Where ya been?

I am getting a piece of jewelry made with Daisy Mae's remains and a piece of wood from her favorite spot in the world - the Magic Fishing Hole at Cherry.

Tonite we were packaging up the remains to send them to the artist and the dogs started going crazy - sniffing the air and wagging their tails.  All three of them!   It totally made me cry.

But then Drew came along and in a dog voice acting like he was one of the dogs talking says, "Hey, where have you been!?"  And then I cracked up!

Daisy Mae

While we were in Australia, Drew picked up Daisy Mae's remains and brought them home.  We had her cremated so that we could sprinkle her ashes at Cherry Lake, her favorite place in the world.  We took a trip up there right after we returned but I was not ready.  I need more time.

I also need to get a piece of jewelry made with her remains first.  Sound creepy but I want to do it.  They take a little but of remains and mix it into glass or resin and make a pendant.  I am also going to have a piece of wood from a Sugar Pine tree at the Magic Fishing Hole at Cherry incorporated into the jewerly too.

It has been a really hard time - I still cry just about every time I talk about her.  She was a great dog and will forever be missed.

Sinking Pontoon Mama?

We have been having trouble with one of the pontoons on the boat filling with water!  YIKES, right!?!?!  Well, mystery finally solved...there was a crack in the plug!  Luckily we have replacement plugs and could replace it right away.  The boat is back in the water and we will check for water in the toon next time we take it out.

Quilt

Grace is working on a new quilt!  She is going to have this one quilted using a long armed quilting machine.  It's a super cool machine that can be set to do just about any type of quilting pattern - she chose a flowered pattern using red, white and blue thread.  It may take up to 8 weeks to get it back which means I will have to pick it up and mail it to her in TN.  I can't wait to see it.