Well, the repair on the mailbox seems to be holding. And I have the offer of a loan of(or, if the time is right, for him to come out and help me with) a posthole digger if I want to put in a sturdier box.

I think I do. I'm going to see if I can find one of the big, plastic-encased mailboxes (it's made out of that heavy plastic - kind of like the Little Tykes toys) like my parents have. It's mounted on a 6 by 6 that's sunk into the ground (hence the need for a posthole digger) and I think it would be a lot harder to vandalize than the standard little metal mailboxes. (That said...I wonder if the vandals might see it as a challenge. Sigh. People with too much free time.)

On to happier things.

I rarely buy myself jewelry but I had to have this:



It says - you can't read it all in that photo - "Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult." I love it - and had to have it when I saw it in a catalog - because that pretty much sums up how I feel aboout myself.

And that seems particularly apropos today, given what I finished last night.



Meet Ivy. Ivy is the second monster I made off of that "Furryness!" pattern I linked to before.

Olaf is a baby monster, I think, but Ivy is a little girl monster. Ivy is sweet but sometimes a little bossy. She likes to play tea parties and climb trees.



Olaf and Ivy are cousins. Ivy is quick to remind people that even though she was made later, she's a lot older than Olaf, who is really just a baby.



Ivy is very fond of her baby cousin Olaf. (Partly because he's still willing to play tea parties with her.)