Stretchies for Grandbabies

Had some birthdays last week and I am big on corrupting the grandbabies

The bracelet is one I made for the birthday girl's little brother, a 3 year old. She got a pink one. The o-rings are glow-in-the-dark. Got them from "nototo" on Etsy. (highly recommend her!!!)

I won't do it this way again because it doesn't stretch enough. First I made a regular Euro 4 in 1 stretchie and it was just too floppy. Soooooo I gave the edges a HP 3 in 1 finish. I have yet to crawl in the closet to see if they glow in the dark... I'm sure the kids will check that for me.

Also made a really sweet Elfweave- 20 gauge, 1/8 inch ID. PINK and PURPLE!!! Perfect for a six year old girl. She got it before I could get a pic.

Bummer!

Right now I'm seriously bummed.

Overall I had a great day. 2 cats and a dog to the vet. I was injured by a kitty (Puddin) during the round-up, but it's just a scratch. Britty had a breathing issue that should be ok- just an old age thing, but still something to monitor.

Did some birthday shopping for Dad and Emily. Found some good stuff.

Decided to make a maille bracelet for Em for her birthday. Decided elfweave would be cool, especially in pink and purple. Had to look up the instructions again, no problem. the problem came when I tried to do step two, where you insert ring 1 into 4 rings. Couldn't believe my left hand could shake so badly. It was shaking before, but when you do 1 in 1, it's no big deal. The more frustrated I got the worse it got. major bummer.

Maybe a nice Euro 4 in 1...

OK, this is just goofy!

All this time I've avoided the blogs because stuff has gotten lost in cyberspace.

Now I've gotten a new laptop and the first time I type "blogger" in the address bar, it goes straight to my blog. No sign-in or password or anything. That's kind of scary

I guess it's because I have a Google account and have been signed in there, but it still makes you think twice!

Well now they went and did it!

I got an error code and my blog wouldn't publish. Last Sunday I lost my post about 6 times. *sigh*

Methinks I'll try the crosspost thing.

In the meantime, if you want to see what I'm up to, go to my Multiply site.

www.heartdancr.multiply.com

I think I gave up LOL!

Last Sunday morning I sat down and tried :::several::: times to post something, and each time it got lost in cyber space.

*sigh*

I had some good pictures in there too!

I think one of the reasons I keep trying is that more people use blogger and I am getting somewhat stubborn about the whole thing, grrr...

Oh well I think I'll try setting this so that it will cross post with my Livejournal, Facebook, Multiply, etc. As it is, Multiply is my blog of choice because it's easiest to manage. Livejournal has some cool themes and privacy settings and blogspot has cool widgets. What's a girl to do? LOL!

That "Fluffy" avatar-

Some have asked about my avatar that I often use, the fat kitty sitting on the scale with the caption "I'm not fat, I'm fluffy." Some folks have even asked if I have a cat named "Fluffy." Fluffy almost seemed to become a mascot to some folks!

On the left is Fluffy in his Christmas finery. I couldn't resist giving him a Christmas makeover one year.

On the right is the real "Fluffy." My husband came with a kitty named Tigger who looks A LOT like the "Fluffy" in the picture. And when we were first married, Tigger was heftier, hence "fluffier." Tigger is still with us and quite a grand kitty. He still isn't overly fond of my cats, but he does well enough and we love him dearly. As you can see, he is kind of a ham!

Welcome to 2009

Hello everyone. I've been experimenting with blogs again, and thought I'd give this one another shot. Blogger has some new toys to play with, and if nothing else I can keep track of my friends who use blogger. Heck, I even added an adsense account.

So we'll see how it goes.