Stop Hunger Now, Hunter's new motor friend, and a little duct tape embellishment

A big THANK YOU to everyone that donated to Tabby's Stop Hunger Now project.  It occurred yesterday and was a big success.  Tabby said that when her 9th grade class finished packing meals, the school's total was at 71,000 meals.  And there was still the 11th and 12th graders to go!  I don't know the grand total of meals packed yet.  UPDATE:  over 100,200 meals were packed!  Tabby said thinks they were being sent to Guatemala.

I took these pictures right before leaving for school.  Tabby is wearing the official t-shirt for the project.  I am also in possession of several pictures of Tabby at event but she asked me not to post those because she also had to wear a hair net.  ;)   (She said since all the kids who handled food wore the hair nets it was ok - but no need to share with anyone else.)

Petting Exhaust Pipe - he's fully recovered from his coyote attack

Last Saturday, Hunter went along with Frank and Solomon on their run to the feed store.  (Hunter usually stays home to work on projects.)  When they got to Southern States, Hunter noticed an old motor that was not being used.  He is currently obsessed with collecting motors and has been praying for more.  He wondered if the feed store didn't need it anymore, if he could have it.  Frank told him to ask.  So Hunter went through the ranks of employees and he said the 4th guy he asked - named Antonio - said he could have it!  (Hunter can tell the whole story of asking everyone in a rather dramatic and funny way.)  Antonio told him that the motor used to be used to power their conveyor belt which took bags of feed up to the second story storage area, but they have a different motor for it now.

This is Hunter's heaviest motor - 45 lbs.  (He only weighs 5 lbs. more but he can carry the motor.)  I think he has about 13 motors of various sizes/kinds now and so I called him "motorhead" but he wasn't impressed.  (That's OK.  I saw the old rock group Motorhead perform once.  I don't think Hunter would have been a fan - he doesn't like loud music!)

I blogged once about Tabby's decorating with duct tape.  She still uses it.  She recently got a binder with lots of pockets and flaps that was going to be thrown out.  It was a boring color and scuffed up some.  But she covered it with a collage of duct tape and it looks really neat now.

I took inspiration from her recently, and covered a super boring looking coupon holder I had recently bought.  It was made from that annoying slippery material and was such a boring color.  So I used three different duct tapes I had:  cherries, red bandana, and sugar skulls.  It's funny how much more I enjoy using it and looking at it now!

By the way, if you grocery shop at Walmart, you can print regular manufacturer coupons from their website here.  I am so thankful for this since we don't buy a newspaper.  I don't use a lot of coupons but can still save several dollars a week at the store by printing and using coupons.

"A penny saved is a penny earned." - Benjamin Franklin