A Little Bit of This and That

Had a funny start to my day yesterday.  While I was in a nice hot shower (we’re in a deep freeze in Ontario right now), Donnie threw a cup of cold water on me.  Silly guy threw it over top of the shower curtain.  All I could do was laugh.  Spent Sunday afternoon surfing and found some tremendously inspiring things to share with you.

Stampersuzz’s jaw dropping Silhouette Burst II

Stampersuzz’s Silhouette Burst in Gold

Cathy’s cute Thank you card

Lunarlana’s Flicker Page

Snow finally had her ultrasound and it showed nothing.  That isn’t to say she doesn’t have a shunt–it just wasn’t visible.  She also had a neurology consult which was negative as well.  We spoke in great length with Dr. Goldstein, at the Guelph University Vet Clinic, and he is very puzzled because Snow is looking very healthy.  Just before we left, they took more blood after fasting 12 hours, then they fed her and took blood again, and would call us with results.  Being completely at a loss, we decided to stop Snow’s meds so she would get sick again, and then drive the 150 miles back to Dr. Goldstein so he could assess her when she was sick.

Two days later, Dr. Goldstein called us with an update from Snow’s blood work.  He was very surprised at the elevated blood levels after eating which indicates liver problems and a high possibility of a shunt.  Remember, a shunt wasn’t seen on ultrasound, so it may an a shunt inside the liver–which is not operable.

So far we have spent $2,000 on Snow’s health, and now have to book her spaying through the university clinic which is more expensive than a local vet.  Because of Snow’s ill health, it is imperative that Guelph does the spaying, and at the same time they will do a liver biopsy and cut her a little more deeply to view where the shunt is located.  That is an $1,800 to $2,000 bill.  Should she have an operable shunt, the cost will be $3,500.  We are at a loss but so far we are moving forward.  I swore I would never ever spend money on a dog, but how can you help it when she helps my depression.  She makes me laugh, and lets me dress her up and hug her in my arms like a baby.  She loves car rides and loves going into the stores with me.  She even sits so nicely in her pink purse.  I have never loved a dog like I love Snow.

Because of her illness, Snow has to eat many small meals and found a love for baby pablum mixed with baby banana food.  She loves baby stew and carrots, and raw carrots.  She likes cottage cheese and even likes it with baby carrots or bananas.

Tomorrow’s tutorial will be fun.  Get your glitter out.  I thought it was time to do a super quick and easy tutorial for you for a change.

Inchies and Twinchies Challenge Winner

Congratulations to Shuggy aka Angie

Please e-mail me your mailing address at scrapbook4ever@yahoo.ca

Sunflowers and Dragonflies Challenge 27: ATC’s

Howdy.  Can it really be Saturday already?!  Where does the time go.  I can’t believe it’s the end of January.  Are you feeling the same way?

We love our ATC’s here at Sunflowers and Dragonflies, so we’re doing another ATC challenge.  If you are looking for stamps that are perfect for ATC’s, may I suggest our very own Beautiful Life series.  These ladies have coordinating flourishes and fit perfectly on an ATC.   These stamps can be stamped just as-is or can be coloured in.  Our ladies are ethnic in origin too.

My card uses the recent Side Step Card technique from Splitcoast Stampers.  The decorative paper was made using the Technique Junkie’s Waxy Cuttlebug technique.  The ATC uses our Melody and Melody Flourish, and the sunflower was made using Spellbinder’s sunflower die cut.  Many layers of yellows, oranges, burgundy and brown ink brought the flower to life.  The butterfly is from K&Co.

This week’s prize

Any two of our beautiful ladies and their coordinating flourishes

Kim used Cheyenne and Cheyenne Flourish

Beth used Amber and Amber Flourish

View of Beth’s ATC closed.  BasicGrey DP was used as well.

Cathy used Cheyenne and Cheyenne Flourish as well as BasicGrey

Karen used Lottie and Lottie Flourish

Jerusha used Amber Flourish, Amber and Joy

Rose used Melody and Melody Flourish

Beth used Cheyenne

To be eligible for this weeks prize drawing, please post a direct link to your challenge project from either your blog or an online gallery to the Sunflowers and Dragonflies blog, specifically on the Challenge #26 Blog Post, so we can view it. If you upload to an online gallery, please use the keyword SD25.  Don’t forget to add Sunflowers and Dragonflies name and link on your post.

Deadline for this challenge is next Friday, February 5th.

Winter Wonderland Challenge Winner

Opps, look like I forgot to post the Winter Wonderland challenge.  There were many awesome cards for this challenge.  Random.Org chose

Hazel from My crafty outlook

Please e-mail (scrapbook4ever@yahoo.ca) your mailing address Hazel.

Congratulations

ATC’s–anyone interested in a swap?

Two more ATC’s that I made for a swap a couple of months ago.  I just mailed out swaps for this month and will post them once everyone has received theirs.  Don’t want to spoil the element of surprise.

These photos were downloaded from Etsy.  After downloading from Twisted Papers, I learned it pays to buy high quality images.

Is anyone interested in trading some ATC’s?  Please let me know and I will arrange the putting together of a little swap group.  Just use the words “sign me up” in your comment section.  Please note that these ATC’s are not available.

Hugs,  Beth