My great grandmother, Lula Belle, lived on a farm in W.V.. To hear my mother talk about her, she was very tiny, with size 1 feet, long - curly white hair and very meek. She had seen her share of hardships. She lost at least 5 babies, many before they even turned [...]
Soldier’s Angels notified us this morning that they are in need of the following. If you can help, please email me: gidget at allsewnup (dot) com and I’ll let you know who to contact.
It’s very cold in Iraq and Afghanistan now and we are receiving a number of requests for caps, fleece blankets, and [...]
This came in a newsgroup I subscribe to. Ya’ll might like to check it out:
—– Original Message —–
From: U.S. Department of Education’s Teacher Initiative
Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 10:27 AM
Subject: The U.S. Department of Education is Launching the FREE Website for Teachers
The U.S. Department of Education is pleased to announce the newly remodeled and [...]
Do you have old cell phones hanging around your home or place of business? Why not recycle them into calling cards for the Soldiers? Here’s how (link at the end)
Soldiers’ Angels has teamed up with Pacebutler to collect cell phones (handsets and batteries only). Recycled for cash, these phones will buy much needed [...]
The kids finished two quilts for the Soldier’s Angels group and I wanted to share one of the tags they made. Any soldiers out there - know that you are undeniably loved!
Poor Kids. Yesterday they went and picked out pumpkins and got haircuts. Last night they woke up one by one with stuffy noses, sore throats and low fevers. Today, trying desperately to retain their excitement for the Halloween season, they carved pumpkins, blew noses, carved some more, blew some more… until cleaning [...]
My DH and I watched Steve Irwin’s Memorial tonight on Animal Planet. We recorded it for the kids to see tommorrow. It was a perfect memorial to Steve for all that loved him so much. There was a song played, “True Blue” by John Williamson which was Steve’s favorite song. [...]
It was a day mixed with sorrow and tears, thoughts of heroism and anger and lots of supportive hugs as we remembered 9/11 throughout this day we were given.
We must never forget to stand as a United nation. We must have the courage of our convictions just as the passengers of Flight 93, ney, [...]
Soldiers Angels are currently making Blankets of Hope and Cool Down Scarfs.
If you want to help, check them out!
I’ve been searching out some printmaking sites lately and ran into a baren forum tonight.
The postings are thin but the links to other sites are a sweet journey.
