Can you help by making a dozen Fabric Gift Bags for foster children? The plea came at a Kiwanis meeting. And I volunteered. They were so easy to make that I finished all of them in one sitting -- less than half a day. The recipient would have a bagful of gifts, thanks to Kiwanis, and a bag that could be used to keep the gifts or any other possessions together. Quick and easy to make, reusable so no piles of wrapping paper to throw away, functional for other uses or easy to store , washable if necessary and, best of all, colorful and fun. I thought it was such a good idea that I have made them for gifts given to other children, who were thrilled to get them -- with gifts inside, of course :-) -- and to use afterwards. The ones I made for foster children were already cut with ... [Read More]
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Wheels and Bytes saddled up just after vacation and drove back to the Great Plains for Wheels’ uncle’s funeral – twenty some hours each way. They were glad to pay respects and to be able to see Wheels’ many cousins and childhood buds. Then the insurance company came the day after they got back and claimed Wheels’ cherished pickup truck. Someone sped around the corner at 2:30 am one night and smacked into the back of it as it sat by the curb minding it own business. Bytes flew out the door and immediately called 911 because he thought the car driver was hurt. Instead the driver straightened up and roared off, shucking broken car parts in a trail behind him. The faithful green truck had been shoved down the street, up on the curb and sadly bent out of shape. Totaled. Wheels was ... [Read More]