Today is my wonderful Mother-In-Laws birthday. I'm blessed to have a mother-in-law as wonderful as she is. She is one of the most loving and hard working women I know!

Both of my little ones in school have a new student in their class that is in foster care and is placed in the Wright Co Children's Home. Foster children receive free lunches but not free milk in the afternoon. The Children's Home does not provide money for milk. Today I sent extra milk money with both my kids to pay for these little girls milk and I will continue to do so. It is only .25 but it means so much to these kids not to be left out.

People ask what they can do to help foster kids and this is just one of the many ways. It cost $1.25 a week! The first day I sent money with my little girl after she came she almost cried because she had never got to have milk in the afternoon before. She is so excited to bring the money to help her new classmate. It's the little things that matter.

I encourage any of you who wanted to help but just didn't know what to do to find a child and sponsor their afternoon milk. It's a inexpensive way to put a smile on a child's face and nothing is better than that!


Amanda

Yesterday evening we noticed that our female cockatiel had laid two eggs! We have had these birds for over a year now and this is the first time they have ever laid eggs despite their obvious love for one another. So far there are just two eggs. We will just have to wait and see if she lies anymore.

 

Here is their little nest I made them. Hopefully in a month we'll have a little family of birds. I'm going to need a bigger cage.

Amanda

 

Connor has been waiting a week for me to buy stamps so he could mail his letter to Santa. Here he is putting his letter in the mailbox.



Amanda

I can't believe my great niece is 1 already! She is amazing. I love her so much.

Here is her with her birthday cake I made her.

Here is the full cake.


Amanda

This morning I went to a few yard sales with my mother-in-law and found a few good buys. I've been giving some thought to renting a few booths at Antique Malls, craft places and/or flea markets. This way at least part of my business can stay open and we'll just see how it goes.

Anyway, Here are some of my deals of the day.


The big box is filled with cake decorating items like the grocery stores get in to put on their cakes. They are all still brand new and in the packages. I only gave $2 for the entire box. Probably my best deal of the day!

In the baggie is beads to make jewelry and a few little wooden craft items.

The bottom picture is Christmas birdhouses. They are so cute! There is a General store, Antiques, Bakery, Church, Post Office and a school. I just loved them.


Amanda

I'm trying to keep my head up. It's hard. Jacob says I just need to focus on craft shows and working from home, but that's hard when all of my tools and supplies were in the building. Crazy as it might seem my sewing machine and my cordless glue gun are probably the two things I'll miss the most. My cordless glue gun I can replace fairly inexpensively, but my sewing machine will have to wait. Sigh...

URG this is hard.


Amanda

My friend Jeremy came by my store a week or so ago. He is one of our vendors. While there he asked me if I could make him a small bag for his wheelchair that he could put his cell phone, keys, a plastic bag to keep the motor dry in case of rain and a few other things. I told him I probably could and I the next day I went to work on it. The bag has an inside pocket, along with a cell phone pocket on the outside and a ring that has a D ring so that he can easily clip on his keys. It also has a zipper to keep things from falling out. This was only the second zipper I had ever put in. The last one I did under direct supervision from Mrs.Duey in high school. I was a little worried I wouldn't be able to get it in right, but to my surprise I did it fairy easily.

The bag turned out nice He liked it and it fit perfectly.

Here is Jeremy with his camo bag on the side of his chair.

Okay, So we all know that President Obama will deliver an address to school aged children in public schools. There has been a lot of debate over this and since this is my blog I'll give you my opinion...

It is important as parents and educators to teach our children to show respect for our President. I have read the speech that the President will give tomorrow and see nothing wrong with his message. He isn't brainwashing our children to believe some libral garbage. He is simply welcoming them back to school and encouraging them to be responsable.  I did not vote for him. I do not like many of his policies, but again he IS our President. My child WILL attend school tomorrow and will hear the message that our President has prepared. If for some unknown reason he would have to miss school tomorrow I will personally show it to him myself. We need to teach our children about politics and about our own personal values so that when they are old enough to vote they will be able to make a clear moral decision to vote for the candidate of their choice. Why is it that the First Lady often is expected to talk to school children, but the President himself is not? Former First Lady Laura Bush spent many hours in classrooms with children. Mrs.Bush is in my opinion the diffinition of Lady! She supports President Obamas decision to adress the children and I agree with her.

Again, just my opinion. Please be mindful of what you say to and in front of your children. Stick to the facts if you want to express your opinion of our President to them. Tell them what you like or don't like. Be respectful. There is no need in a bashing name calling session. They will respect you and your point of view more in the end.