Vela smiled settled down her portfolio and started putting on the large apron.  "I suggested she and Ruth might like to have some material, buttons, and lace that my mother gave me some time ago that I never got into making dresses."  She explained.  "Oh, and spoke about maybe having tea parties once a week after we got off work.  She liked the idea.  I figure you and I will be having weekly meetings about the menus and such, that she might enjoy it as well."