Going to the Dogs

Last post I talked about Ginger.....

Her ultrasound was negative for obstruction and tumors.  It was surmised that she had some type of gastro-intestinal issue.

We agreed with that diagnosis after two of the other dogs came down with the same thing.  We've dealt with vomit and diarrhea all weekend.  One more of the dogs took ill tonight, but the other two girls seem to be over their illness.  Is it possible for dogs to get the stomach flu?  Maybe they ate something bad?  Who knows!

My weekend was pretty uneventful otherwise.  I was pretty much a slug.  I sewed more on the T-Shirt quilt and I made another block for the Eclipse Quilt.  Head over to the Coven blog to see it.  I'm going to do the Porsche block next because I'm tired of looking at the hole in the middle of the quilt.  We finalized the list of blocks to a point, but there's always room for a change if need be.  We still haven't decided on the setting except that we're looking at 35-36 blocks.  I'm still set on using real ribbon and big ol' eclipse in the center of the quilt.  (Yes, Dianne!)

I could go on and on with all the other little stuff, but I guess it doesn't really matter in the scheme of things.

C is going on her trip this weekend.  We've got baseball.  Payday is on Thursday-----YAYAYAYAYAYAY  A bunch of my shows are starting their summer season this week.

I am not disappointed that my life isn't any more exciting than all this.

Paging Dr. House

There is so much going on right now and not much of it is good even for a die-hard pessimist as myself who sees problems at every turn.

A couple of weeks ago, we learned that one of the dogs had diabetes.  She had lost a bunch of weight in addition to some other symptoms.  After increasing her food and not seeing any improvement, M took her to the vet.  She went through a round of tests and the vet diagnosed her with diabetes.  The course of treatment was two insulin shots a day and some follow-up visits to monitor her weight gain and possibly adjust the insulin.  Her insulin was reduced last week.  This weeks visit went well with more weight gain reported and another decrease in her insulin.  Last night after her day at the vet, she took a turn.  First, she vomited up all of her food and seemed overly thirsty.  We feed her again, but she vomited that.  She wouldn't eat anymore and was very lethargic.  M was worried about her sugar level because we had given her insulin not knowing she wouldn't be able to keep her food down so he forced some honey done her throat.  She also had diarrhea.  He was up with her a lot last night because he was so worried and he didn't want to deal with any messes she would make in our room.

He took her to the vet this morning and dropped her off to be monitored.

Now, they don't even think she has diabetes.  I feel like I'm in an episode of House.

M has authorized the vet to do an ultrasound to see if she has a tumor in her digestive system, like her pancreas or another organ, or if she might have a blockage in her large intestine now.  (This would not surprise me as at her first visit the vet pulled a corn cob out of her colon....She will eat anything, including food and clothing given the chance.)

I'm sad to say that I hope M has a budget.

You can imagine that there are any number of issues involved with all this.

I have a ton of other things on my plate this week--mostly kid related.  I know y'all don't really want to hear about them so I'll be considerate and zip my lips....

Bella's T-Shirt Quilt

I should have made one of these quilts before.  I'm having a good time!

I need 25 more shirts.  I'll be hitting the garage sales and Goodwill.  My offer still stands to trade for some.

Row 1 is done without incident.

write-up at The Coven blog....

Rosalie, the Vengeful Bride

I finished Rosalie's block last night.  The full write-up is over at the Coven blog and includes proper links to patterns.

Progress

How quickly this blog got corrupted by my daily drama, other quilting, and Twilight.  We still have big dreams for what we want to do around the house, but we haven't made much progress.

M is still working on the wall he started in our room.  I haven't done anything more, including working on the wall quilt.

We got into a disagreement over the girls room Father's Day weekend.  Figures.  M was given bunk beds with a double bed on the bottom, but I nixed their use even temporarily which made me the bad guy.  (Their beds were still okay so why bother to use this bed that made the space situation worse?)  It did lead to M buying the girls their loft beds--he just went out and did it as to thumb his nose at me.  (We didn't even shop around more.  He bought the ones we'd first looked at at WalMart.  It's a guy thing.....)  I'm most hopeful now about getting some things done in there, though.  C has lost her motivation or it's more important to her to hang out with her friends so I think I'll have to do most of it.  Getting the beds is an important step, though!

My dad was supposed to help with the closet and it's organization, etc., including removing the door as a present to the girls, but he got pissy when questioned his plans to make platform beds and dressers.  What is it with the men in my life?!  I simply asked him to help us with the closet and he made plans to redesign the entire room.  I'm the bad guy when I say we've already got plans, etc.

Nothing is ever easy....

Man-baby in Training

Z got his braces on Thursday.  He has been miserable and very vocal about it.  I never had braces, the discomfort can't be more than childbirth pain, right?  C had braces and I remember her struggles.  She could only eat yogurt and food with it's consistency for over two weeks.  I went and got special food for him.  The poor kid is suffering.....

He does seem incredibly whiny, though.  I think he's practicing being a man-baby for when he grows up.

I'm taking everyone but M and A to see Eclipse today....early.  I found another $5 showing.  I think I can get out of buying candy, too, since it's so early.

I worked on Rosalie's block last night.  I had to stop one piece from finishing the first half because I need to clean my iron.  I must have gotten some residue on it and it's leaving stains on my fabric.  I'm trying to stay focused and finish this quilt!

We don't have many other plans for the weekend.  M and I are off on Monday.  The kids are all making their plans with friends.  I'm trying to remember what July 4th is really all about.....which is tough, especially when it's so "offensive" to be and American anymore. 

Bella's T-Shirt Quilt

Eclipse spoiler...................

I've had two people visit this blog in the past couple of days looking for Bella's T-shirt quilt like the one Renee gives Bella in the movie when she visits.  Renee gives Bella this quilt so she'll stay warm when she goes to college in Alaska--little does Renee know.  It's one of the more poignant moments in the film and a nice addition and story point in the movie that wasn't in the book originally.  As a quilter, I got warm fuzzies  when I learned about it early this spring when a I read a leaked script and then saw the photos.  I love seeing quilts in movies.

You can see a little bit of it here:

"You'll always be my Bella....."

I've never made a T-shirt quilt and didn't want to until Twilight.  I collected T-shirts from Twilight, the movie, but I never did anything with them.  (This is nothing new...I have a lot of ideas, but something always gets in the way.  I find it laughable once again that someone else is making a T-Shirt quilt of Twilight Ts.  Yeah, you know who from which group.  Everyone loves my ideas, they just don't like me because I'm such a bad person and don't respect other people's work among other things. blah, blah, blah)

When I saw Bella's T-Shirt quilt, I wanted to make one of course.  I even looked on Ebay for some Ts and asked around to see if wanted to donate their old Ts at the other Twilight chat group I visited.  (Yet again one of those projects that never got off the ground or became more of me mentioning it is and idea.)  I did see it as a potential Twilight quilt project that I could share or get people involved with.  Once again, no one but me got excited. 

I won't be surprised if is someone else takes the idea and runs with it now that the movie is out.  Bella T-Shirt Quilt for sale.  Have a quilt just like Bella's.....  I can see it now!

*****EDITED 1:30

I just had another one so guess WHAT?!  We're making one!!!  Bella's T-Shirt Quilt over at The Twilight Quilters Coven   ....