TheRustyThimble

Thursday, February 2, 2012

The weight that is on the poor critter today

Good Morning, Happy Groundhogs day

This has to be the most watched Critter in the world, to see if he sluggishly crawls out, if he sees that shadow or doesn't. The poor guy, or is he? He is popular!

Everyone watches and waits but does everyone believe?

He is honored with a day all his own, on calendars and in celebrations

Even Broadcasted in the news as millions watch on

With the unseasonable warm weather this year I am sure most like me are ready for an early spring. Our trees are already budding out in Oklahoma.

My yard *weed patch* has never lost it's hints of green this year, which is hard to believe since it turned brown last June and stayed that way until winter?

Our plans this year are to seed the yard, and I can not wait to plant everything I had planned on planting this past spring.

As most know we had to pay a visit to the Vet this week, and he did say that due to no major freezing, this year is going to be a bad one for fleas and ticks!

Yes my wildflowers have poked their green heads above the ground

And will surely bloom early this year, or will we have a Winter before it is over with? Is it not amazing that we wait and wonder?

I am ready for warmer weather just not the stormy weather that comes with it

Wishing you all a wonderful HAPPY ground hogs day

Brenda

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

February American Apron Pocket Giveaway

Welcome to the Rusty Thimbles February Giveaway Wow I have some things to share in this post

First off let's get to the Prize I will be giving to a lucky follower

An American Apron pocket, this is part of a carpenters apron stained and filled with

A copy of the declaration, firecrackers, metal painted rusty stars, An American flag

lots of preserved Sweet Annie and Broom Corn

Now for what I wanted to share and yes this may be tough but I have a goal for this giveaway

If you will look at my followers on the sidebar I am now at 973 ~WOW thank you all so much that follow along * my goal is, I would love to see that number climb to 1,000 this month. Where do you come in at on this goal, well I am asking you to help me reach that goal by spreading the word, it will be in the rules to enter to get extra chances to win

If I reach this goal I am going to give away TWO, yes you heard me two of these to two winners

This giveaway will run until the 29th of February and I will draw out the winners name, I hope two of you!!

And just a note My giveaways are always open to worldwide shipping!!

1. You must be a follower of this blog, new followers are welcome and appreciated

2. Please leave your comment ONLY ONE comment please on this post no others will count

So be sure to do it all on one comment, simply let me know what all you have done!

3. You can get another chance by going to my Facebook page and liking it, while there leave me a comment that you have signed up for my February Giveaway.

***The Rusty Thimble Facebook Page can be found here***

4. For every new follower you can possibly send my way, if they will give you credit for sending them in their comment I will put you down for another chance, and they will get an extra chance as well.

5. If you share this on your sidebar of your blog you will get a chance, but if you do a blog post about it and share it on your sidebar you will get two extra chances.

Please note the only two you must do to be entered is #1 and #2

And remember if you do not have your email enabled on your profile or an easy way for me to contact you

please leave your contact info in your comment!

Good Luck to all who enter

Brenda

I have two Winners

Good Morning and welcome to Febraury

I am a funny sort of person, like several others I complain about time flying by BUT!

At this time of the year I am ready for it to fly by because it is so close to SPRING!!

It will be time for green things to start lurking in the shadows of green plants

Yes I have shared this picture before but I love this picture

And I am hoping that this year will not repeat what it did last year, my Elephant Ears did not grow!

so Bring on the warmer weather, bring on the beginning of plants blooming, more little critters wondering

Around, I am SO ready for it, and it won't be long now

I know Enough of my babbling I suppose you are here to see who the winners of my January giveaway are

For those that are not aware I did add another winner, I wish I could give each and everyone of you a gift

The Winner of the Patriotic Rabbit is

***Kim of The Barn Hollow***

And the Winner of the Set of blue Vintage Quilt Hearts is

***Kim of Valley Primitives Gift Shoppe***

Wow two Kim's? I just realized that as I was typing this

Please join me in telling them congrats on winning, I will contact you today for you shipping addresses

And later on I will be adding my February Giveaway for one of these

So be sure and drop back by for a visit this afternoon

Have a great day

Brenda

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Rango's doctor visit

We are home, poor baby, I do not know what was worse listening to her whining while back in the room being treated, or watching Shelby gets antsy and whine too while we were in the waiting room

Warning the picture is YUCKY

They shaved her paw and took the top off and cleaned it all out not it is a crater on her paw

Had to give her a long acting antibiotic shot and some antibiotic and numbing cream

He feels is will heal but if not they will have to go cut it all out!!

The doctor said to get her a LARGE bone something she had to work at to chew on to keep her mind off of it, and to apply the cream to the area. He thinks it is from a injury she could of gotten anything in her paw and since the air was not getting to it the spot could not heal.

Thank you for all of the comments and emails

Today is the last day to sign up for my giveaway

~Click here to Sign up~ There will be two winners

Second place will get a set of vintage Quilt hearts

Ok so I am going to go take a short nap with my dogs

and try to get over the HUGE headache I have!

Brenda

Monday, January 30, 2012

This weekend we noticed Rango gnawing on her paw, not on the paw pad but on the top of it!

There is a knot on top of her paw and she has it apparently infected.

So we have an appointment in the morning to see the Doc!!

Shelby has been taking good care of her

It is her right front paw! I have given up I have tried everything to keep them from

licking or chewing on it. Well Shelby stops her from chewing and just licks it?

I know probably too much information. But I am worried. She does not favor the paw or seem to be in pain

So we shall visit the place they least like to go to in the morning and see what we are up against?

And boy oh boy I thought Shelby was rotten now Rango has really played on this attention she is getting

from us and from her protective concerned MAMA!!

Wish us luck I will post when we get home

Brenda

Monday Merchant Circle

Good Morning on this last Monday of January

This morning I would love to share with you another team mate from The Primitive and Folk Artists Etsy team

~Donna from The Country Side Cottage~

Before I share some of Donna's creations and a little about her be sure to

~ Click here and sign up for her giveaway ~ HURRY

Aren't this Hearts Beautiful, she will be giving them away this month!!

Donna chose her business name because they live on a dead end road in the country, and out any window you see the countryside and she dreams of having a little cottage out there to be her studio some day

*oh how I miss our home we had, we too lived in the country on a dead end road*

It was so peaceful and just a daily joy living there!