I have loads of belated thank you’s to give for a million reasons. I’m always pretty shameful about my communication, just ask The Good Twin. I swear she’s going to give up on me completely any day now.
For starters, I’ve already gotten some great stuff for the nursery. My stitchy friend Marilyn lives in Australia and since the shipping on finished items would have been insane, she bought a ton of fabric and goodies from her favorite place here in the states and had them shipped to my house. When she asked what I wanted the most, I just suggested that she buy fabrics that would go together to make a completed blanket. She totally blew my mind by sending tons and tons of gorgeous coordinating fabric, along with all the batting and more thread than I’ll ever use. I think she just figured out how much the international shipping would have cost, and then spent that much and then some on fabric. She seriously blew my mind with her generosity.
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Then, I got a mysterious box in the mail, and in all of my years sporadically blogging, this was probably my very favorite thing that has ever happened. I got the sweetest blankets and letter from “loyal reader Alex.” I can’t even tell you how this made my month Alex. Not only are the blankets perfect and so appreciated, but it just thrilled me to the bone that someone out there I’ve never talked to or emailed or anything is reading and feels connected enough to me to spend their time and money on something close to my heart.
Also, Tina asked how long I would accept donations, and the answer is always and forever. I have to go back to the nursery every few months for the next few years, so a delivery will always be convenient and even when it’s not, I’m so dedicated to that wonderful staff that I will happily make the drive. In fact, a constant trickle is ideal so they don’t have to deal with storage issues, but just get stuff in as they need it. So feel free to get around to this whenever you have time. I’ll always be here waiting and utterly grateful.
Of course, Blogger only enables my terrible communication since I can’t email back to any comments, and I always feel so stupid commenting on my own blog. Hopefully you’ll see this answer Tina, since I can’t seem to find a good way to contact you.
And before I run, I want to give a big wave and air kisses to one of our fave nurses, Kathleen, who emailed me a while back. She’s adorable you guys, seriously. Love you Kathleen!
Now, I have to go get my kids picture took. I realized that I don’t have a single picture of this kid without the oxygen tube. I never managed to aim a camera at him with one hand while I held him with the other, so somebody else is doing it today. He’s actually going to go be a model. But that’s a story for another day.