Yarn Bracelets

The other day my mom was here and she usually does something special with my daughter 'E' while she is here.  This time she made yarn bracelets with her.  Actually, she had 'E' crochet them and she tied them off.  Now 'E' is making them like crazy to give to everyone.  Her goal is to make hundreds of them and sell them to people for a QUARTER a piece.  I love her resourceful thinking.

Donating Hair Tips

I just want to make this clear.  It is not completely accurate that your hair has to be 12 inches and cannot be color treated hair to donate it.  There is an organization called 'Children With Hair Loss' that gives hair to children that are hairless.  In fact, I just got my hair cut the other day and I am donating 8 inches of layered hair to them.  My longest layer is 8 inches and my shortest is 4.  Please, pass the word on this subject.  There are millions of people that get their hair cut and it goes in the garbage.  Your hair does NOT have to be 12 inches long!

Hot Rice Packs

At the beginning of the year and the start of my pain problems I made something that has been a life saver.  I remembered making something like these with my mom years ago and I cannot believe I went this long without making another one.  Anyway, I get these really bad, I mean so bad they thought I had the world's most painful disease muscle spasms in my neck.  The muscle spasms are so bad I am unable to do anything and if I move at all it makes it even worse. 

College Books

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Well, I am so excited to say that my niece 'J' is starting college this semester.  I am so proud of her!  She is such an amazing person, and I love her very much.  So, now that we know how much my wonderful niece means to me.  We understand that if I have the ability to, I will help her.  With this being her first semester at college Nate and I decided to buy her one of her books.  Well, as I learned in school it takes time for the scholarships and such to come in.  So, while she is waiting for those to come in she was not able to get her books.  What is worse than not being able to get your books at college?!

Ironing... Money?!

I know, I know sounds crazy right?!  Well, years ago when I was actually ironing clothes I was thinking about the next day at work.  There was a vending machine at my work and it was extremely picky.  If your dollar was not the newest dollar it would spit it back out.  This drove me crazy.  So, as I was ironing my clothes I took my money out of my pocket and ironed my money.