Life's a Stitch

And more recently life’s a creative adventure with some travel thrown in.

When my kids were little they ate ants on logs – peanut butter on celery with a parade of raisins on top. Gracee eats ants, not on anything. She stalks the ant, pounces, shakes it up in her mouth and then spits it out. Lovely. This time, however, the ant fought back. No matter how hard she tried to get rid of it, a part of the ant appeared embedded in her tongue. Poor girl, with a little coaxing we managed to free her of her burden:

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Next week I will be in Edmonton for my daughter’s graduation from the university. It seems like a dream. As one of my co-workers put it – one off the payroll! I need a break, having over extended myself in a variety of ways. You should be around my house right about now. Maybe you shouldn’t. There seems to be a fair bit of ranting going on. When the kids were little I used to yell "Calgon, take me away" after the commercial from a long time ago. Once, my two-year-old said, "If you’re going with Calgon, I’m going, too." That was enough to break the tension. We need one of those tension breakers right now. Oh boy, a trip to Pam’s Wooley Shop seems like a good diversion. I’ll try to post from there, have a good weekend.

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6 responses to “Ants on tongue”

  1. sherry Avatar

    congrats to your daughter graduating (she is the nurse major right?? i know how tough tht major isQ!!!
    omg, poor gracie, that dog does more unusual things… eating ant… LOL…. too funny…
    go take a nice bubblebath!!! or a trip to the knitting store.
    sherry

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  2. Nadia Avatar

    Poor Gracie! Such a silly dog. And you definitely need Edmontonian yarn. It’s not like you can bring all of Marina’s colours on vacation or anything, right?

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  3. Dorothy Avatar

    How cute! My Corgi got hold of a rather aggressive ant the other day, but won out without our assistance. Congratulations on your grad! How proud you must be! We’ve got both of ours off the payroll now and it’s a wonderful feeling. Hurrah for the empty nest!

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  4. Maureen Avatar

    There’s certainly no shortage of those pesky ants in our neck of the woods, is there?
    Congratulations on your daughter’s grad. A proud moment indeed. Have a great trip.

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  5. Rosie Avatar
    Rosie

    Wow, what great photos of Gracie. The Fair Isle Sweater is sooooo terrific. The colors are a soft as bird’s feathers. Keep up the good work. Congrats to Elina on her graduation.
    I’ve been taking new clients around to houses. They wanted to bid on one but the bid was too low.
    Rosie

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  6. Ande Avatar

    Ants! Ants! I’ve never had to deal with that with my two crazy dogs! The occasional wasp but they chew those up pretty quick. And like, I’m going in to get it. NOT! Congratulations on your daughter graduating! What an amazing time for you. Kinda sad, isn’t it? I think I’d be a little sad, yet glad. Happy, sad, same time! Uh-oh, maybe I need to be medicated?

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