Cringe Factors

I see Crafty has posted some fresh atrocities over on her blog.
I havent got anything like her camel toe, but here are some shockers from 'gift' booklets.


I keep looking at the poor Boxer in this picture & can almost feel his shame, & emabarrassment. I dont know that the Chiuaua is bothered. They do tend to get rather cold. But I cant see the Poodle being very happy about his vest.
Surely his hind quarters would be cold. Oscar the Granddog has had a skin complaint, & he was almost bald, & he cried all night from the cold, so daughter J bought him a woolly coat, & he has been cosy, again, so these dog coats do have a purpose.

Wouldn't this little beast give a baby a nasty fright!

I had to laugh at laugh at the camel toe pic on Crafty's post.

It reminded me of when DJ was young, & her friend used to spend most weekend at our house, & we would laugh about the hideous tight jeans some of the girls wore. The girls called them Helen Keller jeans, because you could lip read them.

(No disrespect meant to the real Helen Keller of course.)

I have been quilting the Rooster quilt for SIL. It is taking me a damn long time! I went & bought a special foot for the machine, to use for stipple quilting.

Talk about a learning curve.

Very colourful air surrounding the machine, & yards of cotton lying about on the floor. Think I am getting the hang of it now.

I was told there will be classes on 'how to.' I didn't really want to wait until September for the finishing of SIL's quilt. It will be almost summer again, before he gets it, if I do that. I was a bit disappointed to find the foot came loose, not even a packet, or a how to. Bit mean of them. Lack of packaging can only be good really, but on the other hand, a little leaflet with tips would have been handy!

Had SG here for breakfast. He had slept in, & his mother had to be off to work by 8am, & his father was at work by 6am, so it fell to me to get him dressed & ready for his pre-school. He didnt eat much breakfast, said his tummy was sore, but he seemed ok, & was happy to go off to school.

I had a Doctors appt. I told her I had been having a 'Nanna morning'. Rushed about, forgot my xray, had to go back to collect it. Got the all clear on various queries so that is good. And for once, in spite of the Nanna rush, my blood pressure was good! Yay.

GOM has been off helping a friend remove a heater from the wall so he came home smelling like a hobo handyman, & a can of WD40. I can't bear the smell of rusty WD40 so he got reminded he should change his gear.

I could hear him muttering swear words sweet nothings about fussy women.

Augie March, Stranger Strange.

Thank you sweet S.