Well it is happening again. My cats are trying to recruit a kitten to the household. I had the front door open and I saw that Blackie and Gentry were in the door acting all too interested in something so I went to go check to see what was going on. Right outside the door was a very cute little grey kitten mewing at my cats. My cats didn't even have their tails all bushed out in territorial anger or nothing. I could just hear them telling the kitty, "Hey, this is a great place to live! These ladies are real suckers for us. We get the best of every thing. If you need a home, this is the place to be. Just sit out here and look adorable and they will eventually give in." Well, I told Blackie and Gentry I was onto their little cat tricks and that I would not take in a little adorable kittie as our lease and my sanity prevented such a thing. My cats looked up at me with those big innocent eyes, "what? We aren't doing anything!" Yeah, right.

A horrible thing happened today. CC my friend and neighbor was coming up the ramp in her wheelchair and her wheelchair went over backward. She hit the back of her head, and scared herself to death. Well, then she called for me. Thank God I had the front door open so I could hear her call for me. Anyway, I went outside and I had to figure out how to pick her up off the ground without hurting my back. I did get her up without too much pain. She was amazed at how 'easy' it seemed for me. God is good, he put a calm head on my shoulders.

So I have been carving a giraffe for my next door neighbor CC. It has been a major project. I've been rather excited about the project because I have been trying to step out of my safety zone and go much deeper into the wood to bring out the animal. I have done this, at the expense of the flesh of my hands. It isn't perfect, but it sure is pretty exciting. I mean it looks just like a giraffe in 2-D relief with mountains in the background and clouds in the sky. The lake is lousey, but that is okay for a first attempt. I hope CC likes it for her birthday present.

Then the question arises, should I go ahead and get her a 'real' present, a gift certificate somewhere since this is a homemade gift? I don't know. I mean, this carving took a lot of blood, sweat, and tears. Well, maybe not tears, but it did take blood and sweat. But it is so amatuerish she might just throw it in the trash for all I know. But if she did that, I'd rather have it back. Would it be rude to tell her that? Would it hurt my feelings? Yeah, it would, because I am real proud of the thing. Silly me. I wish everyone in the family could see it. Well there is a birthday party before CC's birthday, maybe I will take it and show it off. Maybe I will learn how to carve half way decently. There is a class at Woodcrafters I ought to take. It is only $65 or 75 for it. Maybe I will.

I think my next project will be another animal, maybe a horse....no a dragon for me. Yes. I think I will carve a dragon just for me. Now I need to hunt for a good template picture to use. I think I will finish this blog and go google dragons for a while. But first I'd better eat. I'm hungry as a dragon.