Pugoween! Happy Halloween from Pirate Ike and Witchy Kea!

What can happen when you’re heavily medicated and suddenly have lots of free time: Jon: (as we’re drifting off to sleep) Why are there french fries on the deck and in the birdfeeder? Me: Well, you cooked them and didn’t eat them and I didn’t want to be wasteful so I thought the birds would…

Pictures have been uploaded! Stories to come, but right now I’m on my way to drop off gifts from Florida family at my sister’s house. You can view pictures with captions here.

We’re back from Florida! The trip went well- stories and pictures to come. In the meantime, please email me if you’d like for me to send you a Halloween card from the pugs. It’s a real cute one this year! heyshanny at hotmail dot com You don’t have to email me if you’re already on…

Today my friend Holly will marry Philip at the Lightner Museum in St. Augustine, Florida. I’m sure the wedding will be gorgeous and I’ll post pictures when we return home. Jon has an aunt and uncle who happen to live in St. Augustine, so we’re staying with them. Monday we’re driving down to my hometown…

I’ve finished with the jewelry! Holly said she wanted something dainty, so I hope they fit the bill. Let me know what you think! Click on the pictures for the larger, close up version. I put 3 little blue beads on the back of Holly’s necklace for her something blue. Her beads are clear, frosted,…

Wedding Bracelet Originally uploaded by heyshanny. This is one of the bracelets I’m making for Holly’s wedding this weekend. It’s for either me or the other bridesmaid to wear. I hope they like it! The dresses are champagne/ wet cardboard colored so it should go nicely. I matched the beads to the beads on the…

In an effort to cheer myself up and while doing so preparing for my friend Holly’s wedding this weekend, I’ve spent some quality me time at the salon lately. First there was the hair cutting and highlighting and that all turned out quite nicely. Then I moved on to Lee Anne’s room for my leg…

Me, Interrupted So yesterday morning I wake up after little to no sleep and shower and dress and go to the doctor for my one week follow up. To see how I’m doing with my new meds (I did go one whole day without crying!). I walk in and am in line digging out my…

Bizarre telephone conversation between my Mom & I. Saturday, October 2nd, noonish. S: Hey Mama, what are you doing? M: Oh Shanny I’m watching the most interesting show. S: What’s it called? M: I don’t know. I think it’s new. It’s set in Pennsylvania so it must be a Northern show. I’ve been watching it…