The Outlawz Friday Coloring 'Anything Goes/Christmas Twist' Challenge

Good day to you all. Hope you have had a nice, relaxing week. Somebody needed to. We certainly didn't at our house. Pfffffffft!

Let me 'splain. Our darling dog, Donovan, who has never cost us one thin dime in vet bills--true, it has been thousands of dollars, but not simply a dime--needed to get his annual dental work done. So we took him in last Friday to get his teeth cleaned. He also had a small, hard growth on the top of his head. At first I thought it was just his brains leaking out, but then I decided we probably needed to find out what the lump was. So, for a mere $400+ additional, we had it removed and biopsied. The really, really good news is that the growth was benign. 

However, the really, really bad news is that he has had to wear a plastic collar for the past week. And will need it until Monday. Now I don't know about your pets, but mine is none too crazy about his collar. Ahem. You know that's putting it mildly, right? Yeah, he simply will. not. move. while wearing it. Just sits in one spot. Which is a problem for going outside to go potty, or even eating his food, for that matter. So we removed it for potty breaks and meals. And, if looks could kill, I would have been deader than a doornail the first time I put that collar back on him. So, rather than have him shooting invisible arrows at me, and acting like a ticked-off statue, I have let him go collarless during the day. I still make him wear the collar at night on our bed, because he doesn't need to move much while he is sleeping, and I don't have to worry about him hurting his incision.

BUT. The time that he is collar-free has been a pain in the patoot for Gary and me. Because we pretty much have to have Donovan next to one of us at all times. Otherwise, he tries to kick at his head or rub it on the floor or furniture. I am sure it itches. A lot. Too bad. Mostly for us. And here is the kicker. I want to you feel especially sorry for me now. Because this was Arizona Restaurant Week. Yup. We had plans to visit at least four different places that we had never been to. And taste some mighty fine food as we always do during these weeks. Donovan made that impossible. We couldn't very well leave him home with his collar on. We are not that heartless. (Well, at least Gary isn't.) And he couldn't be left alone without the collar on. So we have not had one single meal at a participating restaurant for Restaurant Week. Big, heavy sigh...

We are going to manage one restaurant visit on Sunday night after the Cardinals game. In which they'd best beat the 49ers. Merrilyn is taking Don for the day and night, so that we can have some fun time without worrying about him. Then we'll pick him up on Monday to take him to get his sutures out. So we should have a very fine day on Sunday. (Unless, of course, the Cardinals lose. Bite my tongue!)

That reminds me. I am sorry dear Shelly that our Cardinals trounced your Bears. Sorry for you. Gleeful for me. Which makes me not a very nice friend. I apologize. Sorta. (KWIM?)

Gary got notified yesterday that our new iPhones will be at our Verizon store after 4:30 p.m. today. Not sure how we will get them with our DOG being in a collar and all, but we will figure it out. Perhaps we will take him along, and one of us will stay in the car with him while the other one goes in and gets their phone, and then vice versa. Gosh, pets can surely complicate your lives, can't they? Kind of like husbands. Snicker...

Before I go, I should probably get to my card details. Ya think?

We are sponsored once again this month by Norma J. Burnell Fairy Tangles Art. She has such a wonderful selection of beautiful images. I actually used mine this week. She is called The Gift. Isn't she pretty? Norma is giving a prize of three digis to our lucky winner. So get your entries in for a chance at them! 

I printed the image on X-Press It BC and colored it with my Copics:

Skin: E000, E01, E11

Shirt: G000, BG32, BG34

Other colors used: YG91, YG93, YG95, YG97, E70, E71, E74, E79, R02, R05, R08, Y38

My DP is from the Basic Grey Aspen Frost collection. It was paired with Stamping' Up CS. I made the die cuts using Cheery Lynn Pine Branches. And that's it for this edition. Another Christmas card done--YAY!!!

Do check out the fab creations by my talented teammates: Carla, Kathi, and Vanessa. Then please play along with us--remember, it's anything goes, and you can use any medium you'd like for your hand-colored image on your project.

Have a wonderful weekend! Go Cards!