The French are coming! The French are coming!

 "Lynn, what is a french poodle?  Is it

some kind of toy for me? Or is it a relative of the german

noodle or a danish pastry?"

My husband has volunteered to drive 1,000 miles round trip to

pick up a young woman and her new 10 week old pure breed

standard Poodle and bring them here to spend at least one

night.  She and her husband are friends of my hubby, but I

have never met them in the 12 years of their friendship. That is

my choice as I enjoy staying  home when they have their 2 or 3 times a 

year get together with other like minded friends.

I have Monday and Tuesday to completely clean house and

get ready for overnight company.  Emily is a professional

house cleaner, so I really have to get things done right. 

 The worst will be for Precious. We have never had overnight

company in her 8 1/2 years here.

She has had her own private bathroom for 8 1/2 years.  I now

have to transition her into my bathroom.  Sanatize hers from top to

bottom and then close the door so she can not shed one fur in there.

This woman is a germaphobe, like me.  Then the spare bed room

has to be cleaned the same and closed.

I'll drive her and the dog to a local veterinarian for

a health check.  Now this dog cost $2,000 and will have papers

from the breeder.  Yes, you saw right, 2 thousand.  I don't know

if  Emily thinks she will have to return the dog from here if it

is not up to snuff.

But if all goes well, once the dr. visit is over, I cook them lunch

then hubby and her will drive 300 more miles to get to the

group gathering where her husband will be waiting.  Oh, by the way

Emily is flying from Jacksonville, North Carolina to Davenport,

Illinois to pick up the dog.

"It's going to take a lot of making up to me, Lynn"

PS  Blackberry winter always occurs in mid to late May

when the blackberries are budding or blooming and we 

get the killing freeze or bad frost.  

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Armoire hopping

 "I haven't been up here in awhile, Lynn.  Anything new to sniff?"

I have a few fun things I keep on top and Precious

occasionally checks them out.

I have a couple craft projects there I have fashioned

out of plastic canvas if any one has done that too.

They are houses.  Then there is a stuffed cat that

represents several of my pets.  A gray one you can

see on the left for Precious, and the calico sort of

looks like my Seney Baby,  there is also a black and

white for Suzy Q and a larger gray tabby that is

representative of wonderful Peepers. Precious is 

quite largely covering up 2 of the 4.

"Lynn, you're a bit old for toys, but I love to see

them. Don't forget, you have me to cuddle, not

plushies."

Precious has a small stool that she gets onto first, then

she jumps to my vanity dresser to the left.  From the vanity

she has to leap over where the stool is to get on top.

She can be a bit of an acrobat when in the mood.

And has anyone up north way, noticed that we had

blackberry winter last week and now only 5 days

after the last frost, it is 85!  Drives me crazy that

we can't just have 70's for a while.

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Drawer Napping

 "You think I'm napping on your clothes. I'm trying to iron

them for you. I know you hate ironing."

As you can see the door to the armoire is open.  That's because

Precious likes to get into the lower shelf and hide her face behind

the closed door.  She'll do this for an hour or so at a time.

But mind you, this is not a regular play feature. She's not that

predictable.

"Lynn, that is a cat's prerogative to play what they want when

they want.  No human can figure us felines out."

True, Precious, I don't believe all those cat psychics have any

real idea what goes on in the kitties head.  That's OK. It gives

me a surprise every time you do something different.

I have finished one project with my finds. This is just

big enough for my cell phone and necessary plastic cards.

I never carry a full size purse anymore. I used my

$1 skein of 2 ply yarn with a silver thread through it.

The yarn would have gone for $5 at the 

big box hobby store.  Nice for me it was a donation

I could make good use with.

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Here I Go Again

 "Lynn, I thought you had enough to do. Especially with

warm weather coming."

So I went overboard buying crafty things from 

the Sew Special Network again.  When will I 

learn.  I go in for one thing and spend a small

amount, $5, and come home with too much to do.

"Lynn, I'll help you stash all this embriodery

floss in your huge box."

"Just let me know when you want me to help with

the sewing and crocheting.  I know I can just

get tangled up in it all."

And, Precious, I'll let you know when I get the other projects

finished first. 

These are snow trilliums. Thank goodness that is

because them come after snow is over, usually.

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