Being a new puppy mother....yawn!!!

The last few nights, Savannah slept through the night when in a crate with a sibling...obviously, there was no sibling last night and no sleeping through the night, either. We finally got to bed around 11, tired from the big day and the stress of introductions. When she has to go, she's not shy about letting you know...unfortunately, she had to go at 1ish and at 6ish and at 9ish. :) Other than that, she's lovely!

Not a single accident, she loves toys, she eats fairly well while getting used to a new schedule, she tries to be friends with the older dogs and is good about giving in and showing her belly, she's easy going, she talks quite a bit, and she sleeps like a rock when she sleeps. And she is deadly cute!!! She's uniquely marked (though no one beats half-sister Blue on that one!) and she moves beautifully even for a puppy.

All three do really well in the yard together, though Savannah's not too sure about how big Libby and Ethan are and how rambunctious. The only time we get a grumble from Ef is when we're inside and Savannah gets between me and Ethan. But he gets reminders and knows he'd be in big trouble if he did anything. It's funny, because she seems more interested in him than in Libby.

And...of course...she's already a Daddy's girl. Paul hasn't had nearly the time to spend with her yet that I have, but she's prefer to lay at his feet and he was able to soothe her to sleep lastnight when she was particularly ornery. Figures!!! :)

I'll take more pictures in our crispy brown back yard later today.

She's finally home...phew!!!

Well, it was quite an odyssey, but Miss Savannah is now home. We got stuck right behind an accident on 205 on the way there. We then didn't leave until well after 5 and got stuck in horrible construction traffic in Salem on the way home. Man, are we tired!

We brought Libby and Ethan up with us so they could sniff their sister all the way home. Libby looked at her and thought she was alright. Ethan put his flag of a tail right up and tried to show he was big dog. Then we got in the car for the long ride home. Once here, Libby wants to play with her, but Savannah, but Savannah's not sure about how big Libby is. Ethan wants to ignore her until she comes near me, then he does growl a bit. I think he's a bit tired, which makes him growl more, but I also think he's a bit protective of the sweet deal he has with Mom. Over the next few days, we'll mostly let them hang out in twos and get Ethan used to the idea that Mom and Dad will not allow problems with puppy...gotta share. Should be a fun few days!

As for Savannah, she ate a good portion of her supper, though I'm sure it was late. She seems to like her crate quite a bit (as you'll see below) and didn't squeak once on the way home. She's told us that she needs to go out and she's made no messes...knock on wood! She is so incredibly cute!!! I think she and Libby will be fast friends...Ef will take a bit more to learn to share with yet another girl. So, here are some quickie pictures. I'll take some in better light tomorrow, so you can get a look at the way cute brindle on her face. She's got one ear that's mostly up and the other one is trying off and on. She is sooooo incredibly sweet, loving, and easy going!!! I love her tons already!!!!!!!

It's almost time!!!!!

I leave work in less than half an hour to go load the grown dogs and head to Portland to pick up Savannah! Yippee!!!!! Puppy breath, here we come!!!!! :) I'm a little excited, can you tell?

Savannah at 8 weeks on Sept. 25

Here is Miss I don't want to sit here for the camera Savannah, a few days after she turned 8 weeks old. More to come soon, very soon! Just one more day until we go to pick her up! :)

The Pink Scarf is Done

I'm not that big on pink, but I know Ina will like this. It'll be nice and toasty and fluffy and fun. Here are a couple of pictures.

This one gives a good idea of the color of it.

This a close up detail...couldn't figure out how to make it clearer with my camera while I was tired and rummy last night.

Completed Knitting Projects

I don't think I have too many pictures and it's all of completed stuff, but here goes. I know I have at least three bags that I don't have pictures of. One is my very first, a plain orangy booga bag. The others are the two I'm using right now...a two toned green and very pale green handbag I designed myself that is a variation on the booga bag and one from Bags...a Knitter's Dozen that I made in charcoal grey and bright green. That one was a booger because of the seaming. Took me 9 months to go back to it and finish it, but I use it all the time now. Must take a picture when it's light.

This was my first ever sweater. It was a shower present for my newest nephew, Quinn. It's supposed to be 6-9 months, but Quinn's a big boy, so he should be wearing it as soon as it gets cool and will probably outgrow it by Christmas, when he'll be just 6 months.

This is the purse I made for my sister for the shower so that she'd at least have something pink mixed in with all that boy stuff. I packed the sweater I'd made, a couple other outfits, a gift card and the bear in there. It's not huge, but good sized...of course, now she's uses a diaper bag for a purse, but I know she'll go back to it some day. :)

This is a funky bag I made for my co-worker, Charlotte, for her birthday. I didn't realize the variegated yarn only had poofs in some places when I got it to use on her bag. It turned out kind of fun, though. It's kind of a small bag. I had to keep pulling it out of the washer and using my dog grooming comb to brush the tufts out so they wouldn't become dreadlocks. She said she'd use it as her casino bag. :)

I just started knitting at the end of December and so far, I've made 6 bags, 4 scarves, a baby sweater, and two pairs of socks. I'll have to take some pictures of those, too. I've given away two bags, two scarves, and the baby sweater. I'll take picture of the pink scarf for Ina tomorrow...it's a little over half done and I have to be done by Tues. for her birthday. Knit, knit, knit!!!

