Special Time
Old Friends have just joined the Grandparents Club, and everyone is ecstatic. FlapJilly is keeping the beat in her Daddy's arms, and Little Cuter is over the moon. Fast Eddie and JannyLou are about to escort a granddaughter to college, with equal measures of pride and exhaustion. I needed a kid of my own who was available for hugging. It's a good thing Mr. 10 was of a similar mind, having informed his mother that he was in need of his own special time with me. She brokered the arrangements, paid for lunch, and chauffeured us around town, content to let us have our fun, as long as she didn't have to follow us around the fabric stores. That was just fine with us. We were on a roll, and we weren't letting a little thing like being unable to purchase the fabric we wanted at WalMart because there was no one who could cut it for us... and NO, we were not to cut it ourselves..... get in our way. We were on a mission. JoAnn's Fabrics came to our rescue,...