Adaptive Toys & My Poor Bobby!

Bobby got the ax Tuesday! There had been rumors for a couple of months. First they cut out overtime. Then they farmed out some of their deliveries to UPS, now they've finally laid off. I'm sad. He looked so cute in his little uniform. I didn't even get a picture of him in it, because he hadn't had them very long.

He's gone to Newport News today to some U-Haul headquarters with his friend who also got laid off, maybe something will come of it. It's another one of those "I know somebody deals" like this last job. That may be the only way to find a job these days, you gotta know somebody!

eBay has been good to me this week. Sales are up, and auctions are good. It's about time. I lowered my prices to where I originally started, and that's made some difference. I'll still probably lose my Powerseller status, but lots of people have lately. Sales just aren't that good.

I'm really getting tired of all the "stuff" around though. I think I'll just stick with jeans. I keep saying that, and all this other stuff keeps finding its way in somehow.

I have this obstacle in my diet. It's called MOM. Every time I decide I'm gonna be good, she wants to go out to lunch!! By the way, lunch was great Mom. I'm not really complaining! But she won't be here today, so I'll try once again to be good.

I found some pictures of "Modified Toys" and the such I thought some of you might like to see.



In case you're not familiar with these, this is a beach chair. You can rent them at the beach by the hour, day or week, depending on where you are. (Myrtle Beach, SC was by the hour, Nags Head, NC was by the week). You have to schedule it in advance, and they deliver it right to you. They are awesome!! The cost now is about $35 a day. We were able to roll Sarah up and down the beach, and they roll pretty easy. She could go out in the water too. They float, but you have to stay right with them, they'll tip over. Especially in the ocean.

Robert built this one for Sarah. Bless his heart, he worked sooo hard on it. It was great for taking out in the sound side of the ocean. Sarah could go way out in it. But, it didn't work as good as the "real" ones, so he broke it up and threw it away right after this!!

I can't remember who gave Sarah this Tricycle, some type of Organization. Robert thinks it was a charitable group through the C & P Telephone. I don't even remember how they found out about Sarah. It may have been through her school. Anyway, it had a hard plastic seat that was almost like a booster seat with harness straps to hold her in, and foot rests with straps, and the handles turned like pedals, so she "pedaled" with her hands. Here's a link to the newer models of trikes. This would be another great thing to try to get Civic Groups to help with, because they are very expensive, but so worth it.

This is one of those Ride in cars like lots of kids had, Robert just ran a wire from the gas pedal to the steering wheel with a little switch that Sarah pushed to go and let go to stop.

That's all for today. Have a great one!