Crochet Me Crazy

You might have heard about Ron Paul raising $6 million on December 16. Well, there were parties all of ther world celebrating Ron Paul's money bomb. We went to a Tea-Party in Freeport, TX which is very near Ron's hometown. There was a huge crowd there. My 14 year old son and 10 year old daughter are just as big of Ron Paul supporters as we are. My son has been making necklaces where he writes "Ron Paul 2008" out of wire. He had a few with him so he decided to donate two of them to the auction they were having to raise funds for Dr. Paul. I was wondering if I should let him in case nobody bid on them, he would be crushed. Well, I decided it's just life and it would be okay. His necklaces were the last things to go and we weren't sure what to expect. We would have been happy with anything. It's a way that Michael can make his own contribution to Ron Paul's campaign on his own. We were so happy and delighted when the total raised for the two of Michael's necklaces was $1,375! Michael gave a necklace to noce of Carol Paul's daughters but she insisted on paying him the $10 that he was planning on selling them for. He also received an order for 6 more along with an offer to let him sell them on the auctioneer's wife's online auction shop for free. Such a kind offer.

I tell you, my kids have learned so much from our Ron Paul experience. I haven't been writing about it here but I'm going to have to write about our experience in Iowa some time.

Now, my 10 year old daughter, Alison, had a very exciting day as well. She has a special love for Carol Paul which started when we met the Paul's in Iowa. Carol Paul is such a personable person and has always been so very sweet to Alison. We first met her in San Antonio. Then, months later she remembered us when we saw her in Iowa! She just seems like your mother or your grandmother. I guess that is only natural since she is a mother to 5 and and has 17 grandchildren. Alison has been making her very own lovely Christmas cards and selling them this year. She brought them along with her because she wanted to show them to Carol Paul. Well, Mr. Paul loved Alison's cards and said she wanted show them to Dr. Paul. She proceed to lead Alison through the crowd to where Ron Paul was and Ron Paul told Alison how nice they were and said they should buy 20 of those. Alison was very embarrased and didn't want to "sell" them to the Paul's! She kept saying..."You don't have to buy them, you can have them" Carol Paul said Alison had worked hard on those and insisted that she pay for them. She got a $20 out of Ron Paul's wallet and bought all the cards that Alison had. Alison has that $20 bill that she says she will never spend because it was once in Ron Paul's wallet. Later, I was thinking we should have had them sign it but we forgot. We'll have to bring it along next time we are somewhere they will be.




So it was an exciting day for my kids. I was very proud of their accomplishments.
Michael also had made a beautiful "Ron Paul" snow globe and gave it to Carol Paul. Man, I really wish I would have taken a close up picture of that snow-globe before he gave it away!