> I recently heard that you lost your mother, too.  I'm so
    Thank you.  I do miss her.
 > Perfect description of life, isn't the latter?  Much depends
 > on time and attitude there, too.
    :)
 > You are very industrious, wanting to make so many things.
 > I think a craft sale for the band's benefit is a great
 > idea.  The bands here sell sausage and citrus fruit, and
 > they don't make as much money as you'd wish for them to.
    Ah, the grass is always greener...   :)  I'd *love* some good sausage and 
citrus.  But, I'm more able to contribute something crafty, so perhaps it's 
best for me that crafts are the current goal.
    I also went to Walmart and bought several pairs of socks from their 
"broken packages" bin - 25 cents each - and am beading and crocheting edgings 
on them. That's some of the variety I want to add to the pile.
 > The band at a local smaller-town high school has a small
 > trailer in which they and their parents take turns wrapping
 > gifts at Christmas, and they make a goodly amount of money
 > doing that.  One parent donated the trailer and they also
 > use it for selling hot sandwiches at the county fair, so it
 > has earned them some fairly good income at times.    But
 > crafts sell well around here.  Maybe I need to put a bug
 > in someone's ear about this!
    That trailer is a good idea, too!  I don't know if it would work as well 
here, though - *big* town.  His high school has over 2000 students, but the 
band is as small as the one from a town of 3600.  I think I know why, but few 
would listen to me.
 > We are far enough away from St. Louis not to be competition
 > for your son's band class, anyhow!  hehe
    :)
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