What A Week...

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Had the best intentions to get back on projects this past week... well our big fur baby Milo had been seeming a little off the past little bit and this past Tuesday night we knew something was wrong... he was moaning when just trying to walk around... we whisked him away to the 24 hour animal emerg over near Deerfoot Meadows... he had tests, X-rays and an ultrasound... they didn't find anything way out of whack...  BUT he had quite a high fever that they were trying to bring down...

 

Wednesday night we switched him over to the Fish Creek 24 Vet Hospital... and they gave him an antihistamine and steroids in case he was having an allergic reaction to a vaccine that he'd gotten two weeks ago...  I was really scared... especially after the ordeal and losing Cleo so unexpectedly last month... well after a couple more nights in the hospital with lots of fluids and close care he's fever came down and then stayed down after he was taken off the IV... 

We brought him home last night... He's been shaved to bits... his arm... his belly... his neck... He's not 100% back to himself yet which still has me worried... but he's been coming downstairs off and on and he's eating well since he's gotten home so I'm sure he'll come around after he's finished all of his medication... we're probably irritating him with kisses and snuggles... once he's feeling better I'll get some photos of his velvety tum... 

They sent him home with liquid medicine that he needs twice a day and then two and a half pills twice a day... OMG... the pills are huge and quite a chore to get into him... we picked up some pill pockets today at our normal vet... fingers crossed that those will for his next dose...  do you have any advice for getting large pills into a cat?..

xo

Lacey

We've Adopted...

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Since losing our sweet little fur baby we've all been in a funk... even Milo has been out of sorts...  My moping was out of control... and my heart was missing love from a sweet little one... After Chris's suggestion that we just go "take a look" we ended up adopting a sweet little rescue... the hole left when we lost Cleo will never be filled... but the love coming from this little thing is helping with the healing...

The first couple of days were a little rough... she came with an eye infection... and had to wear a cone for a little bit... and Milo wasn't too impressed about the situation... but now her eye has healed up... they've been both checked over by the vet and Milo is warming up... and he's even beginning to play a little more...

This sweet little creature has come from Whisker Rescue... all of the ladies that we've met and I've talked with since have been so nice and helpful... they are very lovely and caring...  This little fur monkey's name is Tinny... she's quite the little miss... and quite a crazy little kitten...  we got her name from Republic of Doyle... she came with the name Skittles... but she just didn't look like a skittles...

If you're thinking about bringing home a pet please go check out your local rescue centre...

xo

Lacey

A Little Bit Of Progress...

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Didn't get to the basement or our office this weekend... those areas are still total disasters... and working out... not back at it yet... but am feeling motivated...  just need a few more days of rest...

I did get this completed this evening... just a quick iPhone shot...

I felt the need to make something when I got home from work today... actually got home before it was dark outside!.. it's amazing what you can get done when you get home at a decent time in the day!.. anywhoot I finished painting the crown on the tea trolly tray!.. It just needs a light sanding and a waxing!.. maybe tomorrow evening?.. more than likely it'll get done this weekend... Then painting on the label on the top of the tea trolly... I was nervous about it before but now completing this one I'm feeling good about it!..

Stay tuned!..

xo

Lacey

Getting Back At It...

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One of my New Year's Reso's was to get fit... and I had been working out using NTC every second night since about a week or so before Christmas...  The past couple of weeks I've been a couch potato... really missing my little miss... moping a lot...

 I have to get back at it... and I've picked tomorrow to be the day I pickup my workouts...  when I was working out I slept better... felt better... had more energy...

A few projects that I had been working on had gone on hold the past couple of weeks as well... I have to get them back on track... the Vintage Chicks 2012 Sale is coming up fast... yeah it's in June... but February is already just a few days from being over!.. time is disappearing...

This beauty I found a few weeks back...

...around the same time I discovered Annie Sloan Chalk Paint here in town at Lauren Lane Decor... BEST... PAINT... EVER...

I even painted over the black kitchen stools... you can see them up above... I've not gotten around to the waxing yet...

...so that the tea trolly isn't just painted cream and distressed I'm painting the pull out tray...

...just a little something to make it stand out...

...then on the top of the trolly I'm thinking a french label that I found online and have blown up... we'll see how it transfers... 

Before getting back on track with the refinishing Furs and I are going to sort out the basement so that we have some workout space... and some refinishing space... painting in the kitchen/dining room makes the house too cluttered...

Tomorrow... clearing some space in the basement... perhaps this could be a jump on Spring cleaning!?.  What is your Sunday plan?..

xo

Lacey

Lately... it's been rough...

