Travelling Treasures

Travelling Treasures is on the move again.  It started  here at Sweet Little Cottage in SE QLD in March 2013.  I was a winner on Melody's blog for her Tuesday Treasures, and I made the needlecase pattern she sent me. Then I had the idea to pass it on instead of filing it away.  Melody liked the idea too, so TT was born. Ironically,  Dear Melody in Victoria was the first ever winner.  I did a guessing game giveaway and Melody was the first to guess correctly, how cool is that?!

 Melody chose what she wanted to keep and added some fantastic goodies before she sent the parcel on again.  Melody chose  Jenny of Elefantz as her winner and Jenny received her parcel all the way up  in Townsville  this week.  Jenny has done a lovely blog post showing pictures of what Melody sent to her and what she has decided to keep.  She also describes what she is adding to the parcel before she chooses the next winner.

You still have time to enter to be the next winner of Travelling Treasures.    Jenny plans to choose her winner on Monday 10th of June.   The parcel has changed SO much already, I can't wait to see what happens next!   If you are not familiar with TT, it is easy to play along.  The parcel will always contain one fat quarter and two patterns along with a few assorted extras. You choose what you would like to keep, replace the items, and choose the next winner.  Easy, inexpensive, and fun.

I started a new giveaway too.  For the chance to win my most UNLOVELY fat quarter, just go to my post from yesterday and guess what the yucky treat I have to give to my current foster dog is. Easy!

Good luck with Jenny's giveaway!  xx debbie

Unlovely New Giveaway

Girl # 2 has been with me for 4 Sundays so far, and  there is one more Sunday  to go until her family returns from overseas and  then she will go back to her regular home on Monday.  She came with two "nappie bags" full of personal items.  She has her own jar of peanut butter (a favourite treat).  I use this to put in her hollow rubber bone for a treat and as glue on bread so she will take her tablets.   She also came with 5 servings of  another treat that her family gives her on Sunday mornings.   Well...at my house, she had her Sunday morning treat on the FIRST  Sunday only. LOL.
She still gets  her treat, but on Sunday NIGHT  here as my tummy is a bit stronger when I have been awake for awhile.

Where I live, the nights have been cool.  I noticed the girl was curled up pretty tightly, so I covered her up.  When I looked a few minutes later, this is what I saw:

*giggle*.....I guess her nose was cold too.

Anyway, back to the giveaway.   The last time I started a giveaway, it was a guessing game.  I got several comments about how fun the guessing was... so I wanted to do that again.
I didn't want to post "UGLIEST FAT QUARTER" giveaway, so I looked up "ugly" and found "unlovely".   I have this fat quarter that is so unlovely, it hurts my eyes.  It is SO unlovely,  I won't even take a picture to show you, at the risk of breaking my camera.   When I give the girl her Sunday morning treat on Sunday nights, it brings to mind this unlovely fat quarter and gives me the same reaction.  I splutter and moan and groan and carry on and just wish it to be gone.

*disclaimer*  If you are easily offended, please don't read any further. I use a 5 letter word that is gross and starts with V and ends with T.  Ok, then.

To be fair, I will give a description of this fat quarter  first  so you can decide IF  you are brave enough  to enter.  The background is that pukey acid tinged  yellowish colour of breast fed baby poop.  There are accents of teal and blue and even some fairies and cherubs, which I normally like...but not in this example.  There is another colour I can only describe as pale, powdery, peachy, maybe old  prawn vomit.?   All this is accented with lashings of bright purple and a zodiac theme.

Ok...if you would like to win my  most unlovely fat quarter (so I can get it out of here), here is how to enter:
Live anywhere.......I am not fussed where to send it, as long as it leaves soon!!. 
Guess what the Sunday treat is for the girl that gives me the same feeling as the fat quarter.
You can have one guess per day until someone wins.
If you are brave enough, good luck to you! xx debbie

I was only gone 40 minutes!

Today is day 12 since that awful bug came to visit.   I think all the medicine has finally worked.

 

I woke up hungry so I guess that means I am feeling better!   I planned to make a quick morning trip for some food, petrol, and to return library books that are due Tuesday.  All 3 places are close to each other- first food, then petrol, then Library, a nice easy loop.  

 

I only spent $40 at the supermarket, just a quick shop to grab a few things to get by.

Petrol was high, so I didn't take time fill up either.

Being Sunday, of course the Library was closed, so that was a quick drop and go.

 

I know this girl can be naughty, so this time I took extra time to make her a treat (she has a bone that I can hide peanut butter deep inside which is meant to entertain her for ages),   clear the benches, close the bedroom doors, and cross my fingers!

 

I was only gone 40 minutes and this is what I came home to.

 

 

 

 

 

Ewww.....lots of tissues I didn't want to see again... blechhh.

 

 

See just in front of the sofa? That is my medication box on the floor.  I took my meds just before I left, so I know for sure that was on the bench in the kitchen!

 

 

Too guilty to even make eye contact.   Butter wrapper in foreground.

I found chewed up plastic bags in her bed too.   Naughty girl. Very naughty girl.

Not to worry. I still love her but I'm just not speaking to her at the moment LOL.

 

Thanks for the get well messages, they worked!

xx debbie