Thanksgiving coming to an end

We hope that everyone had a full belly and a full heart today!

Throw back Thursday

Circa 2009 - so well behaved that group!  Rosie, Zoey (front), Marty (back) and Chloe.  Crazy to think two of them are gone now....

My girl and my mom

Saturday marked 16 years of my mom's passing. Ripped away from us by that ugly C word. 16 years of missing. I'd like to say that the tears have stopped, but sadly they have not. The missing....that will never end. On top of that Saturday would have also been our Chloe's 14th birthday. I will forever feel that my mom sent her to me to get over my extreme grief....it did. That I am thankful for. Chloe's entry into our lives did change everything after as did my mom's death. Two events. Life changing. Life does go on and I'm okay. I can be sad, I can cry and I can shake a fist at the sky, but I'm okay!!!!

Throw Back Thursday

Have you kissed your germ today?

Years ago the all time favorite toy around here was "Gertie the Germ". Oh, Gertie how they all loved your little germ face TO DEATH!

VOTE

Unless you live under a rock...a really BIG rock, you know that today is election day. I (and I'm sure most of you) have been avoiding the drama of the election as much as I can on social media. There are a few people that feel the need to post hate and share ridiculous stuff! I finally broke down today with a FB post..... So here's the thing. Three of my grandparents came to the United States as adults. All three became citizens to be able to VOTE. My dad's parents would stay in New York until AFTER they voted each year. I know many of us are not satisfied with the candidates, but honestly VOTE people. There are many, many people throughout the world who do not have that right. Our country is still a good place, not perfect, but good. Start taking accountability, vote: Start paying attention. Stop reading the crap on the internet. It is not all truth. Most of it is bullcrap. Use your brains - stop passing along information that may or may not be correct. We are all entitled to opinions. Leave it at that. Sharing CRAP is CRAP. Get out there and VOTE. Peace out blog buddies!!!

That Nutty time of year approaches

Just listed a new batch of my upcycled Nutcrackers to my etsy store. This may be the last group I do before Christmas...unless time allows! You know us...all about Pugs!

8 weeks until Christmas?

HO HO HO...very funny

We saw a post on Facebook today that there remains eight weeks until Christmas. OH MY!!!! Have you started preparing for Christmas?

Throwback Thursday

front - l to r - Rosie, Zoey and Chloe with Marty in the back

So crazy to look back and see when we were a four Pug family!  In one year we added Marty and Rose and went from one Pug each for handling to two.  I feel like we never missed a beat back then.  We were always on the go and always having SO MUCH FUN.  These four were so good together and so well behaved...cough cough.  A couple of the newer ones have certainly put the term "well behaved" to the test!

Customer Costumes

This past week I was thinking about the costumes I've been asked to make over the years. Here is a sampling of what I've made......

King and his subjects

Peanuts

Freddy

Teen Wolf

Pumpkin

Flying Monkeys

Piggy Family

Minions

Star Trek