A Merry Chase....

The rug is like new now.  I think that we can stop worrying about it.

The last step was taken this afternoon.  A plumber came and fixed the valve in question and everything is right with the world again...

 Except for Tessie.  She led me on a wild goose chase around the house and yard.

First it was a lot of questions about when I was going to start on her caravan...

Then I found her out in the yard.  She was on the steps of the Forest Fantasy Cottage... She said that she wanted to take it back, now that it is outside.

She wanted to spend the night.  I knew that she would last until it got dark out... Then she would pounding on the window begging me to let her back in the house... Not going to happen...

I have been doing a lot of rearranging in the yard and I put this old greenhouse on one of the tables. 

She lit on it and said, "If you clean this one up and put a couple of pieces of wicker inside, I could spend my  days relaxing out here, drinking tea and reading...

I might just take her up on that one... It would get her out of my hair a few hours at a time... Yup.  I am going to have to think about that one.  It shouldn't take to long to clean up and furnish.

However... I needed to talk her out of sleeping outside tonight...

Then I remembered that I got a grab bag of jewelry at Goodwill on Sunday.

That did it.  I grabbed her by the scruff of her neck and plopped her down in the middle of a tray and poured the jewelry out.

I didn't have to say another word to her.

When I left the workroom, she was trying on the different pieces that she though would look good on her... Our ideas of what works for her in the jewelry department don't mesh.  She wants it all.  Most of it, she couldn't even lift... Let alone wear. I snuck out of the workroom and quietly closed the door.  I am hoping that this will keep her amused until tomorrow morning... I need a good night's sleep.

See you tomorrow.