Meet Mollie!!!!

Mom let me bring home some more of the Porcelain dolls that she made a while ago.  I already had one and she wanted Tab, Sam and Alyssa to have one, also.  Alyssa has a small one, Tab and Sam have medium sized ones (I'm passing my old one on to Sam) and I have a larger one.  I don't have pictures of Sam's, but I do the rest.


This is Alyssa's:

This is Tab's:

And I brought home Mollie:

Here's a close-up of her face:

She's so pretty and looks SO REAL!  I have to find a good place in the house for her.  Right now she's sitting in front of the fireplace in the living room.  I don't want to put her on the floor because I don't want Brute to do anything to her.

In other news, while I was in Nebraska, Todd and I received a very nice sympathy card from the vet's office.  It also had a copy of "Rainbow Bridge" and Buddy's paw print on it.  I think I'll frame it along with his picture and his collar and tags.

We also received a letter from Todd's dad.  He's offering to take us and Todd's brother and his wife on a cruise to the Southern Caribbean islands.  We have to do research and things and agree on when to go, so I have more work to do.  Todd and I don't have passports, so I'm working on getting them, too.  That will be lots of fun, so I'm really looking forward to it.

After being gone for a week, I have a lot of work to catch up on.  I need to plan the menu for the week, get groceries and go to the bank today.  I'm kind of glad I only work 10 hours this week since Megan and McKenna are going to be here on Friday for a couple of days.  Todd and I are really looking forward to it!

(Sorry again for the bad pictures, we're planning to purchase a new camera soon and hopefully it will take better pics.  lol )

(edited to correct spelling of Mollie's name)

More changes in our house

 this one was sad.  Todd got up Monday morning to let the dogs outside, and Buddy couldn't even stand up.  His back legs wouldn't work at all and he was whining with pain, so we gave him some pain medicine we had and I sat on the floor with him for a while.  He did eventually get up, but Todd and I had always said we'd never want him to suffer and he's had arthritis for years, but this made us decide he's had a good life and it's time for him to go onto a better place.  So Tuesday morning, we took him to the vet to have him put down.  We both stayed in the room while it was done, but that was one of the hardest things I've ever had to do.  The house seems soooo quiet.  I think Brute misses him, too.  He walked around the house whining on Tuesday and seems to have hope that Buddy with be with Todd when he comes home from work.  We adopted Buddy from the Animal Shelter right after we purchased our house in 1999, so he had a long life and will be missed very much.  I'm planning to get a picture frame or show box to put his picture and tags in.





My parents have sold the farm where I grew up, so I'm heading back to Nebraska next week to help them move to the house they purchased in town.  I didn't get to see them at Christmas due to weather, so I'm excited to see them again. My brother from St Louis will be there, too and I haven't seen him since my road trip last August/September. I'll also probably stop in Falls City to see my Father In Law, but not sure when.  I'm off work until after the 15th.

Check out my sewing blog HERE to see what I've sewn this week for my trip!

posted March 4, 2010