lisaviolet's diary

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

otherstuff
09:57 AM - 08/11/2009

The topic: I heard from my mom again
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Well, not directly.

But it was in a dream and someone walked up to me and handed me a box, similar to a jewelry box. It was black leather. I opened it up and it was filled with beads.

And the woman said to me “your mother said it’s time for you to start beading again”.

If you remember, I quit last year after doing something to my right thumb that made it almost inusable. I think I did it packing up her place. It’s been almost normal for three or four months now and I’ve thought about making stuff, just didn’t have the will. Now I do.

I pulled my bead cart into the family room yesterday and looking at what I’d been working on before it became too painful to do so, I was amazed at how nice some of these necklaces and earrings are.

I was telling one of my friends about it yesterday and since I suck at marketing, she’s going to help me. Way cool! My store site doesn’t get much exposure, that’s my fault, I know it doesn’t. I’d rather bead or take pictures than market. Maybe by this time next year lvdesigns will be a cool thing to wear.

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catstuff
09:46 AM - 08/11/2009

The topic: Jackie, the husband
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I know I’ve mentioned before how if you could attribute human traits to the cats, that Jackie and Katie would be married. And the past few years I’ve realized that they’d be old style Mormons, with the addition of Little Bit as a second wife.

Well, yesterday I was in the family room, watching Jackie walk across the tile into the living room area. Katie was fast asleep on the top of the kitty center that Brian made years ago, the center that has baskets and blankets and towels for soft sleeping. There is a big pillow on the top and it’s a prime spot for a cat. Anyway, Jackie saw her and started trilling and talking to her. I watched her open her eyes and look down at him. He kept talking, she sat up, and jumped down.

Then I watched him walk across the tile to the garage door, Katie by his side.

Later, I saw Katie, Jackie and Little Bit all lazing on the cement at the side of the house, outside of the garage.

And I’m thinking his relationship with Little Bit has her mellowing towards us humans quite a bit. If he’s around, she just stays put when we walk by, watching carefully. Observing how she’s finding new places in this house after all these years, that there’s more to it than just the living room and bedroom. She saunters across the family room like she’s done it for years. When I feed the cats at night, she hangs by the open door.

I like these changes.

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catstuff
09:43 AM - 08/11/2009

The topic: I’ve been watching Pancho
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and he has a slight limp, favoring his right front paw. It looks a little swollen to me.

We’ve found him at the top of the back door a couple of times, when it’s opened all the way and it’s a long jump down. So, I’m thinking maybe he sprained it jumping down. If it’s not better next week, I’ll be taking him in to the vet to have it checked.

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catstuff
09:29 AM - 08/11/2009

The topic: It’s TUMMY TUESDAY #146!
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This morning I was emptying my cameras' memory cards and found this sweet picture of Miss Elizabeth sleeping in the family room window in the afternoon sun.

click for a larger pic
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If you’ve got a Tummy Tuesday blog entry, feel free to post the link in the comment section or trackback to this entry. And if you put a link back to this page, then more kitties will get to show off their tummies!

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