Thanks again all. I think she may associate hands with the gloves they used to pick her up with. They showed them to me and they were pretty scary looking to me let alone poor Sasha. C3D: I stopped at Petco after I got off work last night and bought a spray bottle of Comfort Zone. OMG. It works too good!!! I only used two sprays and sprayed my hands hoping it would help. She was sniffing the air like a bunny rabbit. Then she started yawning, and yawning, and yawning........after about ten yawns she curled up and went to sleep. I couldn't get her to play after that. Maybe I should have only used one spray. I sat with her for 1/2 hour singing Jingle Bells while she slept. She seems to calm down when I sing to her. Then I saw something moving out of the corner of my eye. I jumped and she woke up. There was a spider crawling up the wall about a foot away from my head. I had the kitty toy laser pointer with me and pointed to the spider with it. Forget our lessons. She was climbing the wall trying to get the spider. She crawled across my lap, but as soon as I moved my hand slightly she ran behind the toilet again. I left her with the spider and told her it better be gone when I returned (I hate spiders). It was gone when I went back. That toy kitty glove is a great idea. I will pick one up when I go shopping this weekend. My original plan was to have her stay in my bedroom, but I thought we could be more up close and personal in a smaller area so I housed her in the bathroom. Since the bathroom is off my bedroom I had planned on giving her the bedroom and bathroom for a while. Then hopefully the rest of the house at a later date. I have a kitty condo in front of the window in my bedroom that will be a change of pace for her. Of course it will be off limits then to Willow, McLovin and Boa. But they can have the sunroom. I just don't want to make the mistake of giving her too much room too soon and undoing the progress we have made over the last two weeks. Jenny

hello, i am looking for jenny ----zip 47803 dear jenny thank you for such a lovely flag block. it is wonderful and very thoughtful. but-- i withdrew from the b-day swap before it started. i felt overwhelmed with working 10 hours 5 days a week and getting over being ill for a few months. so i had to cut a lot of hobbies out, to make room for my family time. i am so sorry for your time and thought you put into this quilt block. i would like to send you a block in retrurn. please send me an email. god bless erica

Hi Jenny I am so sorry, I was sure I had mailed your block a month ago- but I will make a new one tonight and get it in the mail to you tomorrow. Hope you had a great birthday! Anne Heidi Lappemor

I agree with Joyce: I'd sand lightly and then prime it with something like Kilz or Binn (seals and blocks stains). Once that has dried completely you should be able to paint it any way you like. I do a lot of this kind of painting and have found that interior wall paint (and I usually use flat) does a great job of getting the color down that I want. Then you need to use something like polyurethane or polycrylic to finish the bed off. I have to read and re-read the cans every time to check on whether or not the poly turns white paint slightly yellow or not. One kind is better than the other regarding yellowing. Not sure if it is the polyurethane or the polycrylic. Whether the surface is flat (like the side rails) or curvey (like the spindles) you might want to use wipe-on polyurethane instead of brush on polyurethane and by wipe on it means you have to dilute it with some turpentine. My guess after 8 PM is 1/8 cup turp to 7/8 cup polyurethane. Use a non-shedding cloth and just wipe it on. Wipe on three coats. Let dry between coats no matter how long it takes. With the polycrylic you can just wipe it on with a non-shedding cloth without diluting but check the cans before using! Give the finished bed 24 hours to one week to harden up before using. I guess it depends of the weather where you live, I always try to shoot for a week anyway. Jois