Well, we had a busy Saturday at the Blueberry Festival in little Damariscotta, Maine. Gloria and I set up shop at Round Top and then went downtown to S. Fernald's for breakfast.

Couldn't believe my luck when Michelle and friend of Good for the Sole Reflexology set up right next to us. Wow! I was their second customer. Cost me the price of a small Genevieve Bag.

I spotted this cute little skeleton outside my booth and he was happy to have his picture taken.

 And, BIG NEWS! LaToya turned over 5,000 miles yesterday morning. Time for our first service.

This picture is of Sophie and Lu waiting patiently while Gloria and I had breakfast yesterday at Damariscotta Lake Farm B&B. Such good girls. It was only the second time I let them ride in LaToya and have to say I hated to see those slobbery windows and flying dog hair when we got home. 

And, after work yesterday, I picked up two ginormous hardshell lobsters for Gloria to murder and what a feast we had!!

 Gloria enjoyed her claws so much, she snapped off the cracker!! Here is the detritus.

 Life is good y'all

NOT ANYMORE!

FYI, I slept nine-and-a-half hours last night! And so did the girls. Feels like a miracle. If it wasn't raining out, I'd run through the streets yelling woohoo, yay for me!

revitalized stonework (with the beauteous Miss LaToya in the background)

James Anderson came and pointed up my stone wall and did a fabulous job as you can see. Shout out! Can't find the link for his website but if you would like to use his services, give me a buzz and I'll give you his digits.  The guy is amazingly strong. I told him he'll probably be a bent over cripple by the time he's 40.

And, I put together a few more placemats before work this morning. So cheerful looking on a dark rainy day with thunder and lightening over the Lake.

Because I've been stuck at Lucy's bedside, I've had lots of sewing time which has been a nice side effect. I had an idea for a new bag and finished the prototype yesterday. I love the shape of it. 

I've been saving the button for ages (actually, a pin) - a gift from my Mom. I may change it to something else but for now, it's fun.

And look at the Lake this morning. It is absolutely gushing (gushing?) rain.  I hate to leave my cozy cottage but it's a work day and lucky for me and the girls, Nurse Gloria will be here to keep an eye on Lucy.

Which reminds me . . .

So, I'm not going to complain about lack of sleep any more but will just tell you that now I am sleeping with an 85-pound dog to keep her from messing with her foot, which she managed to slice open the other day. Insomniac? More like comatose. Here's the patient with her foot bandaged. She is supposed to let it in the air which means eyes on all day but I've been bandaging it at night in case, God forbid, I nod off for 10 seconds.

 And, while I'm at it, look at this little old girl sleeping in a shaft of sunlight.

I've been doing a lot of sewing and yesterday, while the patient was sleeping, I cut some of my gorgeous hydrangeas and am going to try to dry them by sitting them in a little bit of water and well, waiting. (Saw it on Pinterest)

 Whipped up this medium sized Genevieve Bag. Love the zebra with the orange, yes?

ADDENDUM:

Gloria is back! Here she is giving Lucy's paw a little Reiki this morning. 

Well, I'm like the living dead here but instead of being a flesh eating zombie, I'm just yawning in my co-workers faces. The lack of sleep is getting to me but I took Melatonin last night and I don't know if it's because it actually worked this time or because I was so exhausted, but I completely missed the hours of 1:00am and 3:00am, in other words I didn't see them go by on the clock. Whoppee! The other good news is that I have stopped obsessing about my stupid ex-husband, which is what I usually do when I am sleepless. Actually, that is excellent news. Maybe I'm done with all that crap. I've been coming home from work and struggling to stay awake, barely avoiding dropping my face into my salad plate or dozing off in the shower until at least 9:00pm when I can drag myself to my bed for another sleepless night. Ok, that is all about that. I'm boring myself (and getting sleepy). ha!

sleepless in . . . Maine

Another sleepless night - can't get in to see the doctor until Tuesday by which time I'll be a raving lunatic. Spent the night trying to think positive thoughts, from little acorns, mighty oaks, everyone knows an ant can't . . . high hopes, etc. etc. But then the screech owl started well screeching, sounding like a wounded hyena, and visions of him swooping up demented chipmunks and therefore drinking the kool aid came and then it wasn't much of a stretch to think about walking out to my car and getting snatched bald by the now mentally defective owl. anyhoo Suffice to say it was a long night. sigh  I am endeavoring to believe that by Tuesday, I will no longer be in need of a sleep aid but instead be sleeping like a dog all night long. Either that or in a rubber room at Riverview Psychiatric Hospital.

So, where was I?  Oh yes, I wanted to wish my Mother and Daddy a very HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! They have been married for about a million years today and still going strong. Congratulations you two!