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I started to write a post January 31... got tired and stopped partway through... I had started a post about some current projects... I've got a few in the works... Then last weekend we tragically lost our little furbaby Cleo... It was a completely unexpected illness and she was in a lot of pain... my heart is broken and I don't feel it will ever fully heal... She was such a part of our lives...

She wouldn't go to bed at night without me... She'd sit up staring at us... then start swaying and falling asleep... but she always waited until we went upstairs before she would hop in bed... Most mornings when I would get out of bed she'd run into the bathroom with me in the dark and we would both stand there squinting when I flicked the light on...

You can't break out the camera without the cats hopping into the shot... I have a pile of photos of them both but it still doesn't feel like enough photos of her...

She was always into everything... You couldn't do anything without her head butts and requests for snuggles... such a mewer... so vocal...

Snuggles and naps... she couldn't get enough...

She was such a skinny minnie... after she got fixed she got a little wider but she was alway a tiny kitty...

We loved her to bits... still do... 

Holidays...

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I hope that your holidays have been the most excellent!.. They've come and gone so fast!.. like my paperwhites... and this weekend we'll be ringing in the New Year!.. Do you have any plans?.. We're doing our favourite... low key... chilled out... quiet night in... pulled pork sammiches and movies... LOVE...

How was your Christmas!?.  We got up at about 5am on Chirsmtas morning... well I woke up... and then I woke Chris up... I couldn't get back to sleep... there were presents waiting downstairs!  hehe... 

We've been eating lots... good and bad... Christmas eve we had a little of both... for breakfast... 

...but for supper... prime rib roast...

Christmas Day breakfast... after presents of course... toutons!.. 

...and toast... eggs... bacon... back bacon... and tea!..

...We cooked a 15lb turkey for Christmas... along with the traditional Newfoundland Jiggs dinner... not to toot my own horn or anything... but it was my best one yet... it was to die for... and we almost died because we ate so much!.. can you say turkey coma!?.

...and of course every turkey cooked must become Turkey Soup... 

I love the holidays!.. lots of friends around... lots of food to eat!..

We've been having some beautiful weather as well... when we got home from some boxing day shopping I noticed the sun beaming in the front room... onto the birds nests!..

...of course no camera can come out without a fur baby appearance!..

...I was back to work today... thinking I should have taken these three work days off... oooohhh to be off for just a couple of more days... my head is buzzing with ideas of things I want to make... and refinish... for the Vintage Chicks Sale this coming June!..

I've been thinking about New Years resolutions too... not usually my thing at all... but I've started a list this year!.. more to come!..

xo

Lacey

Christmas Bulbs...

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My Christmas bulbs are well on their way... the paperwhites are in full bloom... I love how they look... but they're stinky... not a great smelling flower...

...they're so pretty...

The three amaryllis bulbs... one is super tall... about to bloom... then there is one that is just starting to grow... then the third one is just getting underway...  I can't wait until these bloom... hopefully before this coming week is over at least one of them opens up!..

This weekend has just been go go go... Friday night we got home a little later than I was hoping from work... we had lots of little things to do because Friday night was our Christmas drinkie and nibblie night!.. everyone was arriving just as we were finishing setting up all of the nibblies so I didn't get a chance to take any photos...

Yesterday Furs and I braved the Chinook Mall... it was beyond intense there... next year I'm finishing my Christmas shopping during the summer!.. today... laundry and finishing the VERY last bit of shopping that I had to do!..

It's time to chill out and watch some Christmas movies with my Furbear... when he gets home from his last bit of Christmas shopping!..

Are you finished with your shopping now!?.  I hope so!..  It's time to rest... chill out from a busy 2011!..

xo

Lacey

Week Off...

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Some exciting things coming in the future... some Vintage Chicks news... while that is in the works I've got the week off to spend with my parents while they visit us!.. 

We've gotten the tree up and Christmas decorating done...

Last year I had all different coloured balls on the mantle... this year I stuck with red and white and silver... a jar of bows and two jars of candy canes thrown into the mix...  

All but one paper white bulb are doing great!.. and they're not getting direct sunlight this year so they're not getting out of hand tall... the Amaryllis... two of the three are doing okay... the biggest doesn't seem to be doing anything... pictures of those to come as they get bigger...

I've got a few containers of balls around the house... front room... kitchen... upstairs bed... and bathrooms...

AND found this awesome tree skirt idea on Pinterest... it was all hot glued together there... I hand sewed this one all down over the past two days... have run out of fabric for the ruffles though... have to dig around upstairs to see if I can find a few mores strips... more information on the tree skirt to come... ruffles... so easy... so many ideas floating around my noggin right now for ruffled items...

How goes your holiday decorating?

xo

Lacey