The Gift that Gives Comfort to Many

I'm calling all of you crafty mama's and caring people out there to make pillowcases for Conkerrcancer. Their goal is to give a bright cheery pillowcase to every seriously ill child in North America by 2012.

Ian received several of these pillow cases while in hospital, even though he has Von Willebrand's (a blood clotting disorder) and not cancer. And since he was admitted during the height of the H1N1 epidemic, Elly was not permitted to come visit him. So the kind volunteers gave her a pillowcase to match one her brother had been given. This made my kids feel closer together and miss each other a little less while apart.

Please, even if you aren't into sewing, the ConkerrCancer web page has super simple directions - Just check out the link below

Thanks!
http://www.conkerrcancer.org/pillowdirections.html

Time Fly's When Your Having Fun

We had such a great summer and early fall. Elly started 1st grade and new friends moved to the street. The house looks so cute; well except for Toby's project, the dining room ceiling. But I knew what I was getting into when I married a finish carpenter and we purchased an old home with textured ceilings.

Then late fall Ian had a relapse of low VWD counts, he also caught H1n1. The combination landed Little Man in Children's for a week. Not all was doom and gloom, he made cut outs with the 'cookie lady, had several doggy visits, watched the blimp and our heros-the Medivac Nurse Unit take off and land and he and Elly both received several cute pillow cases. If you could, please make pillow cases and contact conkerrcancer.org, they donate pillowcases all over the country. Actually, amny quilt shops are drop off locations-Thanks!