“Sewing mends the soul.” -Author Unknown- journal entry: What is a keepsake? That is a good question. We keep many things. We keep them for different reasons. Sometimes we think we might use things someday, or someone else might want it someday, or it came from somewhere we want to …
“Don’t wait for your ship to come in . . . swim out to it !” -Author Unknown- journal entry: No kidding. This is a 15 minute swimming bag. It is made from a shower curtain. Not an expensive shower curtain but a $5.99 shower curtain on the discount table. …
” I don’t believe that you have to be a cow to know what milk is.” -Ann Landers- journal entry: Nor do you have to be a real mommy to take care of teeny, tiny babies. These little ones fit inside of a 3×3 box with a lid. It looks …
“Just living is not enough”, said the butterfly. “One must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower.” -Hans Christian Anderson- journal entry: It really doesn’t take much to prod the imagination of a child. Not a minute had passed before the little girls had given the butterflies names and were …
” There is a time – all too brief as it too soon becomes apparent to parents, to be little, a time to be in-between and a time to be old. Let each have its season. Let little be little.” -Malcolm Forbes- journal entry: Most parents love their children. They …
“Look for the bare necessities.” Baloo from The Jungle Book journal entry: Grandpa got a jump on me with this one. He saved all of the scraps from the punch-out models that his grandsons had put together with him. When he piled them on the newspaper and went for the …
“You have to feed the crickets to keep the crickets alive to feed the lizards to keep the lizards alive . . . or something like that.” -Jody Rainville- journal entry: I’m not sure I like the sound of ” Lizard-in-a-Bag”. It has a “take-out” sound to it. Once again, …
“Grandchildren are convinced that crawly things won’t hurt you. What if I don’t believe them?” -Grandma- journal entry: Well, these lizards might be okay. This is an empty lettuce container. Strawberry containers work too. I sprayed the bottom with adhesive and patted some “soft moss” onto the bottom until it …
“No you never get any fun out of the things you haven’t done.” -Ogden Nash- journal entry: Yup. These are pet food scoops. Why would they make them so cute and colorful? Dogs and cats certainly don’t care what color their scoops are. I spotted them on the bottom shelf …
“It’s more fun to talk with someone who doesn’t use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like “what about lunch?” -Winnie-the-Pooh- journal entry: A person doesn’t have to look very far to find “happy things”. When I spotted this scrapbook paper, I knew instantly what it was meant …
