Quick Project
February 24, 2010 at 1:08 pm | Posted in Sewing | Leave a commentI threw together this cute ‘lil thing the other day:
I had fun digging through my fabric scraps. I forgot how much I love this cute pattern! It makes me want to make a baby quilt if I ever have a girl.
It’s a headache pillow, or as I like to think of it, a whatever-ache pillow of hot fabulosity. I first saw the project here, then grabbed the instructions here. I love how the first blog led me to a brand-new-to-me blog. Fun!
Instead of adding tea leaves to the rice, I used lavender flowers since I just so happened to have them on hand. All in all, this probably took me less than 30 minutes. It took longer to set up the sewing machine! I pop the pillow into the microwave for a minute or so and kick back while the heat relaxes my pains away.
It was such a fun, quick project, and I’ve found it’s a great substitution to the broken heating pad I never got around to replacing.
Puppy-Raising Myths?
February 12, 2010 at 9:44 am | Posted in Beagles | 1 CommentWhat’s all this baloney about dogs loving their kennels? Finding them safe havens? I say phooey!
With Peanut, she hated her kennel from day 1, but she was 1 1/2 years old when we rescued her and had an abusive past. I can understand why she doesn’t like to be restrained. She’s finally at the point where she’ll go in her kennel and sleep and be happy as long as we don’t latch the door.
Upon rescuing Lucy, I thought we’d be starting off more or less fresh since she’s so young. We do everything by the book. She eats and sleeps in her kennel and is in it anytime we can’t be watching her. It’s supposed to help with housetraining, apparently. Maybe it is, but wow, can the puppy scream when she can’t see me in the room. It’s heartwrenching! I feel bad for keeping her in the kennel, but I know she’s not yet ready to have freedom in the house or even a room.
And, what’s all this about dogs learning not to cry based on the owner’s reaction? The books say to ignore the bad behavior and reward the good behavior, so that’s what we do. But then the praise for the good behavior makes her go crazy and start right in with the whining and craziness that we’re trying to discourage.
Patience is the name of the game.
Sometimes Change Is Not Good
February 11, 2010 at 11:43 am | Posted in Appearance | 4 CommentsI got the Worst Haircut Ever last night. Please excuse me if I go hide under a rock for 6-8 weeks until it grows out. (Or longer. Oh, no, please don’t let it be longer.)
I had a moment of weakness. I went in for a normal trim. My hairdresser was busy with the client before me, so I had a few minutes to browse the magazines. (Why, oh, why did I have to choose the one hairstyle magazine on the table? Why not Florida Design? Why not Women’s Health?!?) I saw a super-cute style on a super-cute model and asked my hairdresser what she thought of it. I thought it was modern and fresh and would look good on my 20-something self. She thought it was GREAT and would look FABULOUS on me and CHANGE is GOOD. I took the plunge. Five minutes into the cut I knew I was doomed.
It looks like a boy haircut. A boy’s shaggy, long mop of a haircut. On my head. I traded in a sleek, sophisticated bob for a boy mop.
I know this isn’t the first Worst Haircut Ever (it’s sort of a rite of passage for all women, isn’t it?), and it won’t be the last. But, gosh, it’s painful right now.
I’m off to go take my vitamins and buy some headbands.
Introducing Lucy
February 8, 2010 at 5:04 pm | Posted in Beagles | 2 Comments
We got a puppy a little over a week ago. She’s a beagle mix. The vet thinks her other half is dachshund or terrier. Everyone else has said she has the coloring of a rottweiler. !! (We don’t exactly know since we got her from a rescue.) I whisper to her, “please don’t be a rottweiler.” Nothing against that breed–I knew a very sweet and lovable rottweiler and know they make very good pets. Just not for me. I want a petite, dainty dog. The beagle/dachshund idea pleases me because that’s what Peanut is and hopefully that’ll keep Lucy on the smaller side. Time will tell.
She’s a good dog. Puppies are hard, don’t get me wrong, but she’s cute. She can scream bloody murder, let me tell you. She’s getting better, though. She doesn’t scream every single time I leave the room. Just 70% of the time now.
So far the two dogs get along great. They’re very interested in each other and can wear themselves out playing and chasing each other through the house. I wish I could get a video of that, but they move so fast!
I’m probably jinxing myself here, but the housetraining has been going extremely well and Lucy didn’t make a single peep all night last night. Woohoo!
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