Charity, Polka-Dot Princess, and Addiction.....

So this is a little hat I actually followed the directions to and made something you could recognize. It's not done I have about 4 or 5 hours into it so far. Our ward was ask to supply 350 of them for doctors in Africa. We have had 2 babies born in our ward this spring, who's little bodies couldn't regulate their body temperature, they were both given a little crochet or knitted hat. They are the best things to use for the little babies. It helps them with their body heat, but doesn't cause cradle cap. There are a group of doctors heading to Africa to try to teach the doctors to keep little babies alive. And they need to take these hats with them. I found out I could use a loom the make the hats and I have almost 3 made in the time it took me to make the first one, which is not finished yet. You just have to use soft yarn so it won't be rough on their little heads. If any body would like to make some to help out that would be awesome. I was surprised at how much yarn has gone up in cost since I used to buy it. but there are some supper nice, soft ones out there.
And here is a picture of my Polka-dot Princess's leg. Some of her spots looked like cheetah spots. I told Erin she just ate some Cheetos and must have been allergic to them:-)

And now that her mother tells me she looks great today, here is another picture from yesterday. This was a happy time, she was smiling, and the spots were starting to fade off of her head and chest. We were so relieved at this point.
Then on to my addiction. I have mentioned in the past that I have enjoyed going to DI and buying books. Well they are taking over, I have so many I don't have a place to put them all. What you can't tell from this picture is that the books on these 2 shelves are stacked 3 deep.

This is my latest stack. I have some really good books, I just need a few years to read them all.
And I filled up our book case fast. I need some sort of filing system so that I can find them all.
When I'm at DI I see people come in and grab cart loads of books. then they have little scanners with them and scan the books. they keep some of them and put a few back. There are lots of people who do it. I'm supposing they are selling them on-line. I don't want to get rid of any of mine!