Tale of a Shooting Star…

Okay, I admit it. I still can’t sleep and I couldn’t stand to keep you in suspense much longer. So, here’s the deal. After a Stitching Blogger’s Question of the Week revealed that many of my fellow stitchy bloggers were woefully bereft of embroidery scissors, I went out on eBay and bought a bunch of scissors and culled a few from my own collection so that I could give them away to those in need of more. 🙂

As a result, I have a total of 20 (yes, TWENTY) pairs of scissors to give away to my readers. The rules are fairly simple. Click on any of the pairs thumbnailed below to get a larger (if still mediocre) picture, plus a description and the number of pairs available (some have multiples). If you like them and would like a pair, leave a comment on the picture in my gallery and send me your mailing address (I may have some of yours, but send it to me anyway, please). My email address is jenna at magees dot net, if you didn’t know already.

That’s it. You can enter for more than one pair of scissors. If the number of entries exceeds the number of scissors of that design available, I will try to make sure that each person who enters gets at least one pair. So, really, I would encourage you to enter for more than one. That way, you’ll be assured of getting at least one pair that you like. Pretty much the same rules as my ornament giveaway. And if more than 20 people manage to enter, I’ll improvise, so don’t worry. 😀

You have a week to place your entries. I will close the doors at the end of the day on September 25th and the scissors will start flying (carefully) within a week or so after that, unless I will be seeing you at CATS in Hershey, in which case I will give them to you in person.

HAVE FUN!

P.S. If you can’t figure out how to comment on the gallery, feel free to comment here or drop me an email with your choices.
P.P.S. I apologize for the poor quality of the photos, but I tried 3 times to capture the colors and beauty of these scissors and failed each time. This group was the least of the failures. Besides, it was 3:30 AM, do you think I care enough to try again? 😉 If you’d like me to try to get a better picture of any of these, just ask and I will try it again in daylight.

As seen on Outi‘s blog:

If there is one or more people on your friends list who makes your world a better place just because they exist and who you would not have met (in real life or not) without the internet, then post this same sentence in your journal.

So, thank you to all of you who keep me sane! 😀

Apparently, Phoebe was unable to leave her hiney alone last night and woke us up early this morning with the sounds of her incessantly licking the area. When I got up and checked to see what was going on, she had irritated it to the point where it was bleeding and she was frantic to get some relief. She was scooting around the floor, then climbing all over me, trying to cuddle as closely as she could. I felt so bad for her, but it was only 7:00 AM and the vet’s office wasn’t open yet. So, Terry and I took shifts dogsitting while we each showered and got ready to face the day. By the time we were finished, the vet’s office was open, so I called and explained the situation and that we had an appointment for this afternoon, but the gland was abcessed and bleeding and Phoebe was in a good bit of discomfort. The earliest that they could get us in was 10:00 AM, so we had to reschedule some things at work and then sit and keep her calm until we could take her in. Once we got there, they took her right to the back so that the doctor could work on her. It turns out the abcess had indeed ruptured, so there was shaving, squealing, more shaving and more squealing as they cleaned up and opened up the area. They even muzzled her because they knew that it was going to be very painful for her. She’s never been muzzled before, so it probably didn’t help her assessment of the situation, but it helps the vet and his assistant. I couldn’t see what was going on from the exam room, but I could hear my poor girl yelping in pain. 🙁 Of course, I was freaking out inside, so after all was said and done and we we returned home, Terry encouraged me to take a Xanax to try and give me an extra anti-anxiety boost. We’ll see if that helps me to calm down a bit before I have to go in to work this afternoon.

I stayed home today, trying to nurse myself out of this cold before the software deployment this weekend. And yet, I still managed to put in at least a half day of work. Phoebe was acting a little strange in the early afternoon. She was getting up in my face, demanding my attention, so I took her outside. When she came in, she was acting strange, so I checked her hind quarters (the strangeness usually indicates a need to clean her rear end) and made a most disturbing discovery. After talking to Terry and having him leave work to come home and help me potentially take her to the vet, I looked up information online about impacted anal glands (which is what I suspected she had). Worse than that, I’m now figured it for an abcessed anal gland. Poor gal! She’s never had a problem with her glands before, but one article I read states that it is more common for small dogs (under 20 lbs) and particularly Pomeranians. I called the vet once Terry came home and confirmed my thoughts, but they didn’t have any openings until tomorrow. 🙁 In the meantime, I’m trying to do everything I can for her, but she’s uncomfortable. My poor little girl! She’ll see the vet tomorrow afternoon; we’ll come home from work a little bit early to take her in. They’ll probably have to lance the abcess and put her on antibiotics, from what I’ve been reading. I don’t really care what they do, as long as she gets relief!

I didn’t finish the 3rd blackwork biscornu or read Feeling Good because the migraine decided to attack my face and eyes with a vengeance, but I did manage to talk to 2 out of 3 parents!

And now I’m going to hold out for another hour and then take my migraine medicine and zonk out for the night.

Have a great week everyone! 😀