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Daily WordPress Prompt: What’s your ideal Saturday morning? Are you doing those things this morning? Why not?

In the winter time I love to sleep in and snuggle in my blankets. After I wake up I enjoy reading and just laying in the quiet room. Sometimes I play games on my cell phone or text my sister. After a while I like to sit in my chair with a cozy throw and work on a project – sometimes it is crochet, sometimes knitting, sometimes tatting, sometimes painting or a sketch. I love that I can see the snow covered trees outside from where I sit. Since it is Christmas time now I’ve been listening to Christmas music but at other times I enjoy listening to classical piano or guitar. I listen to a lot of different types of music also though.

In the summer I like to go outside in the mornings and read on my swinging bed and listen to the birds. I took the top covering off so I can soak up the sun.

Today I was lazier than usual and spent more time sleeping and less time doing anything else. I haven’t read anything yet but I plan to go to bed early and read until I’m tired. My husband went to play poker so I have the room to myself. He often watches movies and disturbs my peace. I did finish a crochet dishcloth though. I wanted to do something different so I added a square of a different color in the center. I don’t like to weave in ends that much so I “carried” the thread I wasn’t using by crocheting over it until I needed it again. When I wanted to pick up the wine color to use on the row above I just slipped my hook through a couple loops of the stitch and pulled the loop up and then did a slip stitch. Then I just worked the stitches I needed in that color and crocheted over the other color (the variegated) so I could just switch when ready. I think it looks great! The pattern for this dishcloth is on Ravelry and if you are interested you can read my notes to see how I made this one.

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I found this in my email. I haven’t been on the computer much so I had over 3000 emails. I didn’t read most of the forwards but this one caught my eye. Maybe it was because it was from my big sis :O) Anyway, it’s a heart touching story about someone who beat breast cancer and their wonderful dog Lucky. My mom had breast cancer so I’m sure that is why both my sis and I liked it. I think anyone would love it though, especially an animal lover.

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Lucky Dog….
    Anyone who has pets will really like this. You’ll like it even if you don’t and you may even decide you need one!

   Mary and her husband Jim had a dog named ‘Lucky.’ Lucky was a real character. Whenever Mary and Jim had company come for a weekend visit they would warn their friends to not leave their luggage open because Lucky would help himself to whatever struck his fancy. Inevitably, someone would forget and something would come up missing.

   Mary or Jim would go to Lucky’s toy box in the basement and there the treasure would be, amid all of Lucky’s other favorite toys. Lucky always stashed his finds in his toy box and he was very particular that his toys stay in the box.

    It happened that Mary found out she had breast cancer. Something told her she was going to die of this disease . . . in fact, she was just sure it was fatal.

   She scheduled the double mastectomy, fear riding her shoulders. The night before she was to go to the hospital she cuddled with Lucky. A thought struck her . . . what would happen to Lucky? Although the three-year-old dog liked Jim, he was Mary’s dog through and through. If I die, Lucky will be abandoned, Mary thought. He won’t understand that I didn’t want to leave him. The thought made her sadder than thinking of her own death.

   The double mastectomy was harder on Mary than her doctors had anticipated and Mary was hospitalized for over two weeks. Jim took Lucky for his evening walk faithfully, but the little dog just drooped, whining and miserable.

Finally the day came for Mary to leave the hospital. When she arrived home, Mary was so exhausted she couldn’t even make it up the steps to her bedroom. Jim made his wife comfortable on the couch and left her to nap. Lucky stood watching Mary but he didn’t come to her when she called. It made Mary sad but sleep soon overcame her and she dozed.

   When Mary woke for a second she couldn’t understand what was wrong. She couldn’t move her head and her body felt heavy and hot. But panic soon gave way to laughter when Mary realized the problem. She was covered, literally blanketed, with every treasure Lucky owned! While she had slept, the sorrowing dog had made trip after trip to the basement bringing his beloved mistress all his favorite things in life. He had covered her with his love.

   Mary forgot about dying. Instead she and Lucky began living again, walking further and further together every day. It’s been 12 years now and Mary is still cancer-free. Lucky? He still steals treasures and stashes them in his toy box but Mary remains his greatest treasure.

   Remember . . . live every day to the fullest. Each minute is a blessing from God. And never forget . . . the people who make a difference in our lives are not the ones with the most credentials, the most money, or the most awards. They are the ones that care for us.

   If you see someone without a smile today give them one of yours! Live simply. Love seriously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God .