Suzi's Gift Arrived!

Forgive me if I'm a little incoherent.  I'm currently enjoying some Pumpkin Spice Bailey's on ice and recuperating from wounds taken in the line of duty.

Today we were supposed to take Cap'n Jack Sparrow to the vet.  You'll notice that I say supposed to.

I believe I've mentioned that Jack is large.  Right?

He was so cute and little.

He's a bit bigger now.  See? (This picture is from when we had to cat shame him.)

Cap'n Jack weighs in at about twenty pounds.  He didn't seem to mind the vet or the soft carry cage last year.  This year is another story.  We put the soft carry cage out yesterday so he could get used to seeing it.  His sister promptly went inside and went to sleep.  We thought that was a good sign because he loves her and it would smell like her.

It didn't work out like that.

When it came time to put Jack in the cage he tore through the house trying to evade us (not as hard as it sounds), body slammed my husband (who swears his arm will never be the same) and hid under the couch.  We had closed doors and when he met one he jumped up to try to get it open.  I attempted to catch him and got my arms torn up for my trouble.

At that point we called it.

The good news is we definitely got our exercise today.  The vet is going to have a prescription for pills to relax him before we make another attempt.

But the mail came.

And Suzi's package was in it.

I'm so excited.

She sent the sweetest note.

I love the rug.  I think I want to use it in my Downtown Loft because the blues are gorgeous and I want to do most of that build in shades of blue.  The little pops of red with soft green.

The little cards will be perfect for tiling small areas.  Especially the checkerboard.  The boards in brown and teal are beautiful so maybe with some modgepodge to seal them I could use them as table tops or a bathroom vanity top.

The little printables are so cool.  Some I want to frame for art pieces and the notebook paper will be cool for a desk!  And that little basket purse is seriously adorable.

I love the blue of the pitcher.  And the little stool its on, I might try to make a tapestry cushion for its top to use in the Wicked Queen's Retirement Cottage.  I love the little green bowl set and the dog dish.  I need to make sure I put them somewhere safe with the pleated vase because I have a habit of misplacing ceramics for some reason.

And the pictures are awesome.  I want to keep them for a future build because they'll be perfect on the wall of a little old lady's house.

I'm really thrilled and can't thank Suzi enough.

Oh, one more thing, I moved the Craftsman Cottage to its new place.  Thus far Tali has jumped up to investigate it once that I've seen.  And I'm sure, multiple times when I'm not around.

Now it lives on top of the Gothic Victorian.

I'm going to enjoy another drink now and then plot and plant some more about the Wicked Queen's Retirement Cottage.