Treats are not an uncommon occurance in my house and when the word goes out, all dogs come a-running. All except Brittany, who at 15 runs more than she should then makes up for it with marathon naps. Far be it for her to miss out on treats just because she happens to be unconcious. She is after all being good and not getting into trouble and so by the losest definition should be rewarded for such upstanding (upstanding while napping...hehe) behavior. So we (and by we, I mean me) sometimes play tricks on her. My favorite is to put the treat as close as possible before she wakes up. This morning, I won. As you can see, I was able to prop the treat on her nose while she slept for at least 2 min, then I poked her to the other monsters would not steal her treat whilst she dozed. She then proceeded to sniff the entire house, just in case there was another hidden somewhere (which I have never done, but her mind works in weird ways).
I am the proud own of dining room chairs! Hooray. It seems like such a minor accomplishment for most, but I have been lugging chairs from the kitchen to the dining room since Sept. It feels good to have another deed checked off my list and a real place to feed friends and family. Oh, I should mention that I only had 4 kitchen chairs, so Garrett and I would sit on stools when we had more than 2 over, Not comfy. I scored these beauties at the North Ga Outlets, in which is housed one, Pottery Barn Outlet!!! Which also owns West Elm, double score. I have had my heart set on the square chairs for over year but the price tag made us star-crossed lovers. When I went to the outlet to pick out chairs, I had no idea these guys where there. How excited was I to see my chairs in my color! Though they didn't have any arm chairs, I have been in lust with these {let's call them school house chairs} since my last visit to the outlets, but at that time that didn't have these in arm chairs. There must have been some sort of planetary alignment that conceded the exact chairs I would love but hadn't considered putting together till then. Now, I must make chair pads.
Lastly, I have starting knitting for my baby or rather given the size of the finished product, my almost grown child. This bonnet could easily fit a 6 year old and would swallow the head of any baby. Though Garrett did have a big head, so maybe there is so good to be said for big headed babies. Otherwise, I might lose it before it fits.
It is blocking right now, but knit from Debbie Bliss Alpaca Silk in Celery and Denim. I don't recommend this pattern from LMKG. It was pretty easy but the directions are poorly and the knit on I-cord made no sense in the pattern but I finally figured it out, once I closed the book and experimented on my own.
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