Anyone who knows me, knows that I have no less than 50 half-finished projects tucked away somewhere in various areas of my home.  Crochet, cross stitch, sewing, beading, scrapbooking, etc, etc, not to mention the supplies laying around for the "to do" list of home projects I fully intend to get to in this lifetime.  I am very good at seeing an idea, researching it, and teaching myself how to do it.  #1 is still perturbed that the year she needed to learn crochet in Home Ec., I promptly went out and bought the supplies along with a book "I taught myself to Crochet" and had a baby blanket all whipped up before she could chain the first row of a scarf.  I will be honest that any crocheting I plan to do will have to include a refresher course from that book as I can't remember a SC from a HDC from a DH.   Yes, that was an intended Dear Hubby mistake!

I am like a dog on a bone when I am after something.  This has carried over into home improvement projects also.  Poor DH, when he met me he had NO idea just what he was in for.  The first trip he took out of town for business, he came back three days later - I had ripped out the in-wall medicine cabinet & replaced it, dry walled, torn down the old wallpaper and hung new, replaced the light fixture as well as all of the faucets & hardware and made new curtains.  I was doing "While You Were Out" LONG before the show was ever a concept in a young producer's mind.  HAH!

Back to the point of my blog......tonight I was checking in on a family I have been following through their incredible journey of their little one's birth - Kim and Baby Matthew.  In her post, Kim tells about a wonderful organization called Project Linus.  So now I am hooked again with a new project.  Now, knowing ME the way I do, I'm not going to call to let them know I plan to help out until I have actually managed to COMPLETE a blanket or two.  LOL  Optimistically in the next week or so, but realistically, months from now.  I have yarn from the baby blanket I have started and ripped out 3 times, yes that's right 3x, while I was pregnant with #5.  They provide a nice pattern on their website for a blanket that works especially well for the babies as there are no holes in it to get caught on any of the medical equipment.  They also have a simple five step pattern for a quick, easy fleece blanket I think #1 & #3 should be able to help with or make on their own.  I am VERY, VERY fortunate that all five of my children have been born healthy and with only minor things to deal with.  My heart goes out to all of the parents who's babies are struggling just to survive each day.  Not to mention all of the babies who don't have someone to hold and love them due to circumstances.  If I can take some of my time to make a blanket that can wrap a little one in love or comfort an older child when they are scared, it may not be a huge contribution to fixing all that is wrong in the world, but it's a start.  Even if it's going to take me a while to get there....................

P.S.  Anyone up for a contest to see who can contirbute the most number of blankets in a given time frame? Yes, I realize that would put me at a definate disadvantage!  LOL