July 31, 2009 - Totally Useless SAL Update

I'm a week late for the New Moon update of the Totally Useless SAL, but I haven't stitched since last week so there's no more orts in my jar now than there were when it was the new moon.

I went to bed at midnight, right after Gone With the Wind ended. Don't ask me how many times I've seen it, but I love it. I even have the entire series Hallmark did of Scarlett and her dresses. They also do Rhett & Scarlett ornaments, but those don't interest me as much.

Daisy was really good last night and I didn't wake up at all until the alarm went off at 9am. I had to go let the cat out and walk the girls. I'm very impressed that Daisy has settled in so quick. While she runs around outside like a mad woman, she's a big lump in the house. She's now pulled three squeakers from some of Kasey's old toys and skinned the fur-covered ball. Now it's just a raquetball. Unlike alot of dogs her age (she's about 14-15 months old) she doesn't chew on anything but her toys. She can stay with us instead of being home alone all the time.

I was wide awake after taking the girls for a walk this morning and decided to stitch. I completed the squares and went to work on the border. I didn't stitch once I got home so this is only from this morning. I hope to have Ocean Star finished this weekend.

Dialysis was uneventful. For some reason, I keep falling asleep during my treatment and then they can't wake me until half an hour after my treatment ends. Today was the second day it happened. It's a little worrisome because I had a really good night's sleep but there's not a whole lot I can do about it. I get so tired that I cannot keep my eyes open and off to La-La Land I go!

The girls were waiting for me when I returned home and we went for a walk. We had a quiet evening at home, thankfully.

Totally Useless SAL - June 22 Update

I saw a friend on FaceBook was a fan of the "Totally Useless SAL" so I finally found a link to it.

Yoyo of Dragon My Needle is hosting this SAL on her blog. Here are the details:


The Totally Useless SAL will begin January 26, the date of the next New Moon, and end December 16th. New participants will be welcomed at any time throughout the year. If it is November and you are reading this for the first time, don't worry. There is no need to "catch up", if you feel the pull, join us.

You have to register by posting a comment saying you want to participate on this post so that we can all go to your blog to view your Totally Useless SAL.

Find a see-through container: i.e., mayonaise jar, fish bowl, jelly/jam jar, something you'll enjoy.

Containers may be changed at your pleasure -- but not any previously posted contents.

Every time you are stitching throughout the coming year you agree to put all your "stitching throw aways" in this container. This may include:

regular Orts (thread ends)
little snips of fabric
broken buttons you were going to use on that little Lizzy Kate flip it
a bead or two from your Mirabilia design
worn out needles
the labels from used up floss skeins
whatever you like, as long as it is, or rather, was (LOL) going to be part of a stitching project currently underway

You may include orts from any type of stitching project: cross stitch, knitting, crochet, whatever, but please do not include other craft leftovers such as paper crafts, rubber stamping, etc.

This must be a new collection not an ort container you have already been collecting.

Each month, on the date of the New Moon, or very shortly thereafter, you will post progress pictures of your Totally Useless SAL on your blog. You may or may not describe a few of the interesting new items in your container.

Since the new moon begins today, here is my ort jar, alongside my Snip-Its jar Kathy B made for me last year. The ort jar holds the fabric threads that frayed off and the thread ends from my last four projects.