Spare Time...What's That?

As many of you know, I have been trying my hand at making a braided rug. A little bit ago, I decided to just do it. So, I bought some supplies and found some info on the Internet and got started. Well...it's a slow process. Making a rug isn't necessarily hard, it just takes a while to do it. It is not a overnight craft project, to say the least. Here are some pictures of my progress. My kids are great. Ben is really excited for it to be done. In fact, he told me the other night, "Mom...you should really work on your rug in your spare time and get it done." Well...there you have it. Right from the mouths of babes...I SHOULD work on my rug in my spare time. Now...for spare time....

Another Trip to The Emergency Room

All in all, our family has not had many trips to the ER (knock on wood), which has been fantastic. But we have been babysitting our neighbor's rat named Drake. All our kids, even Shasta, are so amazed by this little creature. They watch it for hours. Of course, McKayLeigh wanted to touch it and was poking her fingers in the cage. Drake bit her finger...really good. She started crying and we noticed blood EVERYWHERE! I think the finger tips bleed a lot more than other places on the body. We put pressure on it of course and tried to stop the bleeding but it wasn't working. So, I drove her to the ER. After 4 1/2 hours sitting in the waiting room, her finger stopped bleeding on its own. The doctors even had the nerve to ask me, 'Was her finger bleeding at all?' YES!! So after all that, it just looks like she has a small paper cut on her finger tip and got just a good ol' regular bandaid. I am glad it wasn't worse, but I was kinda hoping for stitches with all the drama that came with last night. Oh well...we are grateful it is all good.