What a fiasco!!

I packed up Elise' afghan to mail.  I didn't look at the mailing box, just found one that the afghan would fit in.  Weighed it, $11.00 for the postage, I scheduled a pick-up at my front door.  The mail man picked it up and I breathed a sigh of relief.

Three days later, I got an e-mail from the USPS, it was a flat-rate box I had used and I still owed $8.95 in postage.  ARRGH!  Paid it and hoped they hadn't delayed the package.  

I checked the tracking the next day and found it was delivered March 22nd, at their front door.  I hope that is true because I have received NO WORD from New Jersey that she had received it. Maybe she is sending a Thank You card by snail mail?

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Sister Susan's birthday was Thursday.  Wednesday she came down and spent almost 3 hours here, going through all the extra floss I had and the knitting and crocheting patterns AND all the cross stitch patterns.  We emptied two large plastic storage tubs, she took one home that she had filled, I filled up another one to drop off at the Salvation Army down the road and I threw out a large box of stuff.

Remember the Nativity cross stitch I did last year?

I loved it so much.  I had it stretched on foam core, but I couldn't afford a frame.  Susan gasped when she saw it and said, "That is so beautiful!"  So...I just gave it to her.  

I kind of regret it, but...I still can't afford a large frame for it, so I will never hang it and I have to be decisive in my "getting rid of stuff I will never use", and if it was still here when I die, I'd want her to have it anyway.  So..............................

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Grand Girl, Madeleine's bridal shower is next Saturday--they moved it up a month....which means, I will not have this finished in time.

I'm working on the lettering, but then have to have it matted and framed and don't know when I will get the extra $$$ for that.  I do know, somehow, it will be ready for their wedding, end of May.

For her shower, I will type up a card with:

"Something old, something new.

Something borrowed, something blue,

and a lucky penny for her shoe."

and tape on it the penny I saved from the year she was born.

~~ The day each grand child was born, I took a penny from that year and put it in a small white satin pouch I had.  Then on their wedding day, I gave them their "lucky" penny.  Grand son Marcus put his in his pocket.  The girls tape them to the instep of their shoe.  It is under the foot arch and doesn't interfere with them walking--it isn't even felt. ~~

I have already given her my big Kitchen Aid stand mixer, so this all should suffice for a nice shower/wedding gift.

Because I get bored with just one project, I am also crocheting the Baby Boy blanket for my next great, expected mid-July.  I had one all finished and put away, but my next door neighbor finagled it away from me for an unexpected baby shower she had to go to.

It's okay because I have revamped the word placement and the one I am working on will be even better.

They haven't chosen a name as yet.  I like David--nice strong Jewish name.  My grandson-in-law thinks Shamus or Levi would be good.  Isn't Shamus an Irish name?  He named their dog Ruppert, so no telling what he wants to name his kid.  

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Of course, with the NCAA Basketball Tournament, sitting in my recliner, working on my hand work, has been occupying a lot of my time.  Plus, I just finished up a large genealogy.

My Michigan State Spartans are still in the Tournament.  They play Duke on Sunday and I'm fearful Duke will take us out.

Oh well.  It's raining here all weekend, so I have time to sit and watch and maybe........just maybe, in between, get more of this office cleaned out.  

Maybe..............