My First 'My George' Hit!

I was so excited to receive an email today from www.wheresgeorge.com telling me that I had a 'hit' (MY FIRST ONE), on one of the bills I had listed.

"This bill has travelled 19 Miles in 20 Days, 22 Hrs, 57 Mins at an average of 0.92 Miles per day. It is now 19 Miles from its starting location."

And the bill was notated: THIS BILL WAS USED AT HILLSDALE MIDDLE SCHOOL IN RANCHO SAN DIEGO.

I just love this kinda stuff! Yes! May there be many more 'hits' to come...

"Don't Lose Your Marbles!"

First 3 "Don't Lose Your Marbles!"

After of months of cogitating and trying this, then trying that, I finally came up with a 'gifting' idea I am proud of!

"Don't Lose Your Marbles!" (copyright: evvy garrett 2008) is a small crocheted bag containing flattened glass marbles, that, in the end, is a combination of worry beads and a bean bag. You can easily hold it in the palm of one hand, and 'worry' it with your fingers. Or toss it back and forth between hands.

OR just by keeping in in purse, pocket, briefcase, glove compartment, etc, you can be sure that you will never LOSE YOUR MARBLES!

Made of 100% cotton 4 ply yarn and then filled with flattened glass marbles (not for young children!), it is hand washable. I would not trust it to a dryer though, it would probably be better to lay it on a table to dry.

Sample Bag with marbles






Since I made the first one to gift to a friend on May 13, 2008, "Don't Lose Your Marbles" have been wildly popular among my friends, some of whom are requesting them for THEIR friends and relatives!

Perhaps "Don't Lose Your Marbles" will be the next big 'pet rock'
or 'beanie baby' fad! (This 'concept' and/or pattern is NOT for private use - all rights are retained by evvy garrett.) Anyone know any 'developers', manufacturers, etc.?

Another Mother's Day Alone 2008

However, my son did phone in the evening. It was a very brief call, almost 'hi' and 'bye', sigh. He said his battery in his cell was going (so why didn't he use his regular phone?) Still I am very grateful...

Mother's Day Celebration for me...

I was able to make it down to JoAnn's store today. Bought 4 skeins of Caron One Pounder yarns, 5 skeins of kitchen cotton and some 'notions'. Stopped by Von's before coming home, got a bundt cake for tomorrow.

A lot to carry home on the bus, but I made it. The trip wore me out though, was glad to get home!

Off My Hook - Shawl, 'Tasseled' Wrap Around

Pattern can be found at: http://web.archive.org/web/20010417205031/www.cei.net/~vchisam/groovy/7706.html

I made it REALLY big. And I didn't 'fringe' it (I am not a 'fringe' person), just added a lot of extra rows till I got the length I wanted. Still, only took 10 days...

I used a K Hook and it took 2.6 skeins of dark variegated, Red Heart Super Saver.

Finished measurements: 66" wide, 33" from 'point' in back to neckline.

Here is a close up of the stitch and the neck edging.

This one was really fun, and went fast. It's also 'quick' enough to make for a needed 'gifting'.

Sometime, I may alter this to make two triangles, and put them together for a 'summer weight' poncho...

Somedaze are like that

It was a beautiful, warm afternoon. So I went cruising around the apartment complex, specifically the trash bins.

Today I was prepared, had some extra plastic trash bags in my backpack and my 'reacher' on my lap.

And nadda! Not one thing. Guess everyone was too busy doing outside things to empty their trash!

It's unusual to not find ONE thing...

April Fool's Day

No, I didn't get fooled today (at least I don't think so!). Nor did I 'fool' anyone else.

But I did see a 'history' of great April Fool's Day greatest pranks on CNN today. And, lo and behold, there was an item I had been looking for for YEARS.

As a child, I saw on TV some kind of editorial or something about 'Spaghetti' growing on trees and being harvested. I loved it! I laughed and laughed. Have remembered it all my life. Have told many people about it. But never again saw it, or heard about it.

CNN said that it was an April Fool's Prank (British) from 1955 (I was nine!). Now everyone can see it at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaU1y-dS-Bg