C U L8r!

I have an announcement! (This is so exciting!)

I’m still ironing out the kinks, but from now on I plan to blog on my shiny-new wordpress blog, lauriecoyle.wordpress.com, instead of here at blogger!

Blogger has become a little bit of a headache lately, and I think I'll have a lot more freedom to design my own site and will really just be having much more fun over on wordpress. All of the old posts have been imported to wordpress, too (and be sure to bookmark or blogroll my new address: lauriecoyle.wordpress.com)

So go on over there and tell me what you think!

Likey?

Hope so! Thanks for putting up with Blogger with me all this time, and I hope you like the new site.

xoxo

Laurie

New Little Print

There's a new little print for sale in my Etsy shop:


I used the same type from my chickadee print, but this time it's the hero of the image, with a little pair of sprouts drawn in the corner for good measure. This is a quote from one of my favorite singer/songwriters, Ani Difranco. It's from one of her newest songs, Present/Infant, written about becoming a new mom. Too sweet.

Mod Birdie Takes the Cake

My little Mod Spring Birdie Gocco print keeps making people smile. Which, in turn, makes me smile.

Today we made it to an Etsy Treasury, (see below, first column, third row down) which is a collection of favorite items by an Etsy member (buyer or seller, in this case a fellow gocco seller). The number of treasuries on the site is limited each day, so they are quite competitive, and is exciting to be featured! Thanks FreshlySkweezed!


Oh, I forgot to mention that someone from Etsy H.Q. ordered from me last week -- three sets of Chickadee cards and a Spring Birdie on a Branch Gocco print. Hope they are a hit!

And then...

I found some new crafty goodness from an awesome little hidden scrapbook store in Quakertown, PA: (Now to finish my homework so I can get to work on some new stuff!)
We also made it to Ikea, where Becky picked out some great baby cribs, and I got this awesome fabric: and of course lots of other fun things, including a chair that matched one I already had for half-price from the As-Is dept!

Another highlight of our trip was Chanticleer Garden where the lotus were flowering -- stunnning! (more pics soon on my flickr, watch out!)

Yes I did!

It's true, we went tubing. But not quite white water rafting like my dad thought we did. :) It was splendiferous fun, tubing the Delaware River. It was about 100 degrees and humid the whole time I was in PA, so that was a nice respite from the hot hotness. We almost perished from the heat on the bus to the drop-off spot on the river, but we persevered. Aren't we cute??

This is a shot of us riding the rapids. (me, my mom and my cousin Becky)

That's my mom and me, enjoying the cool coolness of the river. It was actually about 80 degree water, since it's super shallow. So maybe not so much cool, as wet. :)

Can't keep me down!

what a busy busy summer this is turning out to be!

So, I'm off again on another inspiration-absorbing minibreak, this time to lovely Pennsylvania!
Going to see my cousin Becky (who's having those twins), to maybe help decorate a nursery or something. As well as float down a river in tubes and maybe visit the Jersey shore. Yeehaw!

Will be back Monday with much to report.
Maybe this should actually be called a travel blog? heh.

Hi!

Little Miss Goaties have been very vocal, making lots of noise lately, and are demanding to have their photo posted:
aren't they purdy?
:)
Spent the weekend working at the garden tour in Great Barrington (perfected my parking directional dance!) and hanging out summer-style at BBQs and poolside. Life is good. And now I'm doing my homework, as it's rainy out there. Well, ok, NOW I'm going to do my homework.

And tonight is the Berkshire Fringe opening gala! So much fun and we get to dress up! I have been told that I will be dancing, too. Watch out!

Update: She's Ok.

"everything will be ok."

what a day!
Let's just say the people at the vet still think I'm crazy.

But she's fine. She had to be put under and of course it cost ridiculous amounts of money (ok, under $300, but STILL.) and now we have some antibiotics to dispense to the poor girl.

And then, this morning, she got herself covered with tiny burdocks, so the poor thing keeps getting her hair pulled out when we try to get those off of her before they create huge dreadlocks. ugh. maybe we do like winter around here! no ticks, porcupines or burrs! :) wow, I didn't really say that. I love summer!! BBQs and swimming and hiking and SUN! right? right.

Our Poor Girl; aka The Power of Positive Thought

Happy had an 'incident' yesterday with a meany Porcupine! Oh, bother.
I heard her yelping outside and I came out and saw her sitting there all sad and scared. John had taken her for a hike in the woods, and she took off on her own, which occasionally happens; this time she found herself some trouble!


A snout full of quills! We got most of them out ourselves with pliers and our fingers. Those buggers are SHARP. and they do, indeed, have microscopic barbs, which hold on for dear life. Even once they're out of the dog, they can maybe find their way into your finger if you're not careful. So... there were about 6 we couldn't get last night. She had had enough of us holding her down and yanking them. I don't blame her. She got lots of treats, though. And much lovin'. But it wasn't enough. A few made their way out last night (she kept licking them and scraping them with her paws), but there was still a big bugger IN her nose, and a few others that we just couldn't get. We conceded to bringing her to the vet, which is where she is RIGHT NOW. I am quite worried, as I was told they would have to sedate her to get them out. She was very upset at me leaving her there. It's been about 2 hours since I left her there, and they are just trying to fit her in between other appointments.

I tried to argue that they didn't have to anesthetize her and that we didn't want to spend too much money (I KNOW, she's our love, but come on!) and we had almost gotten them all ourselves! But no use, they think I'm crazy and said they might even need to give her a rabies shot. man. why did I take here there? And I don't really want to argue with the people there because it's really the best vet for us, as it is about 2 minutes from our house...Don't want to make them mad!

Well, I'll let you know how she does. Mickey came over to visit her and is sad she's not here, but has found himself a nice place to nap under my chair instead of playing with her. He's not really all that broken up about it, turns out.