Catching up

I may not have been here , but I have been busy .
 Progress on my HAED

Page 2 completed 13/6

 Page 3 and a bit completed 5/7.

Page 4 and total finish 17/7

Not the best picture , my camera batteries died .
  I love this so much , it was a joy to stitch and I almost feel sad that she is finished.
Now to finish another one before I have a new start.

Flash , loving on Finley

 thanks for dropping by ,
 Cath

Pet update

Sad to say that we lost another little fur baby recently.

 One of my daughters' gerbils died about a month ago and is very much missed by us all . He had a large growth under his chin and we were just thankful that he passed at home without having to have any intervention .
RIP Fizzy , we loved you

Fizzy is the grey one on the left of the pic , his brother Toffee , the brown one is the last of the bunch and still going .

 And , a Flash update .
 He has grown , a lot .

He is still crazy and stubborn but we all adore him.
 I am missing being able to take him out at the moment and it is hard , but hubby and son are picking up the slack . We are just training him off lead at the moment which is scary , he loves other dogs and will just dart off, but so far so good.
 thanks for dropping by ,
 Cath

Happy New Year !

Better late than never , lol .

Apologies for not posting a Christmas greeting , I was ill for most of December so Christmas happened in a bit of a rush here , I was still ordering gifts the week before Christmas , the tree went up a couple of days before , but we got there in the end.

 So , last year was a bit of a mess really , lots of life getting in the way moments . I have not really stitched since September . I am really missing it , and hope to do some soon , but now have another reason for being distracted.
  My orts for last year are rather disappointing ,

My daughter took some out and screwed them up into a little ball , I was most unimpressed !

  Stitching wise , a let down , I had 15 finishes and most of them for Love Quilts .

  This year , I just want to stitch . I would love to finish at least one of my HAEDs and start a few more ,lol and there are lots of other projects I want to do , but I'll have to see how it goes.

 Reading was more successful , I read 102 books last year , but have a feeling the number will be reduced this year .

  The main reason for lots of the changes is this

This cute , crazy little creature came to live with us in November. His name is Flash and he's an English Springer Spaniel. I love him to bits , but wow , it's like having a baby again , including getting up in the night to do potty duty. We can start taking him out for walks on Thursday and I can't wait. He's getting bored and frustrated and so are we ,lol.

 Sad news is that we lost one of my sons' lovely gerbils yesterday . They are all getting old now , but still very sad . Popcorn will be very much missed by us all .

Hopefully this year will be a better year all round , but particularly for stitching .
Best wishes to everyone .
 Thanks for dropping by ,
 Cath