The Thanksgiving Edition of Share A Square

November 25, 2010

As I prepare to join my family for Thanksgiving, I can’t help but think about an “extended family” that has come to me through the Share A Square Program. Every day, they show me that people have a giving nature. I am grateful for them. Without their help, there would be no way to make [...]

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Not Rough As A Cob

November 23, 2010

As I look at my bottle of Corn Huskers Lotion, I’m beginning to feel like my grandmother. I can remember Mamaw describing her hands, after a day of hard work, as “rough as a cob.” She was referring to a dried corn cob, of course. After weeks of stitching on the afghans for the kids [...]

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Squared Away

November 15, 2010

I confess that I went to the coffee house on Sunday with a truckload of crocheted squares (for Share A Square). I intended to tag them … but figured I would be doing it alone. I was feeling blue, because I had gotten behind on tagging while I concentrated on actually stitching together some of [...]

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Tie One On With Me

November 9, 2010

That’s what I put on the sign last Sunday when I went down to my local coffee house to get help for Share A Square: “Tie one on with me.” Yes, I need help with this project to make 150 afghans for kids with cancer, but after my plea a few days ago, I think [...]

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An S.O.S. From S.A.S. Trouble for Share A Square 2010.

November 6, 2010

I’ve been stitching afghans together in quiet desperation. For several days I have been lower than a worm’s belly. The Share A Square 2010 campaign is in trouble … and I’m not sure what to do. My grand plan had been to make 150 afghans to give to children at three different Camp Quality cancer [...]

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Behind The Scenes Of Share A Square

October 20, 2010

Yesterday brought to mind that old saying, “Be careful what you wish for … you might get it!” I’ve been wishing for crochet squares so that I could finish assembling a blanket for a child with cancer for Share A Square 2010. Yesterday, the mail box was full! I only need donations from eight more [...]

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Time Is Ticking

October 15, 2010

Startled, I realized that my world was silent. Well, almost. There was a squirrel chattering outside my window at an enemy that only he could see (perhaps it was just testosterone talking). I could hear my cardinal calling, “Purdy, purdy, purdy,” and wondered who was so good looking. A distant train rumbled through Denton, and [...]

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The Beginning

October 4, 2010

I often find myself turning on the television to distract me when my hands are busy. Otherwise, my thoughts are unleashed and they ramble past the “Do Not Disturb” sign into memories I’d rather not contemplate. This weekend as I worked on afghans for Share A Square, I had no distractions. Momma came to mind, [...]

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An Epilogue: Finders Weepers

October 1, 2010

My “inner selves” were at war. Good Shelly battled Evil Shelly in an epic “cat fight,” as I pondered what to do about the stamps I found at the post office yesterday. I’m not talking a couple of “Forever Stamps” … I’m talking big money : $36.60 worth of stamps. Evil Shelly snarled, “Keep ‘em, [...]

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Share A Square 2010 Works For Quality

September 17, 2010

The folks at the post office are wondering about the packages that I juggle as I leave each day. They have no idea that inside are lovely crocheted squares from around the world that will be made into afghans for children at a cancer camp next summer. So far 1,353 squares have arrived for Share [...]

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Just Like Christmas

August 31, 2010

Every day at my house has become like Christmas, because I get to open packages! I’ve thrown away my mascara, because it runs down my face and makes me look like a sad clown (clowns are scary!). For some reason, my eyes leak every time one of those packages get opened. They are not gifts [...]

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A Chance To Help Share A Square Without Crocheting A Stitch

August 17, 2010

“I’d love to help you make those 150 afghans for kids with cancer, Shelly, but I don’t crochet!” That’s a comment that I hear a lot during the Share A Square project. If you think that, I’ve got two words for you: LAMINATING POUCHES. I’m in need. Now, I hear you thinking, “What is that [...]

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Chomping At The Bit

July 19, 2010

I can hardly reign in my excitement about Share A Square. Do you know the project? People from all across the country (and the world!) are helping make 150 afghans for children with cancer (if you want numbers, we need 12,000 squares). We did this back in 2008, and the response was tremendous, but I [...]

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Goosebump Time

July 9, 2010

That’s what my friend Jennymcb said in an e-mail as we talked about Share A Square 2010, “It’s Goosebump Time!” She knows as well as I do how long it took to get the word out about the project the last time around (2008). It was months before we felt comfortable about the number of [...]

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Playing Ketchup

July 2, 2010

It’s not a game, really. And, I’m not making ketchup, like Joy does at Stop Blogging and Cook. That would be much more fun (and delicious!). I’m simply trying to catch up! Do y’all have days like that? Probably not. I bet every doggone one of you have your world totally organized. So, would you [...]

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Share A Square 2010 Begins

June 30, 2010

If you crochet, chances are good that you have a handful of tiny balls of yarn. Though they aren’t big enough to create a project, you can’t bring yourself to throw them away! Here is your opportunity to use that yarn for a good cause. It’s called “Share A Square” Our mission is simple: We [...]

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