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Oliver 4

For the past few days, Oliver (that's him above) has refused to relieve himself outside unless I'm with him.  He's tied out on a run.  Today I finally found out what was going on.  Our tree swallows have come back and are living in the birdhouse on the garage.  Last year they dive bombed poor Ollie, and I think now he's afraid of them.   We've switched doors so he can go outside through the front door and out of sight of the birds.  It's all okay now, and I think Ollie is feeling much better.  

Today was a really nice day.  My son's friend (who has moved in with us for a while) and my son mowed almost our whole 2-acre lawn, and they even trimmed around the house.  It still needs some finishing touches, but it was so nice to have the lawn done without having to ask.  Outside smells so good right now, freshly cut grass.

I just took my first Lyrica today (for fibromyalgia).  It's interesting, I'll say that much.  Not sure if I like the feeling it gives me or not.  It's sort of like a foggy-headed, high feeling.  Hopefully that effect is only for the first few days and then wears off.  I took the Lyrica, and 20 minutes later I had to take a nap.  It knocked me right out.  After sleeping for about an hour, I'm okay now and not so foggy headed.

Lasagna and garlic bread should fill everyone up tonight.

Lasagna

I got this link from my son for PicLens.  It's a very fun visual toy:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5579

My Mother's Day present to myself:

My phone

In Treasury West, but still, I got one!  Yay!  It's called Kawaii.  Here's the link and a screenshot:

Kawaii

I am so glad PayPal finally has a competitor, especially since they are owned by Ebay now.  In case you haven't heard about RME, they offer free money exchange in the U.S.  If you send or receive money from another RME member, there are no fees.  That would sure save me a lot of money!

RME's introductory offer is giving everyone who signs up $25, plus $10 for everyone they refer who signs up.  They are following through with this.  I have $35 in my account so far.

Check them out:

A++ 

Bernat Bamboo is luxuriously soft.  This is the yarn that I used to make my bears and bunny:

Buttercream Fuzzball full shot

Bella Blue Mean Look

Fluffanutter standing

It appears that PayPal has competition.  Revolution Money Exchange is being talked about on Etsy.  What do you think?  Have you signed up?  From what I understand, it is free to send money and free to accept money from other RME users.  I guess they're giving away the $25 to get people to sign up.  Heck, I'm paying over $30 a month in PayPal fees.  Everybody sign up for RME! lol

I just signed up ... no opinion yet.  As far as the $25, it appeared in my RME account right away.  But I haven't used it yet, so I'm not sure. 

Here's the link:

Amigurumi Kits are now available from Suncatcher Eyes.  Each kit contains soft acrylic yarn (not the scratchy stuff), metal crochet hook (better for amigurumi), metal yarn needle, Suncatcher Eyes, crochet pattern, and stuffing in a cute little plastic takeout container.

So far Little Emo and Ogilvy Dolls are available, but check my Etsy shop and www.suncatchereyes.net soon for lots more! 

Ogilvy Dolls Crochet Kit2

Little Emo Crochet Kit