F.R.E.D.

#981841

April 23, 2020 at 3:00pm

Okay, for the first time ever, my youngest took a cup of bird food and walked around to the front of my house, by himself, and poured the seed into the bird feeder. This is huge! For him to do something without someone holding onto his hand, literally, is astounding! This is like a door that has been opened and he is stepping into maturity. What is with the snow lately? I thought we were into spring, but I guess I was wrong. Oh, well. ... [Read more]

#981558

April 19, 2020 at 7:13pm

I am tired of making face masks already. I suppose they need to be done, I just don't like to 'have' to make them. Poor me. Not really, I just like saying it. Truth is, my wife really needs the help and I jumped in and did what I could. Can, really. We are still making them. I do wish we didn't have to have them. I realized I hadn't written anything in my blog in a while and thought I should make some sort of effort to keep something in here that is recent. I watched th... [Read more]

#980290

April 5, 2020 at 9:00am

So my wife started making face masks for family and friends and took a few orders to sell. Can't just give everything away since this is a way to make a living. Of course, masks are unusual. She normally makes doll clothes, see? She did donate several yards of fabric and 25 yards of elastic banding to some people making masks also. We had to get a bit creative by adding a 3" piece of 14-2 wire to bend around the nose. There is a piece of non-woven fabric meshed in between two knit fabric... [Read more]