

It's great to be a Boston girl! Go Pats!

We just got home from doing a belated Christmas with my family in Gloucester to find out the sad, sad news.... Our kid's cousin Jasper passed over the Rainbow Bridge today. Jasper was the most sweetest, kindest, gentlest, loving Rottweiler I've ever known and he's going to be greatly missed. He'd had a couple of bad seizures and taken some spills, but the big guy hung in there to spend Christmas with all of us. Although he could barely get around without falling, I've never seen him so incredible happy to see us when we walked in to Matt's Mom's on Christmas Eve. Although seeing him in that state brought tears to my eyes, at the same time seeing the immense joy he got from us leaning down to give scratchies & lovings was absolutely wonderful... and I will never forget the biggest doggy kisses in the world!! The one he gave me as we said goodbye Christmas Eve night went up and down my whole face... Goodbye Sweet JJ, you showed us all lots of love in your 10 1/2 short years here and to say we will miss you dearly is surely an understatement...
I ran in to those cuties in one of the parking lots. Don't ask what the heck 2 ducks were doing in New Hampshire in the winter, in the middle of a snow storm, in an apartment complex parking lot... but it was the perfect way to sum up my "just ducky" crap of a day! I would have much rather been home doing this...
Now, since today is actually Thursday... I must say please excuse last night's ramblings mistaken "dogs on thursday" post... I guess it wasn't actually Thursday yet, huh? Perhaps that means the week has already been much too long.... and it was really some wishful thinking?
Since today is Dogs on Thursday, I'll share with you Dottie's photo with Santa! Her Mom took her and brother Jack to see Santa... aren't they just darling?
It's so wonderful to hear from my foster's families... it really means the world to me to open up an email or card and see a picture or hear how they're doing!
As promised, still playing blog catch up... and wanted to actually show some proof that I really do knit sometimes! Some Christmas knitting...
A pair of Fetching for a friend... they've
since been finished & mailed off!
A pair of Fetching for my niece,
still have to complete mitt #2...
A neck scarf, with no one in particular in mind...
not yet finished, so it may not be a Christmas gift...
Nathaniel's hat... Jenn asked me to
make a larger size of the same hat
I made for her cutie last year...
I've since gotten much further on it and it's probably a night on the couch away from being finished. Here's Nate modeling the original hat from Fall 2006.She was afraid of the evil plastic box the cake came in and actually hid from the cake for a bit...
After cake, there was a birthday toy to play with...
Sophie also got her first taste of snow around her birthday time and her first reaction looked like this...
That's they "um... what the hell is this white crap? I am not going out there!" However, since we've been dumped on by the damn white stuff on what seems to be a daily basis gotten more snow in the month of December than we did all last winter... well, Sophie has not only adapted quite nicely, she actually loves it now!!! She runs and romps like nobodys business! Unfortunately I haven't had a chance to get any pictures since, so instead I'll share these of the other children ...
Here's Lola... "SNOW... Mommy, SNOW... let me out... Mommy, SNOW... Snow mommy... must go out...MOMMY... did you see the snow??!!"
Teutul... "Someone say snow??? Snow?? MUST. ZIP. IN. IT."
LOOK! Stitch Markers by Lapdog Creations are now
available... and get this, I'm right next to the
basket of Seacoast Handpainted Yarns!
You are also sure to hear find the shop's official greeters Luke & Angus.