May 3rd - Sunday

Yesterday Kathy and a group of ladies from the church made "blankets" for autistic children. The blankets are not like something you would imagine. They are more like quilts that are filled with beads that make them heavy. We were told that autistic kids need something heavy on them when they sleep to help minimize their body movements. A couple from near Des Moines have a ministry that provides these blankets for free, to needy families with autistic children. They have requests for 3,000 more of them. The couple are related to one of our church families. Their daughter & son-in-law have an autistic child. The daughter is the one that actually started the program. If purchased commercially the blankets cost $100-200, depending on size and weight.

Kelsey was making cakes for people Saturday AM and I got to babysit Lydia. We spent the morning at the church watching Grammy sew, playing with all the toys in the different Sunday School rooms, exploring the church from top to bottom and having lunch with the ladies.

We had a good Sunday School class this morning, and a good church service. We met Kelsey, Andy & Lydia in Jefferson City and they bought our lunch.

While watching NASCAR this afternoon I mostly finished caning one of our dining room chairs.

I still have to add the "binder" around the perimeter, which will cover the holes. This chair, and most of our chairs, had pre-woven sections of cane on them. The edges of the pre-woven sheets were pressed into a groove around the perimeter. A "spline" was then covered with glue and pressed into the groove, fastening the pre-woven mat in place. I removed the old damaged pre-woven cane, did a little work on the spline, and drilled holes to allow me to weave a cane bottom. This chair didn't need any repairs and was the easiest to do. I have another one out in the shed that I have removed the pressed in cane and re-attached some broken areas with glue. It will be interesting to see how my repairs hold up when I drill the holes in it and install the new cane.

The weather here has been beautiful that past several days. It did get into the 80's today and I turned the AC on for awhile.

May God bless you and yours.