11-11-11

Have a great vertical minute and vertical hour on vertical day in vertical year!

Make a wish at 11:11 on 11-11-11!

It is a once in a century experience!

Check out how I made 11-11-11 extra fun and special by clicking here!

A huge and special thanks to all of our veterans who have served to protect us, our rights, our freedom, and the privileges that we enjoy each and every day.

All Creatures Great and Small

Saturday morning around 8:00, I went to throw out a bag of garbage and this is what I found. EEEEWWWW! The scream could not be missed by the others in the house!!!!!

Norah took her job of watching if the possum crawled out of the can quite seriously. It occupied her for quite some time!

It never crawled out. We threw more bags in the can, on top of the possum. The garbage man probably took him away on Monday.

Tis' The Season

Tis' the Season is upon us! I would like to say that I am probably half way done with the gathering of the gifts. I started months ago, and just need to go through my stash to see what needs to be filled in. Grandma G made these awesome little bags with notebooks and pens for her little granddaughter. Well, my little girl cannot get enough little books so this is perfect little present for under the tree. Norah picked out the butterfly fabric and helped me make it. But since it has "disappeared" for a few days, I do believe she has forgotten about it.

I found the orange notebook and the little pens at the dollar store. I bought the last pack of pens. The green butterfly notebook was in a pack of 2, only one was missing, I got it for 50 cents! I found the other tiny butterfly notebook in my desk at work. I think this came from Debbie in Japan.

I am ripping out the final seam to turn in wrong side out again. So that I may re-sew the bottom seam to hide some previous stitches. I do not like how they popped through to the right side. I am also considering redoing the flap to have the lining fabric show when snapped shut. And to move the snap closer to the edge to allow for an easier close when a bit more full. Other than that, this was "easy peasy lemon squeezy".

I may not be a bag lady, yet, but this was quite fun! I think I am just a project girl. Simple, little, and fun.

Vertical Day Ahead

This coming Friday in addition to the important Veterans Day, is Vertical Day. This year, it is a once in a century experience. Just look at the date 11-11-11, all numbers vertical. How cool is that! A couple of years ago, my biggest vertical day fans decided they should come to Chicago to spend vertical hour/minute, on vertical day, in the vertical year with me and my family. Well, that was a loooong time ago and plans have changed. Plus, they have a wedding to attend and what a cool wedding anniversary to have 11-11-11. I hope that they give a really cool vertical wedding gift. (like striped coffee mugs, christmas ornaments vertical in shape or stripes, perhaps some handmade striped/vertical goodies, and if they give the gift of money, it should be in singles or in 11's). I can personally say, that I have been married 11 years this vertical year - since we were married in 2000.

I decided, that I should give them 11 gifts, costing no more than $11.11 not including the cost of shipping. Using what I have and being resourceful, my package began the trek to CA on 11-1-11. Now I just had to send a vertical day gift on a vertical day, that is how I celebrated 11-1-11. The thing is, I did not snap 1 picture of any of the contents or any of the package(s). Can you believe that? I was so focused on our Halloween happenings and making it to the post office that I did not document my biggest joy of this 11-11-11. You will have to see vertical greatness through their eyes. I will list them out once I know they have all been opened, I can't ruin the surprises.

Where will I be at 11:11 on 11-11-11? Why I will be lunching and making the greatest wish of the century at Eleven City Diner on the corner of 11th and Wabash. What will you do at 11:11 on 11-11-11?