Happy 2008!

Wishing all my knitting buddies, my friends and my sister a very happy new year!! And Ms. Bella sends the same.


By the way, I'm glad the county trimmed the palm trees in front of my house before all that wind blew through last week! Imagine my surprise when I came home to this!!




I could barely get in the driveway...But I'm glad it's done!

My latest project? A Bookmark scarf. Ellen turned me on to this great pattern on ravelry. It was originally a crochet bookmark, but with a larger hook and fatter yarn you get....a Scarf!! I'm very pleased with the final turn out -- in fact, I made two!


I will be barricaded in my house tomorrow -- I'm at the mercy of the Rose Parade, blocked in all directions. Maybe the Stealth Bomber will fly over my house again.

Happy 2008 to all.

My weekend

Yesterday was the Motion Picture Mothers Christmas Luncheon, which Alyson's mom, Carolyn, is the Treasurer. It's a wonderful organization, raising money for the Motion Picture & Television Fund. It is composed of mothers of people in the movie and television industry. The President is Martha Selleck, the mother of Tom Selleck and other members include Jerry Mather's mom and the mothers of Adam Sandler and Margeret O'Brien . Anthony Hopkins 's mother was a member and he is a big supporter. Every year they have a luncheon to raise more money and I've been volunteering at it for the last 3 years or so. This time my job was to sell raffle tickets. I was assisted by Elizabeth, the beautiful 11 year old daughter of my friend, Patsy. Her mom was a member, too, and one of Carolyn's good friends. It's a big event; awards were presented to Pat Boone, Robert Wagner and three guys I've known for a long time: Tom, Dan and Kevin O'Connell. It was wonderful -- lots of fun and quite the venue for star sightings.

I've been working on some projects for Christmas, so I can't show them until after I give them, so stay tuned!