Getting the "Cold Paw"

I went away for a few days and got home this afternoon.  As expected, I've been getting the "cold paw" from my little buddy Riley - he is just too funny - he will not let me hug him, pet him and he will look away everytime I catch his eye.  Now Miles and Jonesy are a different story, they both came running when I came in the door and wanted a hug and atttention! 

Nope, won't look at her...

I don't see you...

I will however enjoy these treats - I'm not stupid you know...

My husband thinks he's funny, he called to see if I got home safely and asked if Riley was ignoring me!  He knows he does this (oh and by the way, Riley doesn't do this to him!).  He said this morning Riley was asking for the ice pack to really get that cold paw!  Ha-ha!  

I expect this to last until tomorrow morning - Riley will follow me around (at a distance of course) and watch me when I'm not looking.   Hopefully he'll give me his version of a kiss in the morning (he curls up under my chin and puts his paw on my cheek and gives me a little kiss  most mornings while purring away).

It was a relaxing time away - couldn't go for my long walks on the boardwalk as the weather was pretty crappy but did plenty of indoor walking.  Also spent some time just sitting and stitching.  I used to be an avid cross stitcher years ago but problems with my hands and all with all the nerve damage in my hands has kept me away from it.  Thank goodness for rug hooking - it is something that doesn't compress the nerves and allows me to do something creative.  I still want to stitch though seeing so many creative pieces on the blogs and of course ones i have gotten as gifts.  So I thought I would give it a try again.

I'm able to hold the needle for maybe 10 minutes at a time so it's very slow going but I'm determined.  I slather up with my arnica gel (a natural pain reliever that helps with the swelling of my hands)

and this is what I completed in the last three days...

Still a ways to go, and years ago I would have had this done plus five more,  but I can't tell you how happy I felt just relaxing and stitching - it was always a "calming" activity for me back in the days when I was never without a needle and some threads...  My husband was forever finding needles and picking thread snippets off my kitties at that time Sid and Nicky. It's been over 15 years since I stitched - I couldn't even hold a needle long enough to sew on a button 5 years ago so I'm happy that I was able to get this much done.

 D-E-T-E-R-M-I-N-A-T-I-O-N!

Earlier Jonesy was "yelling" - found him in the window sill - probably saying "where's the sunbeams!"  Hate to tell him that there is more of that s-word stuff in the forcast for tonite! Yuk! (Oh and notice how big my "baby" is getting!)

Hoping everyone is having a great week!