And men – I have one friend who is a crafty gentleman -

I read about this idea for crocheting or knitting hats for people still struggling in Japan over at Aurie’s blog.  Aurie writes with me and some other awesome mammas at Growing Your Homeschool.

I’ve never crocheted a hat before – but this is a great reason to give it a go.  Here is a site filled with knit, crochet, or sewing patterns for hats, if you’d like to participate as well.

On a side note  - just like my overuse of the word ‘awesome’ – I have a problem with exclamation points.  I just love them.  And I really do talk that way in real life.  However, in a blog I don’t think it’s advisable to have every! sentence! end! with! an! exclamation!  Aren’t you glad I went back for another proofread and realized that I had used THREE exclamation points in five sentences.  Is there exlamatory