There’s a sweet family in town. They’re active in the community and I’ve been friends with the father/husband on Facebook for years. The other day when Hobby Lobby closed, there was a big discussion about it on Facebook. Some thought they were “essential” because they sold fabric and supplies being used to make masks.
Long story short: His college aged daughter had just bought a little fabric to make a few masks to share with her co-workers. There are probably at least 20 — I’m not sure about the number. She was going to need more fabric. I told him . . call me! I have plenty of fabric and I’m happy to share.
Today, he set up a Facebook group for messaging with his wife, daughter and myself. They needed more fabric.
She was thinking blacks, reds, blues. I told he I’d pull some I thought she could use. There’s probably 20 – 25 yards of fabric there. I told them we were pretty much isolating so I’d put the bags out by the gate and they could come and get them.
She also needed help with ties because she had been using bias tape and that’s all gone so I put in a sample of a tie I’ve been making, included a mask I’d made, some twist ties for bending around the nose and
We were messaging back and forth and I asked if they needed eggs, a cat or a blind dog. Yes to the eggs . . no to the cat and blind dog.
She had never been here so I gave her the address and directions. She said “I’ll just put it in my GPS.” I told her . . that’s probably not going to work. I waited in my car at the gate to make sure no one else picked up the loot and then I drove back to the house when she arrived. She came up from the wrong direction so I knew she had passed up our house and had to turn around and come back.
Maybe it’s a good thing that GPS refuses to figure out where we live but it definitely makes it difficult for people who are used to using GPS.
The funny thing is that a lot of our friends from out of town have Verizon which has ZERO service here. Every time, I tell people . . GPS doesn’t work for our address. Write down the directions and I don’t think anyone has ever believed me and once they get about 20 miles from our town, their Verizon phones go completely silent, and GPS won’t find our house.
Living in the country can be so weird! But, I wouldn’t want to live any other place . . NOT saying I wouldn’t want to live in MO but I’d just want to be in the country.
Joyce says
I had to laugh at the text about the GPS…The street I live on is numbered oddly, so the GPS thinks I live at the bottom of our hill instead of the top. Repairmen zoom right past my house if they have never been here before. It’s rather funny to watch, especially since I always warn them about it. They never listen, though…
Rebecca in SoCal says
Just the opposite here…live in a very large mobile home park, with different street names. But we don’t use them; just the main street address and “space number.” I have been surprised by delivery showing up easily, without even a call! Apparently the GPS is good for that.
Cathi in Texas says
We live in the boonies also & GPS takes people in such a round about way it’s ridiculous. By the way, what pattern are you using for masks? Thank you.
Susan Nixon says
GPS finds my home easily, and people still get lost! They always arrive the first time and ask, “Is there an easier way to get here? I felt like I drove in circles!” Nope, that IS the easy way. LOL It was so nice of you to help the girl, and so nice of her to want to help others, too.