HAPPY FALL YOU ALL! ! ! ! !

Well here we are in Oct. already and I am heavy into making Santa's and SnowMen. As far as I am concerned, my Fall creating just doesn't last long enough. I started making Fall and Halloween items in July and continued on until the end of Sept. If I had my way, I would make Fall things all year long. But we have to keep up with the Seasons.

I went to Vikki and Marks over the week end. Max had a big Football game Friday night that we all went to. Max is suffering with Mono, but played one heck of a game. He is the kicker for Vero H.S., can you believe he is a Senior this year. Gee they just grow up to fast.

Vik and I shopped all day Sat. and had a great time. That is something I do not do a lot of, SHOP. But it was such fun spending the day with her. We just don't see much of each other anymore. I left Sunday AM and came on home. My two boys (Charlie and Shadow) were so happy to see me. They are such good cats and lots of company for me.

Well today was a sad day at the Feurer (Vikki and Mark and Max) house. They had to have Casey, the family dog put to sleep. I am still crying over that. Casey would have been 16 this Dec. That is a long life for a blonde Lab.

OK, got to get back to work. Keep watching for those new patterns and my new creations. Would love to hear back from you if you have read this blog.

Hugs, Susan

HAPPY LABOR DAY

Gosh, What happened to the Summer? School has already started down here in Florida. When I was a kid (100 years ago), we always went back to school the day after Labor Day. That was the mark of the end of the summer. Of coarse here in Fl. we have at least 2 more months of the really hot stuff. If only the nights would cool down abit, I would be happy. I am so ready to open my windows and doors and let in the fresh air. It has been along and hot one.

I have been working hard and fast at making new Fall and Halloween items. Have been selling some of them on ebay and taking the rest to the shoppe in Maitland. We have it all decorated for the Fall now and keep the Air turned down cool.hehehe Make Beleive you know. Check out my ebay when you have a chance, ID: catinthebarn(no s on cat). Also check out my web site for new patterns, www.catsinthebarn.com.

I had written a couple other blogs, but was doing it wrong. So hopefully this will get through OK........

Happy Barbecuing! Hugs, Susan

CAN YOU BELIEVE?????????

That July is almost over. Where in the world has the summer gone. Of coarse here in Fl. our summer goes on and on. I just mean the summer months.

I am working very hard on Fall items and even a little Christmas already. In this business you have to be one step ahead at all times. By the time the Holiday gets here I am usually pretty tired of it. Not really complaining, that is just the way of life in this biz.

I am trying to keep alot of interesting items on ebays auctions. My E-Bay ID:catinthebarn (no s on cat).

We are putting a new button on my website to say ONE OF A KIND. Those items will be my proto types for my patterns. So if you see something, don't wait to long to grab, there will not be another.

The shoppe in Maitland "Cranberry Corners", has been rather slow this summer. But that is to be expected, happens every year. When school gets back in session, things will pick-up once more.

I am pumping out the patterns as fast as I can. If you have any requests for a pattern, just email me and I will see what I can do.

Been nice chatting......Hope you are having a wonderful summer.

Hugs and blessings, Susan

A BAD WEEK ENDS UP OK! ! ! ! ! ! !

This has been along and hard week for me. Last Friday I was on the phone with 4 diff. techs. trying to fix my printer and also get back on line. Well by Sat. I was back on line, but my printer still would not work. My cartridges were reading full, so I didn't think that was the problem. Low and behold on Sunday, my daughter said, "maybe your black cartridge is clogged." Well that had never dawned on me, but low and behold, I changed out the black and Viola! ! it printed for the first time in a week. So if ever your printer just stops printing black, and it reads full, change it out anyway. Then the next day I shook the clogged cartridge and it has worked ever since.

Next I took some pictures and when I tried to transfer them onto the computer, they would not transfer. That was 3 days ago, so today I devoted most of the day to the new problem. Beleive it or not, I finally got it to work. Don't ask me how, but something I did along the way corrected the problem.

So now, finally, I am back in business and have put 2 new patterns on Pattern Mart. Then I am having a new pattern "Liberty Bell" #53 transferred into an e-pattern. So hopefully I will put that one on Pattern Mart tomorrow.

On with Life............Our weather here in Florida has made another change today. It was overcast all day and just delightful. We are now having a wonderful breeze and of coarse I have my house all opened up. It will be delightful sleeping tonight. We are suppose to be getting rain this week-end. I think it could rain 7 days and 7 nights and our lakes would still be lower than normal. Come on Rain...........

Well you are probably tired of reading this so I best close for now. Been nice chatting with you. Come back real soon and sit a spell........

Hugs, Susan

CAN YOU BELIEVE IT IS THE MIDDLE OF MAY?

I am not sure what happend to April, let alone March. Time just goes by so fast, I find it hard to keep up with everything. Of coarse I have slowed down in my old age. But I am not dead yet.

I am so excited to be a part of Pattern Mart. I have listed many of my new patterns and old ones on that site for sale. Kelle Arvay (owner of the site) does a wonderful job in promoting new and better ideas for Pattern Mart. So if you make patterns and are looking for an outlet, contact Kelle at Pattern Mart. Mention my name if you go there.

Also, I am happy to report, that I have started to do a little creating this week. For those of you that have kept up with my comings and goings, you already know that I have been simi retired from the creating business. I have been devoteing my time to my yard and flower gardens. Of coarse, I have been turning my patterns into e-patterns and making new patterns. The pattern business seems to be where my passions are these days.

So now when I do make a new creation, I will also turn it into a new pattern.

I have also been selling off things from my work room on e-bay. Right now I do not have anything on e-bay. I find it gets rather depressing to list things on e-bay and not have them bid on. Or else, they get one bid and that's all. So I will take a break from that for awhile.

I had written an April Blog, but for some reason it did not appear like it should have. So Hopefully this one works OK.

Been fun chatting and I will try to keep up better than I have done in the past.

Hugs to all, Susan

Sorry I am Way Behind..........

Sorry I haven't been keeping up with my Blogs. But to bring you up todate, I am now very much into doing E-Patterns. I have a number of new ones on my Web Site www.catsinthebarn.com So you can take a look there.

I just joined Pattern Mart this week and already have 12 patterns listed. Here is that link to take you there.http://www.patternmart.com/index.php I really think this is going to be my best move in awhile. A wonderful goup of gals are selling their patterns here. So please take a look when you have a few mins. to spare.

We had a pretty cold week here last week, but it has been warming up for the past several days. We needed the rain we got, but I am always happy to see the sun shine. The glumieness puts me in a bad mood.

If you have been watching my e-bay, you know that I have been cleaning out my work room. Still not finished with it and will be putting more stuff on as the days go by.

Happy to have you here. Hugs, Susan