Four more days

Just four more days before the new wee one gets to come home. I can't wait, can you tell? She's just so darn cute!!! And I can't wait to watch her grow. I hear she's got an ear almost up...definitely won't have to tape this one, either. That'll make three that never had any tape on their ears. Of course, I shouldn't talk too soon...we'll just have to wait and see. Fourteen weeks is the limit in our house...then the tape will come out.

As for knitting, thank goodness for Fred Meyer. Sometimes you've got to look for yarn in unusual places and Fred's actually has a decent selection. Lots of colors of Homespun at great prices, plus chenilles, baby yarns, and now they have variegated wool. I can't believe it. Perfect for felting!!! So I got enough yarn at their buy 2 get 1 free sale to make two birthday presents, though I may add another color to the variegated. Still a good shopping deal for me!!!! Now to plan those presents! I actually started one tonight and she doesn't know I have a blog, so I can talk about it. I'm making a drop stitch scarf out of a yarn called baby cloud for my work study student. Her birthday is Tuesday, so I've got some quick knitting to do. I've already knit about a foot of it and it's really cute. I'll put up pictures when I get it done. :)

Tomorrow's the big prep day for Savannah's arrival. I'll rearrange and deep clean the bedroom so there is plenty of room for her crate in there. And I'll clean her crate and make sure she's got plenty of easily washable bedding ready to go. Puppy, puppy, puppy, puppy, puppy!!!! Can't wait!!!!!

And I encourage others to get them?

Damn Verizon! I'm always telling people how great they are, how nice their online and phone customer service is, and how consistent and reliable their service is. Not today, that's for sure!!! Stupid Verizon!!! Didn't have any damn service most of the night. The first time Paul was finally able to get through to them, they said there wasn't a problem. Guess they checked into it, cuz now I can get a 48 second call to go through and that's about it. Now they tell Paul they know there is a problem and they're working on it. Lovely!

Cables

Why, oh why can't do I have so much with front cables? My brain totally gets back cables. I don't mix 'em up, I don't do some one way and some another, but I can't seem to manage that with the front cables. Maybe I ought to make the cables on both my gauntlets go the same way. Nah, I bought cashmere for the things; I've got to do them right. So frogging I will go...at least 5 rows or so. Dang it! Wanna see what I'm making? They're at http://knitty.com/ISSUEsummer06/PATTfetching.html. I'm making them in a dark chocolate brown color. I've got a skein of this lovely plum color, but it'll be used for something else now. One pair of these is plenty!

The Name Game

I originally had Cricket stuck in my head, but now we're also considering other names for our new puppy. The litter theme is "down home". We've got that covered with Wolfrun White Lightnin', but we really want a call name that at least makes some sense. So, Paul came up with Savannah. We also tossed around Zinnia, Eliza, Susannah, and others. Anyone got any votes? Anyone think of any others? Guess this means I'll have to let everyone know I have a blog, eh? :)

On knitting news, I got a new knitting book and daily calendar from Amazon today. I do all these surveys and things, so get gift certificates and cash that help feed my knitting obsession. Nice thing about this shipment...completely free thanks to several of these survey places. Free is always good! Anyway, I got "Big Girl Knits" and the "Stitch 'n Bitch" calendar. I don't like all the patterns in BGK, but the fitting section is awesome and would work for those who aren't BKs. As for the calendar, I tried to be good and not jump ahead, but there is some really fun stuff in their that should help make the addiction even worse over the next year. Now I've just got to get all the yarn for all the projects I've got to have done by the holidays. ACH!!!

Oh, my goodness, they found me already...

I just put this site up yesterday and can't believe that two people found me already. Just amazing! I'm totally shocked! I thought I'd just mess with it a bit, learn what some of this stuff I've never done before is all about, and test it before anyone could figure out I actually had a blog. Instead, I already have comments. Wow, you guys are so connected!!! :)

...and so it began

Alright, I give in. I've finally been sucked into what I once was sort of teased about for calling "bloggie things." See...all my friends have them and that seems to be how they really keep up on what is going on with each other, though we share an email list together. So, I decided I'd give it a try. Why anyone would really read it is beyond me, but, hey, at least I can document my knitting (one cardigan) and my wonderful dogs (another cardigan) on here.

And what better time to start than with a soon-to-be new addition. We've already got two Cardigan Welsh Corgis, Libby (Prizm's Liberty Fanfare) and Ethan (Ch. C-Myste Mission Impossible), so now we'll be adding lucky number three. We haven't decided on a call name for her for sure yet, but her registered name will be Wolfrun White Lightnin'...another term for moonshine and fitting for the lovely little white streak she has across her right ear. I'll post pictures of them all as soon as I figure out exactly how that works! :)

Ethan and Libby in June 2006

Wolfrun White Lightnin' at 6 weeks in mid-September 2006

As for knitting, I started knitting in late December 2005. I love knitting bags...I've made about 6 so far. I've also made 4 scarves, a baby sweater and two pairs of socks. I always thought I'd be one of those one project at a time knitters...very atypical, but my sort of way of doing things. I was wrong, of course. Currently, I've got three projects on needles. I've got a wrap I found on the Lion Brand site going in Naturally Tussock, a sweater I also saw on there in Lion Homespun, and the second of a pair of gauntlets or mitts or whatever they're called from Knitty.com.

Well, I think that's enough to bore anyone for now...hopefully things will get a bit more exciting with time. :)