puppy school......

Wednesday evening are spent with Poppy dog at dog class....
we actually all enjoy it and Poppy works very well for about 45 minutes,
then decides at 1 year and two months that it is play time!!!

This is some folk getting ready to start once everyone arrives.....

the photo is a bit blurry....please do not adjust your set!



She is desperate to play with Brea the chocolate Labrador, but she don't like Poppy and she gets very jealous if anyone else speaks to Poppy!
She had a nip at Poppy when her owner spoke to Poppy,
so she got a telling off.....and Poppy was fussed by the women who takes the class and also by Brea's owner to show Brea that Poppy can be fussed and its nothing to do with her!
Dogs are funny creatures!

Anyway, I made a couple more altered Cds for some of the friends we have made at doggy class....

And this one is for Brodie's owner...Brodie is a small west highland Terrier who loves Poppy dog and the two of the greet each other with puppy kisses each week!! Poppy Loves him!!
He is at the class just before ours so they see each other as his class ends......
They sometimes meet down the beech and it is just crazy!

We had a quieter day today, Poppy dog lay in the sun and I made soup!



We did go and see Em & Belle, and all went for a run in the car to get some shopping.
Then Belle dropped her pink cat toy on the floor in the car,
Poppy who had been sitting beside her on the back seat jumped down on the floor
and had a wee shot of pink cat......and was not happy about having to give him back!
But not as unhappy as Belle was at Poppy having her cat!!!

Post 3 o4 four...cats & dogs

It was our lovely niece Robyn's birthday this week....
she is away on holiday with her fiance Paul. Hope they are having a fab time!

Here is an altered Cd with her cute wee Puppy Biscuit!



and card I made for her Birthday....



Actually made them a few weeks ago for her...and even remembered to post them !!!
I usually forget and find cards lying weeks later!!

This one is for my lovely friend S who has is poorly with an abscess on her boob!!
she loves cats...and is owned herself by a lovely black and white chap cat called Archie!
So a cat in a bra is perr-fect!

back to school!!

Poppy has been a wee madam....

She seems to think that since I am off work just now
that I should give her all my attention ....all of the time....



We met a lady the other day who told me that Labrador's go through a terrible two's stage....
between one and three years......

*sigh*



Anyway....she is very sweet....even though she is a wee thief....
she likes to pinch things from my beside cabinet, or craft table...including scissors!!!

She is only a year old and mainly a good wee dog, behaving most of the time.....
We are back at her dog class this evening,
she had a month off due to Summer holidays and her being spayed.
She dose well at the class, as long as none of the other doggies pay her any attention......

Then she just ignores me and spends all evening trying to go and see them!

Anyway......

I made these as a wee thank you for Donna & Graham who take the dog class.







They have helped us with a few of Poppy's behaviour problems...
like when she was afraid to climb up or down stairs,,,,
including three steps at the vets!!!

Donna spent ages one evening , and helped us completely fix the problem.

Donna has a beautiful Rottie who is a wee star and Graham has a Samoyed who is really funny.
Both dogs attend the class to do the demo's.

'Cause not everything is black & white

I have made this Cd for a lovely mate of mine called Chris who I have worked with and known for many years.

I have thought long and hard about posting it on here....and here is why......


We have been through so tough times together, and she has a very strong faith.
I on the other hand, am a hippy chick, bordering on wiccan at times.

I believe in lots of things, none of this includes any formal religion at this time in my life.

I have had some pretty awful experiences , none of which I will go into here that involved "religious" people using their so called faith to justify abuse, bullying and down right nasty behaviour.

NOW, I am not for one moment saying everyone who has faith is like this,
hence my Chris is my friend.

She is one of the few people I will have religious discussions with.
Neither of us needed to convert each other, being able to discuses without judgment or criticisms. She is truly a lovely person.

We accept we believe in different things, and value our friendship.

I have many friends, who have many different beliefs and faiths, Christian, Muslims, Pagans, Catholics, Atheists all sorts.
As long as they are people who try their best and don't go out of their way to hurt people I will call them my friend.

