One month later, I'm finally back here to post an update. And this one is brief since I don't have my camera to download photos and whatnot. Smudge passed away on the night of Wed, Sept 27th. I held him in my lap that evening as I worked on the show notes, and then set him in his cage when I had to leave around 8:00. I returned home at about 2:00 am to find him gone and in the same position he was when I laid him down on the fluffy towel in his cage. I give kudos to the Kilted One for dealing so well with my late-night sobbing phone call. We had parted only about 15 minutes before I called him, but I know I woke him up. He didn't seem to mind at all. That in itself means more to me than he will probably ever realize.

L&V is on a brief hiatus as Miss V deals with life stuff of her own. The Platonic Boyfriend and I have been splitting dog duty. Last night as I was sitting in the living room with all of the dogs, I realized how ga-ga I am over Shenzi. She's always been the mastermind behind things and sometimes her intelligence can be a bit startling, but last night as I was scratching her armpits (yep, I did just say scratching her armpits), she gazed up at me adoringly and then she and Alex proceeded to follow me around the house in that protective manner that dogs do. It's just really neat to be part of the pack.

I miss E and J, and realize with them out of town how much time I spend over at their place on a regular basis. If I can get my butt in gear, I might make some headway on several major projects by the time they return. I've spent the last few nights bent over my notebook, needles, and yarn, only to be frustrated by the results (or lack thereof) and frog the whole project. Last night I almost scrapped my current design completely, but today I realize what was off kilter and will hopefully be able to fix it tonight. So here we go with round 3.0...

At some point in the near future, I am going to download my bazillion pictures that are stored on my camera right now, and get a new post up about my latest FOs and WIPs. There has been a lot of them lately, and even more floating around in my head (so many that I find it easier to go about my normal business than to sit down and organize them). Tonight I am off to the house once more for some time with the dogs, perhaps a good movie, and hopefully some good ol' yarny success.