Christmas and a sad day

Wow- I can't believe that Christmas is only 8 days away. It came way too fast and I am totally not ready for it. I have to make a horse costume for my daughter's Christmas play (all the kids in her class are stable animals, other classes are other things...) Not a lot of handmade gifts this year since I just completely ran out of time.

I am having a Christmas sale at my etsy store though. 15% off regular priced items and 5% off items already on sale. Dec 19th is the post office cutoff date for holiday delivery (though that is not guaranteed!).

The sad thing today was that I had to have one of my kitties (his name was Beast) put to sleep. He was such a wonderful kitty. So calm and mellow, so easy going with the kids. They could do almost whatever with him and all he did was purr. He was very loved and it just broke my heart to lose him. I rescued him from the shelter just after Thanksgiving and the vet believes that he already had the corona (I think) virus that causes FIP. It attacks the walls of the stomach and cause them to have fluid buildup in the belly. It then puts pressure on the lungs so that breathing becomes harder and harder. He was totally listless the last two days and hardly moved for anything, he wouldn't eat and drank almost nothing as well. Unfortunately there is no treatment for FIP so we had him put to sleep before it cause him more stress. It was so hard. The first picture here is Beast, and then a pic of the other kitty, Josie and Beast. She didn't usually curl up with him when he was on the chair, but I'm thinking that maybe she knew. I had brought him home after finding out so that my older daughter could say goodbye after she was out of school. I feel bad that my older son couldn't have said goodbye, but he stays with his dad during the week since he is closer to school that way. He will be extremely upset as I was.

God bless Beast and RIP Dec 17, 2007- We loved you.

Pay it Forward!

I signed up for the pay it forward on Jil's blog and think it's great! Here's the skinny (taken from the other blogs 'cause I'm too lazy to type it out again!):

• You must promise to send some type of handmade gift to the first 3 people who leave a comment on your blog requesting to join this PIF exchange.
• The only thing you have to do in return is pay it forward by making the same promise on your blog.

If you want to join just leave a comment and the first three will be on my PIF list :) Then post it to yours so you can return the favor.

Love the holidays!!!!!

Funny joke I got today...

Dog Owner's Story
I have 2 large dogs, and was buying a large bag of Purina at WalMart and was in line to check out. The woman behind me asked if I had a dog? Duh? On impulse, I told her no, I was starting The Purina Diet again. Although I probably shouldn't, because I'd ended up in the hospital the last time. But I'd lost 50 pounds before I awakened in an intensive care ward with tubes coming out of most of my orifices and IVs in both arms.

I told her that it was essentially a perfect diet and that the way it works is to load your pants pockets with Purina nuggets and simply eat one or two every time you feel hungry. The food is nutritionally complete so I was going to try it again. I have to mention here that practically everyone in line was now enthralled with my story, particularly a tall guy who was standing behind her.

Horrified, she asked if I ended up in intensive care because the dog food poisoned me? I told her no, I'd been sitting in the street licking my ass and a car hit me. I thought the guy standing behind her was going to need help as he staggered to the door laughing.