Dogs and chicks and kitties..Oh My!!

Thatcher came to visit this weekend and then Mittens strolled over to see what I also was up to.........  So i decided to introduce the chicks :) Mittens is use to them already and she loves to curl up on top the coop and sleep by them .. Thatcher wasnt quite too sure yet :)

Potholders are simple and easy

I grew up re-using items as a way of life ... very little was ever thrown away . One of the simplest and enjoyable things to make for your hose is potholders 
 I enjoy making my own potholders out of scrap fabrics or even old clothes that I have laying around from other projects. The inside padding i used is an old flannel baby blanket a friend had given me to reuse....
There are many ways to make potholders. I simply cut the squares or rectangles out and put them together with a YARN TYE ........  Most folks quilt them though ...that takes a bit more time ..

I am absolute horrible at writing directions so i thought i would share other folks ways to make potholders :) 
Quilted potholders 
 
 

Thatcher brightens my day ..........

Thatcher came to keep me company a couple of nights.....  
I so enjoy when he visits .. He sleeps tucked under the cover next to me and his body heat warms my muscles  
I had tucked him into his PJs and snapped this pic of him  before  we had a bedtime cookie and a story . I tell him a story and he  is so cute. He lays his head across my tummy and listens to my every word....
He works as my service dog while he is here . He  brings me items i drop and need and walks quietly against my left side to support me ..He is a very special dog and belongs to a very special friend. :)
I have been looking for a German Shepard to train as a service dog for me...........So far the ones i have seen at the humane society have been too old and needing help of their own and very neurotic and unsafe around other animals or kids ..  I am thinking i am going to have to start looking for a younger one ...maybe 4 or 5 months old... It will be more of a challenge for me if i do physically ... but that will be ok too
Wanting a purebred Shepard on a limited budget is a bit of a problem. But i have faith in the Goddess and know I will find one when the time is right ....

Learning to live again

I think i am finally learning to  listen to what the universe is trying to teach me ............

I have spent  over year and half now dealing with the pain and inability to do much at all with this degenerative joint disease I have ... Hmm... Degenerative joint disease..I dont want to define myself by this ugly name for what my body is dealing with .  I have let it totally rule my life as I have tried to simply deal with the inability of doing much of anything .. I am tired of living like this ..
If i cant walk but few steps at a time........... So be it . I dont have to let it rule my whole life and depress me to the point of tears every day .
I am taking back my soul of creativity that the physical body  has buried under layers of  tears and pain and "I cant Do's"   that my my hearts believes ...
I can still create.... i can lay on the couch with my legs iced and propped up and create............ I can pick up a pencil and a piece of paper and create .... I can bring forth that which has laid buried and barren ....that which cries to me in my dreams to "let it out to play " 
I can wear my braces and sit by the window and bead for short times .... crochet a few stitches off and on... make a spirit doll in small steps ...
Time to discover where I have hidden my soul and art away at .................

HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!!
It was a year of enlightenment and a time for me to slow down in my life and learn what is truly important.. It was a time to be thankful ..
I learned that is was OK to ask my friends for help as i had to learn to take each step at a time ..and those steps are still bit painful physical wise . For running countless errands and bringing me supper and all the many physical things I needed help with .
For sharing Mittens and Thatcher with me ...
I cried alot of tears and then I opened my eyes to the wonder of the small things in life that i had been passing by ...
I deepened my connection to the Goddess as i explored my spiritual path.
I thank all my friends for the feathers and yarns and books and beads that kept me creating even when life felt so "dark" and i was striving to keep creativity in my life.
I could not have made it this last year without you all ........... You are very much loved and appreciated