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Saturday, 25 February 2012

Back to the Blog...

I did have a wonderful get-away - thanks almost entirely to my
dear friend LM and her fabulous 3 yr old son.  They made me
feel so welcome in their home!  It was really lovely.  Here they
are having dinner with me right before they dropped
me off at the airport to fly home.
LM had agreed to babysit (or should I say "puppy-sit") a
sweet little 8 week old basset hound puppy for a friend.
The dog was adorable but do you know how often
puppies need to go outside?  I had forgotten how much
attention a puppy requires!  Louie is cute but he was
a great reminder of why rescuing adult dogs is such
a great idea!
On Friday, when I got back home, Mr. Biff and I
dropped off our recyling (in the rain)
and took a quick tour of the recyling store.  I am guessing
a local tea store may have closed and there were
all these cool tea tins.  I debated about buying a few
but stuck to just one - I had an idea that I might
use it for dog food as it is big enough to hold a whole
large bag full.
Here's the before:
And here's the after:
I poked a hole in the lid and attached a ceramic knob that I
recently purchased - it's a black & white frog and
I painted one panel with good old chalkboard paint.
I thought the  knob would do until I can find something
more dog-appropriate...LOL.
I did get some other goodies too - spent a total of $5 -
I will show you the rest tomorrow.
For now - one more little pic of
little Louie....

Hope you are having a great weekend!


Friday, 17 February 2012

Miss me?

I am going on a long overdue trip to my old
hometown to visit with some girlfriends.....leaving
Mr. Biff and the pooches at home.


I don't think I will get a chance to blog - but hey, you
never know.....I will, however, look forward to showing
you some photos of my mini-vacation when I get home.

Have a great weekend and see you later next week!



Wednesday, 15 February 2012

Party Time and YOU are Invited!

Hi All, I hope you will join Jaime, myself and  20 some
other bloggy friends in helping  Jaime celebrate! 
 Link up, Pin your favourites
and let's get this party started.

I love comments and know that you all do too
 - so please leave atleast a
"hello" when you visit the links!



 
Feel free to link up anything and everything
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No giveaways or etsy shops please.
Check out other links, be inspired and make some new friends!
Grab a button if you would!
And check Crafty Scrappy Happy for features all next week!!!!
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Tuesday, 14 February 2012

I am Co-Hosting a Par-tay!! & Ain't LUV Grand?

Now before I get to the mushy stuff - I am thrilled
to say I am co-hosting a Linky "Par-tay"
beginning tomorrow to celebrate
Jaime Lyn's 1 year Blogiversary over at
Please be sure to come back tomorrow and
join us for a party-extraordinaire!


Now onto LUV:
I feel like every day is Valentine's Day - even the not so
perfect ones.  I have been blessed with finding my soulmate
and every day I am grateful for his love.

I remember the first giddy moment of falling in love with
him - he sent me a text while I was away for a weekend
just after we first met.  It was a long, multi-part text of one of
the most famous poems by Gaius Valerius Catallus.
Catallus 5 was written in 65 BC (proving love is a constant). 
Here is  just a portion translated:


"Give me a thousand kisses, then a hundred.
Then, another thousand, and a second hundred.
Then, yet another thousand, and a hundred.

Then, when we have counted up many thousands,
Let us shake the abacus, so that no one may know the number,
And become jealous when they see
How many kisses we have shared."
The romantic guy sent it to me in Latin (I'll admit I had
to google it for the translation and then was all aflutter!)

“Da mi basia mille, deinde centum, dein mille altera,
 dein secunda centum, deinde usque altera mille,
 deinde centum”

Yup, he had me at "da".....*giggle*

So as we celebrate our 6th Valentine's Day together
 I offer him back this:



"Tutto a te mi Guida"

Ain't love grand? (Now go google it!)