Crochet Me Crazy

Sometimes I wish life had a break pedal! Oh my goodness, it's December 01 today! I know this month is going to get by me way too fast. Alison has dance classes every day next week, then her show and then December will be half way over!!

Okay, there is a very sweet little story unfolding over here. You know we have 6 dogs here. Well, we've have quite a zoo here at times with all 6 dogs and now the Axis deer! We've been pretty much making the dogs stay away from her. They were curious about her and wanted to sniff her. Well, they make her nervous so she would bite them! Most of the dogs are staying clear of her except for Pete. He's not giving up so easy but he wasn't being aggressive. He just was always trying to ease close to her. Well, today I caught him laying by her in the yard...as close as she would let him get.

Well, by this evening they are buddies. They were licking each other in the face tonight and Pete layed with her on her blanket!




It was the cutest thing I've ever seen! When we took her outside tonight, he was sticking around her. I really think he's going to protect her! It is so sweet... The owner's are not going to believe this when they get home!

Well, everyone but Michael went to town today to get some groceries. Michael stayed home and did "deer duty". When she saw us leaving, she made her little deer noise at us. That was pretty much it for me today. We came home and put up groceries, did our nightly chores and then tended to Grace (the deer's name). It is astonishing how much she improves every day. Today, she was really starting to get around a lot better. She needs some help with that leg still. She's funny ...she'll move all her legs but that one and then try to move it a little bit...and then look at me for me to help her. Tonight she was took her outside again to stand and we decided to take the splint off to see how she did. She manages the leg better without the splint and she'll put weight on it and it doesn't seem to bother her...we don't know if it's okay for her to put weight on that joint when it's bent. It automatically bends. It's really looking like she is definately going to walk by herself very, very soon. The problem is that we can't let her go off until she can get up all by herself. If she falls, she's toast out there. We'll see what our boss says when he gets home tomorrow. He knows about the deer and was concerned about her. He even suggested to take her to the vet. He's a big animal lover so maybe he'll have some ideas. If we could put some wire on our fence, she could walk around in the yard and be safe to walk around. Oh well, we'll just take it one day at a time and see what happens I guess.

Well, the good news is that I did find the Simply Soft yarn I needed at Wal-Mart to get going on the Prairie Star Afghan again. I only bought one skein...should be enough...I hope -- lol! Well, there's more where that came from if it's not. Luckily, it's a "No Dye Lot" yarn and I couldn't tell any difference from my sample I brought with me. I think I'm going to try to stick with working on my shawl before I get back to the Prairie Star though. I'm close to finish on the shawl and I'm afraid I'll lose interest if I leave it now. It's not the most exciting thing to make.

Well, our little Axis deer is still doing good...she's a little spoiled though! She sat outside again today but we brought her in again for the night. She is really quite funny...she doesn't like the dogs. She will nip at them if they get too close so the dogs have learned to leave her alone -- lol!

Today we got our Christmas decorations up except for the Christmas tree! It's a bit over-kill for our little small living room but Alison loves our decorations...and I have a lot! She insisted on finding a place for everything so it looks a little like a "Griswold" Christmas around here. The owner's wife said they wanted to give us a real Christmas tree so I didn't get our fake one out of storage. I'm a little bummed about Christmas though. I really love giving gifts at Christmas and it really is going to be difficult for me not to be able to. It will be the first time ever...even last year we managed a modest Christmas for the kids. I know Christmas isn't about presents but it still brought me a lot of joy to do so. Oh well, you never know...you never know what's in the store...maybe Jeff will get a job and it will change.

I've made some decent progress on a shawl I started. I'll try to get some pictures taken soon.

I've been searching for a really quick and easy shawl pattern. I've never made a shawl before because I just don't have much use for them personally. I have a friend that is a big Ebay seller and she told me she can get a lot for a crocheted vintage looking shawl with fringe and if I made one, she can sell it for me. So I figure, what the hey..it's worth a shot. I found one that I've started on so I guess that's what I'll work on while I'm waiting to get the yarn to finish my Prairie Star Afghan.

There's no time for crocheting today though because of our little Axis Deer. She tamed up very quickly last night. She takes great comfort in us now. She is soooo sweet. She loves to lick and be scratched. She ended up staying in the house last night...yes, we are suckers. It was really cold last night and we figured it's easier for her body to concentrate on healing itself when she's not wasting energy on shivering to stay warm. Michael slept on the couch in the living room and she slept on the floor. Someone needed to be there in case she tried to get up because she falls down. Then you have to get her situated back in a comfy position. Michael said he woke up about 4 times when she tried to get up. It is encouraging because she does seem better and stronger today! I really would like to see a happy ending for once in one of these endeavors! We took her outside today and let her try to stand. She actually stood for a little while by herself once we got her back feet situated right....she seems much better than she did yesterday.

We do think she may have a break just above one of the back hooves because it bends the wrong way when she tries to stand on it. So we made a splint and put it on it. Maybe the little girl will be able to walk even if with a limp. Tonight, she's even more calm and relaxed in the house. She seems quite content and happy in my living room! Ha! She just sits there and looks around...eats and drinks. She's hardly trying to get up now. We can do whatever around her tonight and she doesn't seemed phased by it.

Today is my birthday ... I, um, got a REAL LIVE DEER for my birthday from Michael! LOL -- No, really though...Michael got me a padded Chef's Mat to put in front of the kitchen sink. It was a really busy day today. The ferrier came this morning and the owner's are out of town so Jeff had to move horses from the pasture next door. More horses than normal to deal with today. He was supposed to have Jury Duty today but he called and they had cancelled it! Good news but he had to go to Kerrville instead to fill out applications for two jobs he's applying for. We're hoping one of the two will pan out... gotta do what we gotta do.

Tonight, the kids surprised me with a cake after dinner!


Apparently Alison stayed up late after I went to bed last night to bake the cake. Alison gave me a gift...some really pretty iron horse head book ends.


I love my family....

Look what Michael brought home this afternoon! Ahh...another hurt animal. She is an Axis Deer so she is not regulated by game laws from what I read online. She's actually pretty big! I hate it because I don't like it if they die. Well, this little girl is really strong and alert. She's eating and drinking but she has a hurt legs. Michael found her hanging and tangled in a fence. So now she's in the living room. We bandaged up her leg. We don't know how bad the leg is but I guess we'll just wait and see what happens. That appears to be the only thing wrong with her. She's actually pretty big! We're going to put her in a horse stall for the night.