I grew up on a farm...bailed hay, drove a tractor from the time I was 8, walked beans... the whole nine yards, right? So I have a 9 yo son who is afraid of spider webs and all bugs in any form. Ok, so I can live with that... (the webs???) My dd caught a skink for him and he keeps it in his room.
In one week, we went from.... Ear-piercing scream followed by stampeding feet running towards me "MOOOOOO-M!!!" ...heavy breathing... "MOM, I actually almost got a spider web on me!" Very dramatic moment that took 2 days before he would go outside again... to... Stampeding feet running towards me "MOOOOM! Look what I caught!!!! ...shoves a hairy spider in my face, beaming smile....
So which is better??? A son afraid of bugs... or one who brings spiders in the house as a food source?
Just came back from the Habitat Restore, there are 12 sewing machines
waiting to be loved. One was crying out to me as I left, a 1951 Singer 201 in a
nice table, missing the power cord, no attachments but the gears were so
stiff I could barely rotate the flywheel. Looked inside and it was
black with hardened crud. They wanted $125 for it. I explained to one
of the workers the machine was worthless as it was, but the table was
worth maybe $40. Left my name and phone number behind... maybe they'll
call me, maybe not. I need another Singer like I need a hole in the
head. Someone willing to put the time into it is all it needs. Poor thing needs major work though.
