Tick, tick tweezers...Third Blog!

Ok - so last night was eventful to say the least.
What better way to spend a Saturday night washing all the linens and blankets in fear of ticks? The one we found exploded in the living room was just the beginning. Thankfully when we got home from berry picking I had already started a load of laundry and we quickly tossed all of our clothing we were presently wearing in the wash too - just to be safe. Including the dogs bandannas!
So - last night we had a nice curry pork stir-fry....and decided to check the dogs for ticks before crawling in bed. Thankfully we did! There was a sucker on Loki's FACE!
His face is beige, white and black and the bugger was in the beige part. But Loki was a champ and I happen to have 2 pairs of tweezers - so we played Operation Tick. It was successful - considering we've never, ever had to pull ticks off our dogs before - and we got the whole thing - including the head. Thank you Google!

My handy Reader's Digest book - told me to sprinkle some rubbing alcohol onto the tick to help loosen it's grip and then remove it straight out - so note to self - pick up some Rubbing Alcohol. And then to dab again to dis-infect.
We think we may have found the original tick's hide out spot - on the thinner furs of Loki's chest. What I thought was a blueberry stain (which still very well could be partially) - Tim and I found a cut - like a scrape. But our dogs are so tough (no joke here) - they don't recognize or feel any pain. The first time we went picking berries - Loki ran straight into my foot as I was taking a step over a log - and kept going...at full speed.

3rd blog - yes Ma'am/Sir!
I have decided to make a 3rd blog strictly for my arts and craft hobbies that I have going on. I've called it "My Crafty Blog": http://crochetnmoreinfinland.blogspot.com/
that's right "Crochet 'N More in Finland"

So I was going to go downtown and pick up some supplies for needle felting - as I think it would be an awesome way to relieve stress (it's the poking of a needle through wool and felt to mesh it together and form shapes) and in general a beautiful yet fairly easy craft to take on. I joined a Facebook Needle Felting Group and saw many videos on Youtube while my internet was up and running and I'm hooked (so to speak). However the rain was evil and the winds were cold today - and in my present stage of pregnancy - I cannot zip up my winter coats.
So hopefully tomorrow afternoon when Tim is done his work for the day - we'll be able to go downtown to Anttila and I can browse around.
I'm thinking of needle-felting some embellishments for my slippers (which I will begin as soon as I am done Tim's pair - 1/2 way done his first slipper) - and maybe work on creating some decorations for our home.
There are some screws/nails in the walls - so if I can dedicate myself to master (or atleast semi-perfect) the art of needle felting - then I should be good to go!
As well I need to get crackin' on holiday presents. Not sure how we're going to mail a needle-felted item - so I may just embellish slippers for the sake of shipping an item safely.

And no I haven't done my baking of the 1 Litres+ of blueberries. We decided there was no rush and because the pie does appear to feed a lot of people - we may wait and invite some friends over to join us....we'll see.