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The story of our precious little girl's 17 months of life with Trisomy 18 (July 4, 2010 - December 15, 2011) and of us, re-learning to live "after Lilly."
"I will praise you for I am fearfully and wonderfully made ...." Psalm 139:14

Saturday, April 23, 2016

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

8 comments:

  1. nice little visit this morning,with my dear ones. catching up makes my day. Sallie was delighted to know Exhast Pipe is well and she's learning about motors and shower caps mj

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  2. This really made me smile MJ and Sallie!

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  3. A coyote attack??!! Poor Exhaust Pipe! That is so scary! We are loving Tabby's peppermint goat milk soap here.

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    1. I'm so glad. :) I LOVE the smell of peppermint.

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  4. I love your updated and PRETTY coupon holder! I can never remember to use coupons. I want to be thrifty, but I fail. :(

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    1. Nikki if you had a coupon holder, I bet you would spray paint it! ;)

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  5. If you have a smart phone, another way to save some money when shopping at Walmart is to download the free Walmart savings catcher app. You just enter your recipts within 7 days of the purchase and the app will check local prices on the items listed. If it finds any lower prices it will refund the difference as a Walmart gift card. I have made back about $7.00 using it for about 3 months and it takes less than a minute to enter a receipt. I like your coupon holder. It turned our very pretty! Kate L

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    1. I love that program! I don't have the phone app for it so I have been entering it on their website for it. I don't remember when I started it, but have probably gotten $100 back total by now. I appreciate the program since Walmart doesn't have the ads showing what food is on sale each week.

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