18 stitches later and I’m feeling really guilty. Poor Bitsy had to go back to the vet today. When we got up this morning I didn’t like the look of her incision. My instincts were right. We think she might be licking her stitches at night when we’re sleeping. During the day she leaves them alone, as long as I’m nearby, and so I’ve let her go without the plastic hood she has to wear. See why I feel so guilty? She was very brave while she was stitched up once again. Now it will be another 10 days before they come out. The vet said she can have the hood off she’s right next to me, but otherwise it has to go on. I must say she looks like I’m beating her when I put it on. This has not been easy for either of us.

Now, for the Mary part of this post. Here’s a picture Gina at http://www.quiltersbuzz.com/
sent me the other day. It’s Mary Engelbreit, me and Mary’s little friend at fall market! I have to say, Mary’s little friend (right side) isn’t at all impressed. Somehow I doubt that Mary was either because this is one of hundreds of photos people took of her…photos of her, not me (:

I’m actually working on a little design using Mary’s new fabric line. Opps, I gave it away when I said a little design! Drats! I was so surprised when I opened up Mary’s fat quarter bundle and found a full panel of her little friend (on the right) on top of the bundle! She comes with the bundle! A full panel!
So, here’s a preview of her fabric line and my little project. Looks so “Mary” don’t you think? You can never have too many dots! Never!

I’ll keep you posted on Bitsy.

We were sleeping on the job yesterday! I totally forgot I said the giveaway would be Sunday, and Chelsea wasn’t any help at all. Bitsy and Chelsea slept right through Super Bowl Sunday! Not very good assistants for sure!

This morning we got up early (well at least one of us did) and did the random number generator. I could have made this drawing really cute, but remember I’m already a day late! So I added the three comments from the “Life” post, put in the numbers 1 through 91 and the winner is #12, Dawn in Australia! She is new to blogging, and only has one post. You can visit her blog “Stitching for Pleasure” at http://stitchingforpleasure.blogspot.com/ and leave a comment so she’ll know you were there! Dawn, email me your address and these little treats will be on their way to you in time for Valentine’s Day! Congratulations! Get ready to add another post to your blog! We’ll all come visit again!

Thank you to all who left a comment. I love these giveaways and I’ll do more in the future.

Hugs,

Anne

I am overwhelmed by your good wishes and kind thoughts for Bitsy. I’ve read every comment over and over and they all mean so much to me! Thank you my dear readers, for being there for me, and for caring about Bitsy.

She’s doing pretty well, but we did have to make a quick trip back to the vet this week. She has a drain in her incision and it seems it was pulling a few stitches out. I bundled her up, put her in the car and off I went with a trembling dog in the front seat. Seems she knows now that every car ride is to the vet. (Something I’ll have to remedy when she recovers.) She’s back home with some staples added, but the good news is that tomorrow she goes back to the vet to get the drain out. I hope she’ll feel better after that and she can get onto the healing process. I promise to keep you posted on how she’s doing.

This is the look Bitsy reserves for me! I feel so honored to have her!

Chelsea has been really good with Bitsy. She walks carefully around her, and never gets too close to her incision. She knows something happened and seems concerned. But as good as she’s been, today she just had to bring a mouse for me to throw for her! Please mom, please!

And today I got the cutest pictures from my friend Anne. It’s a cat show with Jack and Arnie! Jack and Arnie are rescue kitties from the Humane Society. They are the cutest cats you have ever seen! Anne put in this “cat” video for them to watch, and for almost an hour they were glued to the TV! It’s a video with fish, birds and other cats.

First came the fish…

Then came Jack’s paw… he’s trying to get a bird.
When the video changed and the bird went off the screen guess what he did?

He went around to the back of the TV to see if he could find it!

They watched for so long that Anne says she is going to limit their TV hours.

Anne’s a good mom!

Tonight I’m sitting in my old red chair, binding a quilt and watching TV with Bitsy at my side. She doesn’t seem to care about what’s on TV! (: