tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37733300731616340192024-03-13T06:48:37.781-07:00PADDYWAK PUGSAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16494948571544144406noreply@blogger.comBlogger130125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3773330073161634019.post-29843385092088953542012-10-30T23:35:00.001-07:002012-10-30T23:35:25.245-07:00W.I.P. Wednesday Book Papers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have fallen in love with old books and I mean old old pages yellowing books. I shared a pic in yesterday's blog of the morning light upon a group of pumpkins I made from old books.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And I just couldn't stop myself:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I watched this YouTube Video by </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8u3cpr8WcmM" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">MadebyMarzipan</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> and many many mistakes later I was able to make my own Novel Wreath.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This wreath was made with rolled book pages. Hubby thought it was shaping into a sea urchin. Very funny Mr. Hubby.</span><br />
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I used a decorative edge puncher on the pages of this wreath and it's a small wreath I must say. I filled the center with excess rolled flowers from the Novel Wreath.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And this piece was made by just folding the pages and layering it onto the circle form.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> What Work In Progress do you have going on? Leave us a comment. We would love to hear about it.</span></div>
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PUG HUGS TO ALL</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A time for me to reflect on what happened these last three days since I last Blogged on Feature Friday.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The "THIS" reflection in my mind right now as I post is that it has been over a year since I retired from my career at Atkins Kroll. Wow - it seems like it was only yesterday where I closed my office door for the last time to walk into my new life as a full fledge Army Wife. And what a transition that was. Talk about deflation. My stress level plummeted to the point that my mind went stir crazy. I got over that and began a new career in the hospitality industry. I'll share that adventure along the way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I caught up with my blog friends' postings and after reading </span><a href="http://pugnotes.blogspot.de/2012/10/friday-funnies-sometimes-you-feel-like.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Life is art.........Art is Life: Friday Funnies</span></a><span id="goog_2126635212"><span style="font-size: large;"> (on Friday) I thought about how </span></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/"></a><span id="goog_2126635213"></span><span style="font-size: large;">I had to work the weekend schedule and I must share that my job site is so close to home that I opt to walk to and from work (most of the time). On Saturday morning I was blessed to be able to walk in the wee hours of the morning.............while it was snowing. Oh how peaceful that was for me...........this island gal.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Anyway R-chee our pug pal at </span><a href="http://pugnotes.blogspot.de/2012/10/friday-funnies-sometimes-you-feel-like.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Life is art.....Art is Life: Friday Funnies</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> blogged about his humans heading to an art museum where pugs weren't invited. Well R-chee it is acceptable here in Germany. Furry friends are allowed practically everywhere - even resturants. We still feel a bit uncomfortable when we do get a chance to take MA-kytah and Shady into an establishment only because it is just not allowed anywhere back home on Guam except of course the vet clinic.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">More on surfing Blog land I stumbled across this blogger </span><a href="http://oldgreymareprimitives.blogspot.de/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">oldgreymareprimitives</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> only because she had one posting (well several postings) on sleeping and the issues she has with sleeping. I too find it difficult to sleep. I hate having these issues but I do and I deal with it. Anyway her last post was about greeting the early morning light. She has wonderful pics of her home as it goes through the transformation of night to morning. check it out </span><a href="http://oldgreymareprimitives.blogspot.de/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">here.</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> Here is my early morning greeting pic.</span></div>
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The EggShell Pug ornament is done:</div>
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Perfect for a Christmas tree or anywhere you want a splash of Pugginess. I just listed this piece in my Etsy store <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/113241390/pug-ornament-eggshell-art" target="_blank">here</a></div>
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And here are some more pieces I finished:</div>
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Flying Pug Angel-Golden Yellow in my Etsy store <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/113241945/flying-pug-angel-ornament-eggshell-art" target="_blank">here</a></div>
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Flying Pug Angel - True Blue in my Etsy store <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/113242169/flying-pug-angel-ornament-eggshell-art" target="_blank">here</a></div>
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Cute little Pug Ornament - in my Etsy Store <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/113242595/pug-ornament-eggshell-art" target="_blank">here</a></div>
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"I Am Pug" is what this ornament is "just saying" and it's in my Etsy Store</div>
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I truly enjoyed making these ornaments. I must say the first batch I made was a mess...............but then that's how you can perfect something you are determined to make.</div>
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Until our Next "FEATURE FRIDAY".......I share this pic of something else I am trying to P E R F E C T. I can't wait to feauture it.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am so tickled at how the EggShell puggies turned out. So THUMBS UP for seeing the project through.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Got the Pug Face painted and glued together. Perfect. Looking good already.</span> </div>
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<br /><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><em>The Pillsbury Doughboy died yesterday of a yeast infection and trauma complications from repeated pokes in the belly. He was 71. Doughboy was buried in a lightly greased coffin. Dozens of celebrities turned out to pay their respects, including Mrs. Butterworth, Hungry Jack, the California Raisins, Betty Crocker, the Hostess Twinkies, and Captain ... Crunch. The grave site was piled high with flours.</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><em> Aunt Jemima delivered the eulogy and lovingly described Doughboy as a man who never knew how much he was kneaded. Born and bread in Minnesota , Doughboy rose quickly in show business, but his later life was filled with turnovers. He was not considered a very smart cookie, wasting much of his dough on half-baked schemes. Despite being a little flaky at times, he still was a crusty old man and was considered a positive roll model for millions.</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My deep thoughts today circled around my Blog. I am so irritated when I can't keep up with what I start. I get so distracted. But I am finding that as the teens get older I am not so much needed in their lives. Everthing that I have taught them to be self sufficient has been executed and being put to good use. The 18 year old is working and traveling. While the 17 year old is focused on his senior year and graduation..........oh and soccer.</span></div>
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Woo Hoo - my favorite part that involves Tacky Glue, A bowl of clean eggshells and tweezers.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I opted to make pug shapes and used cardboard that I glued together to make the shapes nice and sturdy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Brrrr the weather is turning cold these days and the pugs look forward to long walks. Well MA-kytah loves the cold weather. Shady on the other hand hates it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I always have a hard time with the puggies when it's time to go outside.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They dance and prance around me and I'm aiming for that D-Ring to latch on the leash.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am. And so is the little white tree that is filling up with more EggShell Flying Pugs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A-tisket a-tasket<br />A green and yellow basket<br />I wrote a letter to my love<br />And on the way I dropped it,<br />I dropped it,<br />I dropped it,<br />And on the way I dropped it.<br />A little boy he picked it up and put it in his pocket.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Take a peek at my basket full of PUGNESS:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It has been quite a while since she has been in BLOGLAND.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Let's see..........in June</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Until then we share this photo of our Halloween collection that greets you as you enter our Pug Palace in Germany.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yesterday was a beautiful day to spend with lots and lots of pugs at the Mopstreffen 2012.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I posted lots of pics on my Facebook page <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.450840811593973.110415.100000041745678&type=3" target="_blank">here</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now those pics were from one camera. Below are pics from the other camera we took beginning with the launch of our trip. To the check off list we go.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">SNAP!!!!!</span> We forgot to feed them. Just as we were out of the Baumholder city limits we had to turn around and go up 7 flights of stairs because Pug Lover forgot to feed the pugs.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So off we go again. Round two in getting to the Pug Fest.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our Tom Tom took us through winding roads and little towns and less than an hour of driving and those sweet words I love hearing Tom Tom say:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large; text-align: center;">Well........Ed carried the gear while I had the pugs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We have never let the pugs run free...........ever. So we were amazed that this pug was running freely and about.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I finally brought myself to let MA-kytah and Shady off the leash and off they went. MA-kytah explored the little pool sections where Pug Lovers could cool their Pugs down.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">While Shady, being the social butterfly that she is stood at the entrance of the venue Pug greeting newcomers. That Shady girl.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She even jumped upon tables that people were sitting at just so she could socialize</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In closing I leave you with this pic of the lady who informed me of Mopstreffen 2012.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In my last post I expressed frustration on how long it was taking for my household goods to arrive.................then it arrived. It's been almost 25 years since I last unpacked such a huge load. But it's done and everything is situated and this apartment is cozy and our temporary pug palace.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm pleased that we will be staying in Baumholder afterall. Geez for awhile there we were in a state of uncertainty. Should we unpack everything or just unpack what we need? Well when we got news that we would be staying I was so relieved.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Since my last blog we have traveled to two places. On April 7th we traveled to Holland to visit the Keukenhof Gardens. OMG we couldn't have picked a better day to visit the Gardens than on the day of the Tulip Festival. There were so many tour buses and tourists.......like us:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When we got through the entrance I was so amazed at all the tulips and springtime bulbs. Whew there were so many</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I couldn't resist the petting zoo within the Gardens and that there little calf couldn't resist the faux flower on my step ins.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The calf kept nibbling at the flower on my shoe.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After the Keukenhof Garden we went on to the wooden shoe and cheese factory:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Look at all the Cheese!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I tasted all the cheese they offered.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And it made me thirsty thereafter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our trip to Holland was indeed a pleasant one. The flowers, the wooden shoes, the cheese and of course we did see a windmill:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As Ed and I are touring Europe - so are our sons.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Zach traveled to England for his senior trip</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Kin also traveled to England for a soccer tournament:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Kin was too fired up to take pictures in England; however, they did win the soccer game. On the bus ride back from England he did take this pic of the sky just before leaving England.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">That's it for now blog buddies. Until next time I leave you this photo of the pugs. They are absolutely dumbfounded whenever we leave on a trip. </span></div>
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PUG HUGS TO ALL!!</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16494948571544144406noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3773330073161634019.post-52533902487637846662012-03-29T07:04:00.000-07:002012-03-29T07:04:07.121-07:00Overdrive<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">For the last seven days I felt like I was spiraling downward into complete frustration. It's been three months now since my household goods were packed out for Germany. Three months!!! Well I didn't want to spiral so I took out my scissors and cut out six pug bunnies. During the 5 hour bus ride to Paris a couple of weeks ago I hand sew the bunnies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then it was clipping curves and stuffing (not in Paris but in Germany when we returned from the trip):</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Outline and paint the faces:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Selected body color and painted it on:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Set the pieces on the window shelf to dry.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I failed to take photos of the next step of creating these little cuties but here are the finished Pug Bunnies available in my</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Woo Hoo - so much color. I honestly can say that this brought ease to the frustration of this long wait for the arrival on my household goods.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But..........then I received the email. Sweet Joy!!!! All my stuff will be delivered next week. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I really like German Beer.............packaging. Tee hee hee - I don't drink the stuff but the packaging went from what you see in the pic above to:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Painted the edges of the strip with Acrylic Metallic paint. Ohhhhhh Rich Espresso is my favorite metallic color.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> It was amaxing how the flat cakes didn't slide off of there. So what he has spread on the tortilla was a sauce made of toasted sesame seeds, olive oil and fresh basil. He'll fold it in half and cook more on both sides and Whalla - a tortilla stuffed snack. It was yummy and warm and so tasty.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> And the aroma of this huge freshly made pot of pilaf gumbo full of seafood was just too much to surpass. So I stopped and the nice man served us up a hefty serving. He was a jolly fellow - proud of serving his customers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Whew what luck we had. Moulin Rouge is a cabaret built back in 1898. It is marked with a red windmill on the roof. Moulin Rouge is the place where the can can dance evolved and became a famouse seductive dance all across Europe. I wish we could have gone inside to look around but we had a bus to catch.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">That's it for now Blog Buddies. Until next time I leave you this photo of my son who returned from England the day before we left for Paris. He got to see the Stonehedge of England. How cool was that?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">During the next process I got down and pinky. Then greeny. Then purpley. Those were the colors on my hands as I handled the painting of the pieces.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Always by my side was MA-kytah. Well in this case she stood beneath the table as I snapped away with my Canon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Next step - painting the PUG sections of each piece.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My biggest challenge (and I am still practicing and practicing) are Pug Eyes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In the meantime - I share this pic of my senior son whom I sure do miss. He is away for a week in England. Wow England.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Isn't this an amazing pic? It was taken by my granddaughter Tam while we were on ooVoo. She caught me basking in the sun that flowed through the window. I so needed this warmth to shine and get some energy back into me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Whew did the sun rays do wonders. I was able to list the Witches and Wizards in my Etsy shop. Oh please check them out </span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/PaddywakPugs" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">here.</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A 90 minute drive to Ramstein enabled me to hand sew most of the pieces. This morning I stuffed them and sewed faces, snouts and legs onto the bodies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I think I am feeling the winter blues. No sun for two whole weeks has caused me to feel so down in the dumps. I need to take some supplements or something. My Guam skin color has faded.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Oh well - to battle the blues I put color in my life everyday in February and boldly created Halloween Pugs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Witches and Wizards; Bats and Boots. It was indeed grueling work but the work kicked the blues right out on the streets.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Intense Reds, Purples, Greens, Yellows. I just had to give this Pug Wizard a whimsical beard.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Watch out!!! He'll cast a spell on ya with his Pug Wizard Wand.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">That's it for now on the Halloween Pugginess. I'll be listing this collection in my Etsy shop later today.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You see this bundle?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was a magnificent thrift shop find that kept me occupied with my latest creation in preparation for Easter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Okay, here goes. Creation #1</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I designed and sewed, stuffed, painted, and stained 8 of these little bunny critters to spiff up a thrift shop find</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Isn't the "Welcome" sign cute? We found it in a thrift shop in Kaiserslautern and it was the inspiration for this baby girl and baby boy pug bunnies. BTW the background is actually a 100% cotton loop rug made in India. Another thrift shop find in Landstuhl.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am still practicing the art of painting pug faces. I'm quite pleased with the characteristics of the bunnies:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Okay - I'm off to situate the Easter Pugginess at our front door. I'll post a pic on our <a href="http://www.facebook.com/?ref=tn_tnmn#!/PADDYWAKPUGS" target="_blank">Facebook Page</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Gee! No sooner did me and the boys get here to Germany.............we receive official word that my husband's unit is closing its doors come October 2012.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Gee! No sooner will our household goods arrive in a couple of weeks and we are going to have to pack it up again for another move.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Gee! and because our household goods are not here yet I just couldn't go on with life without a sewing machine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yippee!!! Boy oh boy was I a happy camper. I was so deprived of operating a sewing maching I spent the next day after the purchase sewing and sewing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I visited a little cute fabric store in town several weeks ago and I just choked at the price for fabric here. So my love for recycling kicked in. Guess what I attacked? Okay here is the story. We are from Guam. Hot, tropical humid weather year around. With regards to bed linen, well, we are pretty much a fitted sheet pillow cased light blanket fam bam. We don't favor the flat sheet that comes when you purchase a bed linen set. So I attacked all flat sheets I had in this big ol apartment.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now I know I am out of "season" but the Halloween bug is within me and I am working diligently on a witch and wizard set.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And because I'm such a "waste not what not" type of artist I certainly had a blast creating this little creature:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's a Bat Pug. OMG it is so real. Now don't be alarmed my pug loving audience. This critter was inspired by this gal:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yep - Shady. Once upon a time she got into one of the boys' cheeseburger and had a drop of ketchup on her puggy mouth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Okay I shall now return back to PUG HALLOW for more Halloweeny pug creatures and what nots.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In the meantime I leave you with this pic of MA-kytah bathing in the scarce rays of the sun</span>.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When I arrived in Germany I admit that I had to get used to wearing heavy clothing. Layers of clothing at that. The temperature was in the low 20's. During our couples retreat we were exposed to below 0 degree temperatures and that in and of itself was an experience. On our tour of the castle adventure I mentioned that we attended mass in a non-heated church. I shared this with my sister Lorraine and she couldn't have said it better......"your faith in God made you warm." SIGHING my sister certainly worded it on the dot.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After Mass we went across the street to a little cafe called "Burkhof" where it is a "sin" to not have a warm donut. OMG it was warm and yummy - I just have to share a photo of our snack before we dove in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The retreat ended yesterday. The bus was somber as we entered Baumholder...........back to the rat race we go. I'm eager to pick up my needle, thread, and paint brushes again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So until next time Blog Buddies I leave you with this pic of me and the waitress who served us in Bavaria.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is Part II to yesterday's blog about our trip to Garmisch-Partenkirchen for the Couples Retreat. Our second day there was a free day and we took a day tour to Neuschwanstein Castle in southwest Bavaria. The castle was commissioned by King Ludwig II. It was intended for the personal usage of the King; however it was never completed. King Ludwig only stayed in the castle for 172 days and then he died. It was opened to the public shortly after his death since 1886.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">During the bus ride to the castle we passed by a huge event in the King Ludwig's honor. It was a cross country ski race.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The road was ever so winding but oh so wintery white.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And then we saw the castle from a distance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We got our tickets and our group was tour #458 @ 12:50 p.m.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now.......I was tempted to take the carriage ride up to the castle but I thought "How can I experience Bavaria if I don't engage with its nature"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So off on the trail we went. Little did I know that it was going to be below 0 temperatures and the walk was going to be 25 minutes up the side of the mountain. The castle looked like it was an arm's distance away.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yep I am smiling here but I was literally pushing myself to get up that mountain.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sweet Sweet Mercy I was so happy to see the castle. Oh yeah.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Okay - my hood fell off because I was kind of warm and then found that during the tour of the castle we needed to climb 186 steps. WHOAHHHHHHHH</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Aren't these wonderful photos? Unfortunately we were not allowed to take photos of the inside.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ohhhhhhhhh what a shot huh?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Okay here is the front side. Yep I shared a shot of the carriage at the beginning of this blog and it was a sight for my sore feet ha ha ha.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We opted to ride the carriage down the mountain.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The sequence of this part of the tour is kind of backwards but yeah we posed at the carriage sign after the ride.</span></div>
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We are just about to wrap up a couples retreat here in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. What a wonderful experience for both Ed and I.</div>
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The retreat was sponsored by Ed's unit and we had to attend married couples sessions where we were exposed to young couples. In fact we were the couple who was married the longest. But the whole point of the session was being reunited with our soldiers after their year long deployment. No matter how long a couple has been married - we all were going through the same thing and that was having our spouses back in our lives again. </div>
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Anyway the sessions were good and we had the opportunity to take some tours. We went to tour a castle and made some stops along the way like the wood carving shop</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and a beautiful church of which were on time to attend mass.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There was no heat in the church and when I was going to dip into the Holy Water to make the sign of the cross the water was frozen solid.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The priest said mass in German and although we didn't understand what he was saying we knew what to do based on his action and the action of the altar servers. When mass began there was noone attending mass. Our tour group enters just to see the inside. But we stayed for mass. When it came time for communion we headed to the aisle to go receive communion but we were not sure if Father was going to give communion so we waited and when he realized that we knew it was time for communion he sent the alter server to get the chalice of hosts. I was the first one and Father asked if I was Roman Catholic and I said yes. He gave me communion. Needless to say by the time we had reached that part of mass I was near freezing despite my being bundled up. I was shaking when I gave Euros in the box.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Tomorrow I'll blog about the castle tour and all the Bavarian cuisine we savored.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You may have read that I am getting really really frustrated not having my sewing machine and to ease the frustration I let my hands do the sewing. It takes a little longer to get the pieces sewn together but the satisfaction to create is Oh So Wonderful.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here is what I have been creating this week.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Not sure what I want to name this creation. It is just a pug I see brewing in my head. Isn't the color combination so together.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Since living in Germany I have gotten into the habit of recycling: cans, paper, cardboard, glass bottles. It's a must to recycle here. Remember back in Guam how I recycled dryer sheets? Well here the dryer sheets pile up fast because unlike Guam we do not hang clothes outside. I love how the paint is absorbed by the sheets on the pug faces of the dolls </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">All them beads I bought in Hong Kong - are one its way so in the meantime I used 3D paint to line the pug face.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As the details dry I start another set of dolls using dryer sheets using an old magazine to cut my pattern.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">That's all that's happening on the Table Folks. Until next time I leave you this pic of what made my day today. Chatting with relatives around the world. Sis in Kwajelein, Niece in Oregon, Sis in Alaska and to the right..........me in Germany.</span></div>
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PUG HUGS TO ALL!!</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16494948571544144406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3773330073161634019.post-8000886642941392662012-01-29T02:33:00.000-08:002012-01-29T02:33:07.420-08:00Etsy Shop Alive Again<div style="text-align: center;">
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PUG HUGS TO ALL!!</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16494948571544144406noreply@blogger.com4