Lauren

Travel Stress ~

There is absolutely nothing glamorous about flying, especially on a budget airline!  Going to Las Vegas was a breeze . . . even arrived 15 minutes early.  Coming home, more like a hurricane 😖  Bear with me here.

So I get to the airport for my flight home 2 hours early as suggested.  Got checked in (Spirit app has kicked me off and after at least a dozen attempts, I still cannot reset my password).  TSA was a breeze.  I could not believe it.  Only one person in line ahead of me.  I proceed to Terminal 3 as shown on my boarding pass.  It is so far away a tram takes you.  When I arrive there, I get a text saying my gate has been changed to Terminal 1.  Back on the tram and then I swear at least a 1/4 trek to the gate.  Waiting at the gate, I get a call from DSO.  Molly is having seizures.  Thankfully he got her to the vet but of course I am unable to know what is going on.  We depart LV an hour late and I only have one hour and ten minutes until my connecting flight in Atlanta is scheduled to depart.  There were 6 of us on the flight to Cleveland so the flight attendants (thank you!!!) made everyone remain in their seats until we were off.  Get to the gate, and they have not yet started to board.  Apparently one flight attendant did not show up (WTH???) and they were waiting on a replacement.  So while waiting, I get an email that I missed my flight and they had put me on a later one.  Thankfully got that resolved and put back on my original flight.  Arrived back in Cleveland only an hour late.

Miss Molly update ~ yesterday they sedated her and gave her IV fluids and I have no idea what else.  They do not have overnight boarding facilities, so DSO took her back to the pug sitter (a neighbor ~ a SAINT!) until I got home.  Molly is resting comfortably but cannot walk at all.  She gobbled down food but refused to drink any water, so I gave her another small portion of food and added lots of water and she drank it that way.  Shortly we are going to back to the vet to have the IV thingy removed.  Please keep her in your prayers and think positive thoughts.  I don't know how much her little 15# body can take.

I do have some fun stuff to share next post.

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Pug hugs 😊
Lauren