But before this started, Paul took the boys to a local farm for a service project. They joined the homeschool version of student council and will be doing numerous service projects throughout the year. Good stuff!
Paul ended up with a load of boys and they headed out to the farm where some slave labor painters were needed! It was very Mark Twain-ish.
Dirt country roads
Fence painting.
Big old oak trees.
Did I mention the fence painting?
And then we got a little surprise. The mom that is the advisor for the student council went to her car and unloaded seven jugs of pop tops. Turns out she is also a Girl Scout leader and her troop had a fundraiser for us. Without us even knowing about it. They collected all these pop tops. Just for Asher. So sweet. I can just imagine all those little girls drinking soda after soda to collect all these tabs. Can't you? No. LOL! I hope they didn't drink all those soda by themselves!
When Paul got home with these, I googled to find where we might turn them in. Well, I got more than I bargained for. I found this
I bet you didn't know you needed this! Yes folks. That is in fact a purse, well a messenger bag actually.....made from the tabs of soda pops. And y'all, that puppy retails for 180 buck-a-roos! Pop Tops? Check it out Escama if you don't believe me.
What about this? Pop top belt anyone? Flexible and ecological! Only $70 at Novica.
What if you found this under the Christmas tree. Now imagine, it's not from your 5 year old, but from your sweetie! Who paid $20 for it!
Prom anyone?
So I got to thinking.... I've got enough tabs, I could make an afghan, y'all!
Or maybe not.
But, maybe I should make belts.
Anyone for a pop-top belt?
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LOL We found a store in Greenville that sells earrings made from old computer chips and spiral notebooks made of old floppy discs. Why didn't I think of a way to make money out of my junk??
I may have a sofa for your yard sale here in NA. I'll let you know. Possibly some other items as well.
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