*hrumph* to karmatic justice. *injured sniff* the dog gets plenty of bones to chaw upon; she cannot have my driftwood.... and neither can her brother! :hrmph:

So, I sure hope everyone meant it that cat hair is not a problem... how funny that so many of us have cats!

Please remember to use the Asheville address for Nick (Paphigleo).

I like the April 24th deadline! That helps a lot.

So, after the new bed delivery this morning, I was out the door to the post office, squares ready to be packed in jiffy bags and posted.

Trip to wally world to pick up jiffy bags. Sat in the car for 20 mins stuffing the squares into the bags (I got too small a size, I think) and addressing them.

Stop at the post office, bag full of stuffed envelopes, a digital cable box ready to be mailed back to Comcast (of the devil, I tell ya) and my mother's 75th bday afghan (twin bed spread size). I struggle to the door under my various postal packages and low and behold... they are CLOSED!!! :overreaction:

They are all in the car and I will post them from Richmond on Monday.

Awww Christie, that kinda thing happens to me too.

My local grocery store has a scale and sells postage, so that's where I'll be taking the envelopes this coming week.

Ami, I'll be on the watch for the box.

{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{Ami}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}} The driftwood is MARVELOUS!! Thank you so very very much!!

The twisty stick is mine; I claimed it. :cheesy: Gryph can have the other one though, if he would like.... but the twisty stick? Mine! Mine! Mine! <insert seagull smiley here, lol>

Keeping track: I have received swapghan and raffleghan squares from Ami and from Christie.

I have managed to address envelopes to go out to y'all... no squares inside those envelopes yet, though, lol...

Mine went into the mail system today. Here's praying that USPS has a clue. Being in the mail business, I am not that hopeful! LOL

sneaking in to say.. a white squishy envelope arrived in the post. I am guessing it is a square!.. I'm sure the wifey will let yas know from whence it came when she gets home to open it :)

STAY outta my mail!!!!! Aren't you and yer pal supposed to be :hammer: on the fence today???

Hrmph - I HATE that Hy gets to the mail before I do!

F is for fence. F is for Friday.

nanner nanner is for early mail getter :raspberry:

:simplelaugh:

:bolt:

Welp. I just sent out ours. K helped me with some since I was having a heck of a time keeping my lines straight (I swear I measured it with each row! :blink: ) Anyways, those who got the green ones... sorry. :( I did try very hard. They are mostly straight...

No worries from me, Linus. There isnt anything "remotely straight" about me :cracked:

(sometimes, I crack me up)

LOL.. well, it was taking me about a day or two to do one square (I'd look at it, realize it was uneven, unravel it and try again). Thankfully, K felt pity for me and helped me out with some.

Not to worry, darlin! The beauty of knitting and crochet is that they are sooo forgiving--being stitched into an afghan will likely correct any inconsistencies in the various squares.

Jusy fyi when you're making projects for yourself, if a square is really crooked, it can always be blocked, also. You wet it, smooth it to the proper size and shape, and pin it down, then let it dry. Solves all KINDS of problems!

I've received ami's!

Thanks :D

and I got Linus' and Kristen's today! Thank you both SO much!

phewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww (f)

sweetcali

:|

Um, Ami... *stage whisper* that's kinda personal, hon.... :blink:

*sorry for teasing ya, that was JUST too good to pass by, lol*

I took my squares to the mail center at the grocery store tonight; they'll be picked up and taken to the main post office tomorrow and should arrive to people in a few days.

I'm feeling pretty dork-ly about the whole thing... remember how shocked I was that my squares were not 12" after all, and I got delayed by having to add extra rows to them?

I measured them again before I put them in the envelopes this afternoon.

13 1/2".

:knit:

Well, at least now I know why I ran out of yarn, eh? Um, I have leftover yarn now.

this is what happens when you are running late for work

I assure you I don't really want to know, (in any way shape or form)
if people are DOING IT

I am courious as to how people are coming along with their projects.

{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{Ami}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}} LOL, hon, we know... sorry I couldn't resist teasing. *hangs head, penintent*

Hey, I heard from Nick; he's still pretty far behind. I think he's been working a lot of double shifts lately.

No worries here, cali. Life happens more often than not and you know the ole saying about the best laid plans...LOL

Many thanks to each of you who are participating. I think its really special to share our energy and time with one another :)

{{{{{{{{{{{{sweetcali}}}}}}}}}}}}}} Glad you checked in, hon! I was worried about you.

Now where the heck is our Arwen? Has she recovered from her latest Writers' Road Trip yet?

We haven't heard from Liz either... you okay, sugar?

I got Cath's too! Thank you so much!