i was just telling bobbi about the woes of getting myself into things that SEEM simple and turn into these major dilemmas. i do it ALL the time. for instance, we make little gifts for all the visiting hockey players whenever we host a tournament. little j has about 4 things around his neck at the moment, and one of them is a braided necklace made from three different hockey laces. i showed it to the group and we decided we could easily make them.

he he.

we have not even started making them yet. in fact, i have not even gathered the laces yet and this project is causing me cranial pain. it all seemed so simple...order some skate laces, make the necklaces. i told the moms i would be in charge of gathering laces.

he he again.

here is what i ran into yesterday:

We have 159 skaters, and each skater gets a phiten that combines 3 colors of 20-inch pieces of skate laces . We can buy laces that are 120 inches long. So, I am thinking each lace can help build 6 necklaces, and each pair can help build 12.



Luverne has 12 kids

SF has 25

Rushmore has 30

Yankton has 23

Pierre has 25

Marlins have 44

Luverne is Red, White and Black

Sioux Falls is Orange, White and Blue

Rushmore is Yellow, Black and White

Yankton is Red, White and Black

Pierre is Green, White and Black

Marlins is Black, Blue and White


The question: how many of each PAIR of colors do we need to buy?

i think i finally got my answer, after some serious brain damage and flashbacks to that darn statistics class my closest friends know so much about...ahem. anyway, it hurt. and it's only the beginning. tomorrow i must try to find laces in all those colors. next week we have to braid them all together and hot glue them into clasps.

i think i feel an all-nighter coming on.