Monthly Archives:April 2008

Anyone who has been reading here all winter long knows that I have been helping with Shelly’s Share a Square project. It’s not the first “charity” project I’ve been involved in, but it is the one that has pulled at my heart the strongest and longest.

I still feel that way.

So, I thought I’d post over on ravelry about the project to try to get people to help with the bags.

I should have read the RULZ first – the ones that say something about you being a spammer or a self-server if you post on more than one board about something.

Sigh!

The second post was deleted – with a bulletin that told me why – and I was happy about that. I certainly don’t like to break the rules, you know.

But this evening I received a pointed message from the person in charge of one of the groups to which I posted – she told me she deleted the message beCAUSE . . . of the RULZ about being considered a spammer, and “self-serving”.

Um, gee thanks. I’ll try not to break any more rulz, folks.

In the meantime – I hope that my faithful friends who read here will trust me when I say I am NOT doing this for me – okay?

And, thanks for all that you’ve done to help with the project.

I appreciate EACH of YOU!!!!

. . . of you, my friends – calling all of you.

You can help me fulfill a dream. Shelly’s dream.

Several months ago I heard about this woman in Denton, TX who had a dream to gift EVERY (140!) child who would attend Camp Sanguinity this summer with a granny square afghan. Each afghan would require 48 squares 6 inches in size. Each square would then be edged with black and sewn into an afghan which would then be edged in black.

Share a Square was born!

Shelly gave over (at least) one room in her home to house the resultant afghans until this summer.

Shelly’s dream was fulfilled by people like each of you who stop by to read this blog. THANK YOU! She has received (more than) enough squares to make the 140 afghans and, I believe all are now in the hands of a willing volunteer who is putting them together. She is posting pictures of the finished (and returned) afghans on her blog.

Shelly’s dream grew and took a turn . . . and the Bag Project was born. Texas Rose and I would each try to raise 70 bags to go along with the afghans to hold the tags after the children took them off.

aprilbags.JPG This is a quick update on that project. Thanks to Miyo in Tokyo and Kat in Los Angeles, I now have 9 finished bags.

bagbeads.JPG In addition, Shelly sent me some bags that were donated and I hope to get them decorated up this weekend. I bought some really colorful beads – now I just have to get busy and get them attached.

But, I am a long way from 70 bags, my friends. So I am calling on all of you to help.

If, however, you are not able to help with bags – and you missed the opportunity to make 6 inch squares – there is ONE LAST DREAM of Shelly’s that you could help fulfill:

Her dream: to pay the way for ALL 140 kids to attend Camp Sanguinity for FREE! It will cost $150 per child to go to camp. Your $5 or $10 would go a long way to seeing that dream come true. Please! and, Thank you!

changing from winter studded tires to summer treads: $75

repairing tire flattened by nail in between tire store and office (!!!) $20

looking outside to see this the next morning:

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PRICELESS!

You just gotta love it when Alaska has a sense of humor. 😉

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took a swipe off the car with the handy dandy broom and then got this picture:
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to show you the depth – looks like about 3 1/4 inches – or just over.

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Yep – we had put away the snow blower and had gotten out the lawn mower – bwahahahahaha!

Ahhhhhhhhhhhlaska! You gotta love it!

So, daughter Lessa – she who designs my PurpleMoose, btw – works at night to support her family. She designs websites AND she writes for 451Press.

She writes for Survivor fans
and
She writes for Rachael Ray fans
AND . . .
she writes for Big Brother fans.

Be sure to go over to Big Brother Craze today and see what she is now offering – a t-shirt for fans of (pick one) evil doers OR think pink-ers. Gotta love the girl’s sense of humor.

Notice – adult language alert – if you are put off by certain epithets, do NOT go there. Okay?

but . . . be sure to support the girl – thanks!!!

This was originally posted January 31st. It has been seeing some new comments have been coming in, so I am moving it up to share once again.

Thanks to those who have either sent an email saying they wanted to help – or who have sent some bags. You are all AWESOME!!

(Shelly likes to dream big – be sure to check out her latest dream for the kids of Camp Sanguinity!)

Share a Square – update:
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