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I really didn’t think it would happen this soon, even though the idea was lightly tossed around. We may soon be empty nester’s! I’m too young for this! Heather asked her daddy last night if she could move in with a friend closer to school. Right now it’s a 30 minute drive for her which is a lot of gas. Her friend is planning to buy the house, Heather & another friend will pay “rent”. I really don’t think she realizes how much money she will need and how much she will be giving up……….that’s why I think it will be good for her. I’m not sure she’s ready for it, but I’m afraid I will never think she is. I remember when I went off to live in a dorm, it really made me grow up. She’s 18 and we can’t stop her, but she has enough respect to ask her daddy. I don’t see him saying no. It is going to be so hard on him, but he’s really trying to let her grow up. It’s really just too weird to think about. Two of my favorite agents at work have just started handling that area (they are a team) and I was talking to them about it today. One asked who their agent was, I told her I was trying to get them to call her. I know they will be good to them, they are a couple of great Christian ladies. They are also mothers, so they can sympathize too. 
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Today my mother-in-law was supposed to go on a date with a guy she has never met. Her hair dresser gave the gentleman her number and he called her last week. Heather & I were given permission to go “spy” on them. My MIL said that we could come to the table and talk to them and meet him, but couldn’t sit with them. She wanted us to go, her sister-in-law and a friend were going to casually show up too. She was just a bit nervous about it, she has really had some strange encounters with men since her husband passed away. There are several people that she and I know that say he is a really nice guy. I work with 2 ladies that know him (one is her hair dresser) and my late father-in-law’s brother goes to church with him. The date had to be resceduled because her cumadin levels were too high when she went to the doctor today. It should be a two point something and it was a four point something. If she hurt herself and bled, she could easily bleed to death. They are planning to re-schedule and we can go spy then. *hee-hee*
The picture above is of 2 neck ties I made. They’re not the most beautiful things, but they’re functional. I’m not very experienced with my sewing machine, hopefully they will get better. The one in the baggies shows how I am packaging them, with care instructions printed out and a hand written note. The other is the one that I soaked in water to test and see if the amount of crystals was right. I soaked it too long so it got really fat. I started putting a little less in them after that. I still need to stitch the ends closed, but that is pretty much how it will look. My uncle, who is a Vietnam Vet, will be putting these in the packages that his is sending overseas to our troops. I want to try to get a bunch more done for him with the fabric I bought. If you are interested in making some of these as a help and encouragement to our troops, check out this website for instructions and a place to send them (I don’t know anything about this person, it’s just one of the sites that came up when I Googled cool neck ties) : www.packagesfromhome.org/CoolTieInstructions.htm
This is the best instructions I have found and I love the idea of the Easter egg on the PVS pipe for a funnel and to help turn them wrong side out. I got the pipe and the dowel rod, now I just need a plastic egg. A funnel works fine though.
