still_feeling_hurt, hi there!! Welcome back to the forums! *hug* Hope everything is good with you. Thanks for the kind words. Yes I am indeed unique!!

Did I tell everybody that I've got my own website for my crochet? It's up and running and there are a few pieces there for sale. The address is on my profile page here. It keeps me busy and out of mischief...

I hope everybody had/is having a good Easter break. Don't go eating too many chocolate eggs...

What else have you all been doing?



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Hi Joan!

Did your daughter have fun? She looks perfectly dressed for a Friday the 13th party! She's a very pretty young lady.

How's Jesse doing?

Joan Cootes posted:

This is a picture of my daughter Margaret all dressed up and ready to go to a club in the city. It was a Friday 13th party. Isn't the coat fabulous??? And the hat, boots and everything. She usually wears black jeans or trousers, but here she's wearing a dress.

Great picture!

This weekend--not much. Going to try to volunteer for the Warren campaign (she is running for the senate seat in MA).

heya. just randomly popping in to say that your boy jesse is absolutely beautiful.

Awesome news! Congrats on your orders.
Are you staying super busy keeping your inventory together and stocked?

Haha.. Even that photo can't contain Jesse's happiness.. I can see his tail wagging!

He is such a studly young man.

Thanks, Colin and Rhett. We're heading towards winter and little Jesse is starting to feel the cold. I bought him a new bed today but he started to eat it so I had to take it off him. I might give it back to him before I go to bed in a few minutes and hope that it isn't eaten by morning. I worry about him when I see him shivering in the morning. It was 3^o celsius at 7 o'clock this morning, getting a bit chilly.

My business has died down a bit I haven't had any sales for a couple of weeks. I have been giving out my business cards and I'm hoping it will pick up again.


I'm going to be a bit cheeky and post the website address here.

www.crochetbyjoan.ispdr.com.au

Old? Old????? I don't think of myself as old at all. Like the old saying: "You're only as old as the man you feel"....

Joan!!!!





















Hi!

Hi all!!! It's getting bloody cold here, we're heading towards winter. I think it's going to be a particularly cold one this year.

Not much has been happening. Looking after Jesse is like having a toddler around. I bought him a new bed the other day because he looked so cold and was shivering that morning. He promptly chewed it up so I had to take it off him. He'll be all right, he has mats to sleep on.

Been really busy working on things for my website. Sales have slackened off though, but I'm hoping they pick up again. I've given out a few of my business cards but I really need to advertise more. Am tempted to put something on the rear window of my car but my fuckwit neighbours will see it and probably give me a hard time over it because they're fuckwits.

Having a quiet weekend again. But that's OK, I like my quiet Sundays, just relaxing and doing what I want to do, not what I have to do.

How are all you good people? What do you have planned for the weekend?

I didn't say "old man".... I said "Only as old as the man you feel"...


Well, today is my son's 20th birthday. He didn't want a party, he didn't want to be taken out to dinner, he didn't even want a cake. Which is kind of sad, but that's what he wanted. I gave him some money to buy whatever he wants, and his sister gave him a "Back To The Future II" De Lorean which he really liked. Well, for her birthday back in January he bought her a Tom Baker Sonic Screwdriver. You press a button on it and it makes noises. Yep, we're all a bit crazy here...

Jesse is 6 months old now, and next Tuesday he's booked in to have his "little operation". (Now now, boys, don't squirm and cross your legs... ) I've just got to remember to feed him no later than 6 o'clock the night before, and no breakfast for him that morning. He won't like that, and he probably won't like mummy very much later that day either... I made him a new bed. I buy him beds and straight away he rips them apart. So I bought a second-hand picnic rug, a good strong cotton one, and some hobby fill from the craft shop, folded the rug in half, sewed up the sides, filled it and sewed it shut. I haven't given it to him yet, but I'll probably give it to him on Tuesday and hope that he doesn't destroy it in five minutes.

What's been happening with all you wonderful people? I hope summer is good for you. It's winter now, getting cold and it's been raining most of the day. I have a feeling it's going to be a wet winter, but that's ok, because when that happens the summer that follows is usually cooler and more tolerable.

BloodType89 posted:

Don't lie. I caught you feeling-up on an old man, Joan...

eew... I only like the young tender ones.

BloodType89 posted:

Hey, that's how us guys can be about bday's. I did the same thing this year.
I hope that your son's 20th year is an excellent one!

Thanks, Colin, I hope he has a good year as well.

BloodType89 posted:

*crosses legs and squirms about*
Joan! I get out of your thread! lol

Colin!! Come back!!!


This is my little Jesse yesterday afternoon. We picked him up from the vet about 4.45pm and he was still a bit wobbly on his legs, poor little fellow. He was really quiet when we got him home, so I put his bed in the laundry with a blanket that I bought especially for him and he slept most of the afternoon. The vet said he might not be very hungry, but I gave him a small meal which disappeared in about 20 seconds flat. Poor little fellow was ravenous because he hadn't eaten since the night before. I gave him some dinner a little later on and that disappeared pretty quickly as well.

The bed he has is one that I made. He has a tendency to rip apart the beds I buy because they're made from foam and covered in light cotton material. So I looked around the second-hand shops and found a picnic rug, heavy cotton, and bought some hobby fill from the craft shop. I folded the rug in half, sewed up the sides, filled it with hobby fill and sewed up the top. It's a really soft, squishy mattress for him, very warm. So far he hasn't torn it apart. The blanket was bought second-hand as well, it's a "people" blanket that had been cut in half to make it "doggy size", and it's wool, so it's nice and soft and warm as well.




BTW when I got Jesse the vet said he was under weight, he weighed 10.5kg and was 3 months old. Now, 3 months later, he weighs 22kg and I'm told he might grow to be about 30kg fully grown. A fairly big boy.

So, what has been happening with all you wonderful people?

Yes he is! And he's starting to settle down a bit more which is good. I think he's really starting to trust me.

It's bloody cold here!!! Anyone want to give me a day of warm weather for a day of cold weather please??

serenityangel, yes he is a cute dog. He's recovering well from his operation and is as lively and cheeky as ever.

I'm sorry your German summer is so cold. I don't think I'd like to live in a place where summer is cold. But I don't like our really hot summers here.

It's winter here, and it's been raining on and off today. My little Jesse missed out on his walk this morning, partly because I slept in till nearly 9am and partly because I was so so busy and didn't have time. But I'll make up for it tomorrow, if it's not raining of course.

Has everybody had a good weekend? What did you all do?

Hi Annie!!! What's been happening with you.