We finished collecting all the donations for the wounded soldiers. A total of ten families participated and we received 4 large boxes of donations. Below is an accounting of our success in an email I put out to the group earlier today:
A total of 10 families participated.
A rough total of items:
75 comfort food bags.
13 health bags, containing lozenges, lip balm, hard candies and mints.
6 personal care bags containing socks and such
30 large personal care bags containing full size personal care items
15 disposable cameras
25 bars of soap
1 game boy game
4 packs of socks
4 sports bras
20 decks of cards
5 decks of various card games
35 DVD's
10 music CD
10 large bottles of shampoo
18 new magazines
10 pairs of sweat shorts
10 pairs of sports pants
4 light jackets
large collection of note cards for letter writing
4 large baggies of extra combs and brushes
2 boxes of envelopes and writing paper
40 nice books
8 blank journals
8 phone cards
3 personal checks totaling 220.00 to the red cross
10 books of stamps
27 handmade cards by children these were all so special.
My husband dropped them off on the wards at Walter Reed today and he
received a warm and overwhelming appreciation. The nurses and doctors just kept
thanking everyone over and over. They adored the cards from the kids and promised they would be displayed in the hallways. All of the personal care and
comfort food bags were decorated with labels of various sentiments of thank-you and appreciation or cards tucked inside that added a nice touch to the donations.
May you all be rewarded for your generosity and giving spirits. Please
express my extreme gratitude to all of the children that participated in this
effort. They truly eased the pain and suffering of some deserving folks today.
May the spirit continue in all.
We continued our studies of water today. Musa learned more about the elements of water and how the water and hydrogen elements look like Mickey Mouse. He learned about surface tension and how this helps things float on water. We did an experiment by trying to blow bubbles with plain water, equal parts of water and dishsoap and water, dishsoap, sugar and salt. The #3 solution proved to work best. It seemed to make sense to Musa that the soap, salt and sugar make a slimy substance that works its way inbetween the tightly fitting elements of water(the Mickey Mouse ears) reducing it's tension.
Loretta experimented with different liquids and different solids. She figured out that water is a liquid, ice is a solid. She didn't get the water as a gas concept. "No, mama gas is a liquid you pour into the truck to make it go." And so it is.
A small kitty, appears to be about 4-5 months old, appeared on our doorstep the end of last week. Very malnourished and very sweet. Very loving and personable. I picked her up and it was quite clear she was pregnant. Her nipples were bulging and her tummy felt a little lumpy. We started feeding her and made a place in the garage and she has already fattened up a lot. The babies are as big as golf balls now. I am sure she is ready to deliver real soon. She is so little and so malnourished I am not even sure if the babies are alive. Anna had wanted to take her, then the whole realization she was pregnant put a damper on things. Soo...as usual....I am taking her to the vet tomorrow to see what we can do. She is so loving and sweet we just can't turn our backs on her. We'll see....
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