Their belief or non belief make them who they are.


I believe that as long as you do no one no harm with your faith, beliefs, religion , non religion and it gets you through good times and bad then I fully support you and say good for you!
I never once have felt the need to make anyone else believe that I am right and they are wrong.
My beliefs are my own.

I see one of my strongest qualities is to see that life is not all black and white,
and agreeing to disagree is sometimes a hard thing to do.
This annoys some of my more religious family, resulting previously in many arguments and me walking out as they were so angry at my refusal to convert to their new found faith!
It came down to agreeing to disagree or me walking away from them for ever.
Not being a part of their or their children's lives.

I know this was hard for them, and it was not something I did lightly.
They are not happy with the outcome, and to be honest
do still try now and again to help me see their way is the right way.


But in asking me to respect their beliefs , I demanded the same back.
I feel I am a good person and will be judged at the end of this life ,
or the beginning of the next one.

But sometimes you have to be true to yourself....
and thats not always by doing what your family demand of you.
Our journeys are very much or own.
We can walk with them, but still see different things as we go along.

this post has rambled on way toooooooo long.
I hope it has not offended anyone as that was not my intention.
Sometimes.....I just ramble on!

too much???

quick question....made this Cd for a work mates Birthday party I am off to tonight.....
Oh BTW Emma! You have me addicted to making these CD's now!!!!

Is it too much?
I got carried away with the crop o dile......

on the back i have the wee sentiment that I love just now,
" I hope the distance between where you are
and where you want to be
grows shorter everyday."

Douglas Pagels.

Sunshine, Sunflowers & Sick puppy's.

Today has been a fabulous sunny summers day!
Poor Poppy is not happy about not getting to lie out in the garden all be herself,
but unless she is in her t-shirt she will not leave her stitches alone....having to have the ceiling fan on to keep us both cool.
I would normally take her down the river or to the sea to cool down.

She is in her second t-shirt, a smaller version, with buttons like a child's romper suit at either side of her tail.....
she escaped out of the other one last night ....twice! at 3am and 6 am.....
We both went back to be for a siesta this afternoon.....

She looks enormous in this t-shirt but I wanted it loose enough so she didn't rub on anything when she gingerly stretches.... She really didn't like the lampshade, and she gets out of the t-shirt when I can watch her like a hawk or she is on her lead walk round the block.

Have done very little but just been quietly resting and healing..... been nice to have calm time today. Felt like I needed it.

She did settle long enough upstairs for me to work on Chrissy's Friday fable.



My hubby took me a pile of used and unwanted CD's from his office.
Which is handy, as I love altered cd's now!
I must look around and try some other challenges. I am really enjoyed this one.

Do you do many online craft challenges?
Recommend any?

Right, some supper and juice in the garden ......let Poppy out of her t-shirt, and some chilling out now it is cooler.

poor poppy puppy......

well this day has finally arrived.....Poppy is starving and will not get no breakie...
I am dropping her off at the vets to be spayed this morning.....
She knows something is going on, she is hyper!

She is going crazy cause she didn't get her last biscuit before bed, and now no breakfast!!!!


We missed Puppy class last night, I wasn't feeling well.
So no class now for a few weeks till she heals.

I made this altered CD for the lady who takes the class, she has rotties.


if you look carefully, the backing paper is actually cats and their paw prints....

I didn't manage to line the holes up so well on this one, but I still like it!
Her Rottie is a beautiful girlie dog who wears a pink collar so hence the choice of ribbon colour!

And I made this one for a mate at work who has been poorly....


It looks just like her cat Archie....but I think, i may have stuck his tail on the wrong way!!!



Yes Emma .....they are addictive!
Thank you everyone for the blog comments....
I will be sorting my blog replies later on this evening....
Thank you so much for my gold cards!
How am I going to pick only five people to give it to!?!
you are all priceless!
Am gonna get very little done at work today....