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finishing a Micheal's puzzle house (Tennyson style) for my son's girl friend's little daughter for Christmas. The house is really not a bad build and has bashed a few places relatively smoothly. I'm happy enough that I'll give a kit in our local mini club holiday exchange. I'll take the finished house as testimony that it is a nice kit.

Jeanne, I know your words are true. We have some challenges with our young blind kitty boy, Ray. He was dumped at the local PetSmart by a family that didn't treat his ocular conjunctivitis, and then didn't want a blind cat. Our poodle girl, Ollie, was dumped after being a puppy-mill breeder for many years. She is the sweetest dog ever and I can't imagine why anyone would give her up...but I'm so glad they did.

Good luck with the baby! We have 5 felines, 1 elderly canine, 1 bunny. First things I think about in the grocery store are kibble and litter. Some of our babies have physical limitations that require extra steps, humility (ours), and patience. It is SO wonderful to be loved back by them

after seeing those 3-D puzzle houses for sale at a Holiday Market ($49.!!!!), I came home, took a coupon to Micheal's, and bought them for $5. Only difference seems to be the pricey ones come in a cardboard box and were sold under a different company name.

home sick with a sore throat and wheezy lungs today. Yesterday Jim drove me up to do "monitoring" hours at the Southern Christmas Show "Enchanted Village" (dollhouse exhibit at the show) in Charlotte NC. I have the Glencroft, Westville, and HW conservatory up there. Afterward that we got some shopping and browsing hours in. I spotted a vendor selling the Woodcraft 3-d puzzles...including the "Fantasy Villa". I'm sort of intrigued now with the idea of finding that house (locally and hopefully with a coupon) and bashing it. It isn't a bad looking 1/2 scale house and looks like it could weather some design changes and strengthening. I know we have a thread here about these houses. Course last thing I need is another "house in a box" waiting to be assembled.

lovely weather here finally. I have a week in the hills of NC starting next week. Jim and I are happy about an upcoming trip to Yellowstone in January. Of course the trepidation is over how two old Southern USA folks will stay warm enough to enjoy the wolves and snow. Lots a thermal stuff.

I Hope your stores stock them! Don't forget your coupon. Otherwise, try going on Michael's website. Looks like the canister holds several hundred.

now that State Fair madness is over, I'm working on some plant kits I've accumulated. Also saw a fun idea at a mini clubber's house that was just a shadowbox of a front door and window area that you could decorate for each season. I had a window/door/brick stencil and some 'wall' wood. I thought it would be fun to change the decorations by the front step for whatever holiday comes along. Trying to use only scraps of stuff in my stash.

another view of the container

In case you are needing great little pumpkins for your Autumn/Halloween/Thanksgiving scenes, I just bought a cannister of these at our local Micheal's craft store. You might be able to get them online, if you don't have a store nearby. They were priced at $5.99, but I had a 40% off coupon. They are real seed pods of some sort and dyed orangey. Theay are adorably unique, like you'd see at a farmers' market

NO, Never! Why is my nose growing so much longer?

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