Peppy's Progress

I'm happy to report that Pep is seeming much more like his old self again. He's still got a long way to go, but when he was out in the yard on his leash today, he was actually walking at a fairly good clip and wagging his tail.  He doesn't cover much distance before sitting suddenly and shaking with the exertion--maybe 10 or 15 feet, but he's moving with a reasonably normal gait and giving me his good dog smile every so often, instead of the listless, morose demeanor he's worn for most of the last 10 days. It's such a relief to see him improving and getting past the worst stage of this double knee surgery.  He is licking and nosing at his legs a lot--I can tell the incisions are itching.

On the other hand, now, there's his unsteady, wincing, mincing owner--moi.  I am mortified to admit that, a mere five days after the original sprain, I tripped and twisted the same ankle again. Never have I had a run of clumsiness like this!  And oh, did it hurt! I thought the first time was bad.

So now it's wrapped up in an ace bandage and I'm moving like the proverbial little old lady. It's definitely cramping my style. 

Oh, well. 

I have managed a bit of sewing, nothing major, just some fun birthday party favor bags in bandana and western print fabrics:

I have a bunch more fun prints I plan to use to continue the cowpoke theme...  Vintage print fabric makes me happy!

I also had fun posing a little vintage deer today for a listing photo:

Last week, I did the same for this delightful Dino:

I know Etsy sophisticates recommend a plain white background for one's photographs, but what fun is that? 

My next goal is to launch into the 21st century, before even having my feet properly wet in the 20th, so far as social networking goes. Hold yourself in readiness!!  I am going to give Pinterest and Twitter a try.  Hopefully I will do better at that than I did with Facebook, where I lasted only about 10 minutes before throwing in the towel.