The Pomegranate Chronicles

It’s that time again! It’s time to open the windows, dust off the cobwebs and clean the closets. We cleaned out our closets earlier this week to collect more blankets for the NHSPCA. You may remember last years post on “Blankets for Barking Babies”. We donated a large load of old baby blankets, swaddling blankets [...]

Our knitting group is taking on a new project – “Warm Up America” with yarn sponsored by Lands End. Warm Up America is an organization that knits and crochets blankets for those in need. One of our newest members initiated this project and we all jumped in. She ordered two cones from Lands End for this project. [...]

Saturday was a local Touch-A-Truck fundraiser for the local children’s charity, The Richie McFarland Fund. There were at least 40 different truck that the kids can climb on, in and around. There was LOTS of excitement with the two little guys we were with. When we arrived, they both got awesome yellow construction hats. I am not [...]

Last Friday I joined a clothing swap for a good cause. A friend of a friend is trying to raise money to teach infant massage at orphanages in Vietnam. There are 24 women going on this trip. I thought it was a great idea to join in. There were about 20 women there, all with big baskets [...]

Griffin has a bunch of old baby blankets. They have been sitting in the closet for over a year now. We decided to donate them to the local animal shelter, one of my favorite charities. Griffin was very excited and was explaining to me exactly what he was going to do with all his baby [...]

Thursdays at our local SPCA, there is a story time for kids. This is an amazing way to introduce your kids to lots of different kinds of pets. It is held in a classroom kind of atmosphere, filled with fun pets and decorated with birds nests and beehives. At first, they bring out boxes with [...]