I will be sane, tomorrow!!

Yep...the studio is done!!! Of course, there are some minor things that still require attention (like moving all the boxes in and unpacking), but the main "work" is finished. Tomorrow I can quilt; tomorrow, I will be sane!!!

What do you think??

This photo is from the southeast corner by the window in the next picture:

This door leads into our house and will be replaced by a full light door, when  I can find one. They're hard to come by in this size, but I'm not giving up. Dennis thinks I'll have to settle for a half-light, but I don't think so!

This photo is from the opposite corner looking back toward the house. The half-light door looks into the teeny-tiny work space that Dennis has in the garage. His side is really cold; mine is insulated and warm and clean!!!

This is looking toward the door that will be the customer entrance to my studio. This door opens onto our back porch. Customers entering this way will have a lovely view of our pond and yard before they come in. I found a full light door for this spot; it will be in as soon as I paint it and will allow for tons more light.

And now for your test...can you find the Border Collie???

Dash just has to supervise everything!! <snicker>

Dory...sane again...<sigh>

Where's Waldo??

This doesn't mean you can call me "Waldo." However, guess where I am???

Click here to find out!!

I'm so excited to be here and will be posting lots of pictures when I get home on Monday!

And because blog posts without pics are "blah" posts...here are some cute pups for your viewing pleasure.

The gorgeous Border Collie, Chloe:

The Border-Mutt, Dasher:

And, the Labra-Collie, Cash (when he was a little, bitty puppy; before he turned into the moose he is now).

Such a cute family!!

Dory

Too Much Fun...

I think someone has been having way too much fun!!

...Dory

Finally, my very own iPhone!!

I've been coveting the iPhone for quite some time. However, I had to wait for Verizon to be able to sell them and then I had to wait for my contract to be up.  I think I showed great restraint, after all, my contract was up on June 28 and I waited until today--a full THREE DAYS--before ordering.  And I was pleasantly surprised with my new contract price. I was expecting over $100 a month, instead, it will be around $85. Much better!!

Okay, so no great photo of an I-phone to add here, but how about this one? Do you think Cash was trying to tell us something with his head in the bag of puppy chow???

Can you say "Ahhhhhhhhhh"?

Here's pictures of Cash and Dash when we brought them home. Cash is almost 8 weeks old and Dash is almost 6 months:

Here's more...Cash is growing:

And here's the most recent. Its so amazing to watch him grow in photos! They really enjoyed their first trip to the ocean.

This one is my favorite...I love the tails.

Our Family is Growing by Leaps and Bounds!

When we lost Hank, I really didn't think another dog would be able to steal my heart so completely. Dennis talked about wanting to get a puppy that was born after Hank died because he felt that dog would have Hank's spirit, so he started looking. A call to some recommended breeders in Fallon turned up a woman with a litter of  eleven Border Collies born two days after we put Hank down.

We made a trip to Fallon when they were five weeks old and this little guy chose us.

On the left is Cash as at 6 weeks; above he's 8 weeks old.



In the meantime, I had been checking rescue sites wanting to give a "disadvantaged" BC a good home. I saw this little one, Dash, filled out the adoption application and sent it in. I received a return e-mail that Dash had already been adopted. Then, three days before we were to pick up the puppy, Dash was back on the available list. Several e-mails later, we decided we were meant to have him and drove to Gilroy to pick him up. His foster mom brought him into PetSmart in a shopping cart--it was just too cute. He has a bit of Airedale in him. Notice the beard?

He was so insecure when we got him, it just tugged at my heartstrings. I sat in the back with him the first leg of our trip home with him sitting as close to me as he could get; then he sat in the back with Chloe for about an hour until he just couldn't stand being away from me and came up and sat on my lap the rest of the drive. Since then, he's made it very clear that he's going to be my dog.

We picked up the puppy the day after picking up Dash. Those two are inseparable now and play constantly...its really cute. Although the puppy is quite a bit smaller, he really holds his own. Dash is slowly learning to trust and next week he starts obedience training. That will be interesting!