The Sisters and Big Boy

<--Lucy (rt) & Ethel (lt) on one side of the patio, Big Boy, on the other -->







They are enjoying the warm days and evenings to the hilt! I usually let the Sisters out for about an hour in the morning and two hours at sunset.

I find Big Boy sitting at the patio door, first thing in the morning, he comes in, eats, goes to bed IN MY BED, sleeps till sunset, eats and socializes with the Sisters, then goes out for the night when it's fully dark.

Today, it was almost sunset when I got these pictures.

(Do they have me well trained, or what?)

Another Poncho Completed

Wow. I finally finished this Poncho! I designed it myself. It has a scoop neck with a 'roll' collar in a nice soft Sage (the picture above does NOT do justice to the color!). And of course, it's XXX sized

Every stitch done, every end woven in. Seemed like it took forever (especially that ruffle all the way around!). I still have one skein of this yarn left. Want to make a kind of 'hoodie' to match, but just am not in the mood at the moment, want to move on to something else...

I need to make rectangles and grannies with the yarn left over from this project.

And in fact, I need some more 'Don't Lose Your Marbles' as I've gifted all but one of them, and I like to keep extras available.

Lymbrel

Last time I saw my Rheumatologist, she gave me some samples of Limbril to help with joint pain.

Limbrel is a new, by prescription only, medical food product (flavocoxid 500mg) for help with some types if arthritis.

Well the samples DEFINITELY helped with my joint pain, especially the pain in my wrist and thumb joints!

The good news today is that my MediCare Part D Insurance approved it for me!!! Yes! Now perhaps I can crochet more with less pain.

Wendy

This evening I had a visitor, Wendy, a cyber-pal. We have been emailing back and forth with for years! We finally met f2f.

She was visiting family in the area (from Amsterdam, where she lives), and graciously granted me a few hours.

We had dinner, exchanged a couple of gifts; I gave her a petghan for her cat and a ‘Don’t Lose Your Marbles, she gave me a fridge magnet that says ‘Holland’ on it, a book, and a loved designer box.

And. we talked and talked and talked! Hope she had as good of a time as I did!

Ethel, The Huntress!

When I first started taking the Girls 'out', Ethel (the alpha) would bring small, dry 'sticks' fallen from the trees, inside and drop them at my feet.

Sometimes, the 'sticks' would be more like 'branches' and she could hardly drag them onto the patio, let alone though the barely open patio door. So she left them just outside.

She always let me know that she'd bought me an 'offering', with a specific vocalization. And I've always praised her for that.

But now, even with a collor that has a loud bell on it, she is somehow managing to catch birds!

Last week, the first time, she bought in a tiny (and dead) sparrow.

Today, it was a hummer!

Of course, she drops these 'gifts' right at my feet, and gives the vocalization! And I praise her, then dispose of the poor dead bird.

A neighbor said they must be really stupid birds, to be caught by a cat that has a loud bell on! Maybe so...

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.?