Day 63 Fleece Fabric

March 9, 2015
Day 63


Goodville Fabrics provided sixty yards of fleece for fifteen knotted blankets for fifteen veterans for one hundred and ninety dollars and eighty cents. Booyah! Terri Leamer and I were at the right place at the right time. A very tall man encouraged us to purchase two yards instead of a yard and a half. He's biased, he likes his feet covered. What we did not know, however, is his ownership in the company as he negotiated a deal before we could even ask for one. He forgave us for our homeschooling tendencies, his wife- a public school official, and allowed us to purchase fleece for three dollars instead of six a yard. This enabled us to increase the size of each blanket to two yards instead of one and a half. Had we been there fifteen minutes, a day, or a week earlier we would have paid around three hundred and sixty dollars. His theory distilled into this; veterans plus students' project plus familys' money equals early sale.

He educated us about the substantial wall of fleece in his store. It was slated for JoAnn fabrics, but their retail space would not handle the fleece's  bolts' dimensions. Their stupidity is his gain. This fleece is top of the line. And now it will keep another fifteen veterans warm!

The veterans meal is for another blog. But needless to say, this meal prayed up, out, and over is full of wonderful twists and turns such as we experienced today. This is added to our first miracle, all twenty-six students are able to do the meal on the same day.

What an honor to be involved in yet another meal for men who risked their lives for our country. This will be the third veteran's meal. Geoff, my son, was the originator of the meal. He had three things he wanted to accomplish; warmth- give them a blanket, food- give them a really good meal, and honor- let them tell their story!