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Good morning, my friends. It was a pretty easy-going day yesterday. When I started my walk on the treadmill yesterday, I was thinking I had one more walk left to finish off the documentary I was watching, Ken Burns' "The West." When I reached the end of Episode 7, it continued on to Episode 8! What?!? Okay, so I guess I'm not done yet. It'll encourage me to keep walking, I guess. It would be good to finish it before we leave.

So let's talk about what else is going on. I took the first stitches on ...

Good morning, my friends. It was a pretty easy-going day yesterday. When I started my walk on the treadmill yesterday, I was thinking I had one more walk left to finish off the documentary I was watching, Ken Burns' "The West." When I reached the end of Episode 7, it continued on to Episode 8! What?!? Okay, so I guess I'm not done yet. It'll encourage me to keep walking, I guess. It would be good to finish it before we leave.

So let's talk about what else is going on. I took the first stitches on ...

Good morning, my friends. Another week comes to a close. There's still time left for sewing before we head north. From past experience, I know the next couple of weeks are going to fly by. We're each checking off our respective pre-trip activities. Mike spent quite a bit of time with our alarm system and smoke alarms yesterday. He was making sure everything worked and putting in fresh batteries. In the process, he discovered the smoke detector in our bedroom was no longer functional. No problem. He ordered another from Amazon, and it was delivered within about two ...

Good morning, my friends. Another week comes to a close. There's still time left for sewing before we head north. From past experience, I know the next couple of weeks are going to fly by. We're each checking off our respective pre-trip activities. Mike spent quite a bit of time with our alarm system and smoke alarms yesterday. He was making sure everything worked and putting in fresh batteries. In the process, he discovered the smoke detector in our bedroom was no longer functional. No problem. He ordered another from Amazon, and it was delivered within about two ...

Good morning, my friends, and Happy Easter! When I woke up yesterday morning, I felt very much refreshed after taking it easy for a couple of days. Sewturday is the day I've given myself during the week in which I am guaranteed nothing but sewing. But it was a pretty day yesterday, and so I ended up doing a little of everything. 

Anne Lamott wrote a piece for the Washington Post recently about being born "for times like these." She and I are approximately the same age. She says in the piece that she's 71, and I am ...

Good morning, my friends, and Happy Easter! When I woke up yesterday morning, I felt very much refreshed after taking it easy for a couple of days. Sewturday is the day I've given myself during the week in which I am guaranteed nothing but sewing. But it was a pretty day yesterday, and so I ended up doing a little of everything. 

Anne Lamott wrote a piece for the Washington Post recently about being born "for times like these." She and I are approximately the same age. She says in the piece that she's 71, and I am ...

Good morning, my friends. It's a blustery day at the Three Cats Ranch. We were expecting rain. No matter the forecast, the wind always surprises me. Our winter was relatively mild, and so we got lucky with this unusual stay-at-home year. As of today, it will be 7 weeks until we head out for Alaska. We have dinner scheduled next week with two of our neighbors who will be keeping an eye on the place while we're gone. We'll be giving them keys and teaching them to use the alarm system. It's probably safe to say ...

Good morning, my friends. It's a blustery day at the Three Cats Ranch. We were expecting rain. No matter the forecast, the wind always surprises me. Our winter was relatively mild, and so we got lucky with this unusual stay-at-home year. As of today, it will be 7 weeks until we head out for Alaska. We have dinner scheduled next week with two of our neighbors who will be keeping an eye on the place while we're gone. We'll be giving them keys and teaching them to use the alarm system. It's probably safe to say ...

Good morning, my friends. We had some beautiful weather over the weekend, but it looks like we're in for a wet week. We're promised a lot of rain over the next several days. Oh well. It's nice while it lasts. At least it's warmer than it was a month ago. 

Since I missed my NBS day on Sewturday, I designated Sewnday as an alternative NBS day, and that's what I did yesterday. All sewing, all the time. The morning started with me taking the first stitches on the second block for "S" is for Sew ...

Good morning, my friends. We had some beautiful weather over the weekend, but it looks like we're in for a wet week. We're promised a lot of rain over the next several days. Oh well. It's nice while it lasts. At least it's warmer than it was a month ago. 

Since I missed my NBS day on Sewturday, I designated Sewnday as an alternative NBS day, and that's what I did yesterday. All sewing, all the time. The morning started with me taking the first stitches on the second block for "S" is for Sew ...

Good morning, my friends. It's Pi Day...and Friday. What could be better than that? And, yes. I will be baking a pie today to celebrate. Mike requested Dutch Apple. He even drove into town earlier this week to get some vanilla ice cream, because I think it would actually be against the law to eat pie without ice cream. In these days of ICE raids, we're taking no chances. If ICE comes to our door, we'll have ICEcream on hand as proof of our loyalty to culinary tradition.

We had a day of everything weather-wise yesterday ...

Good morning, my friends. It's Pi Day...and Friday. What could be better than that? And, yes. I will be baking a pie today to celebrate. Mike requested Dutch Apple. He even drove into town earlier this week to get some vanilla ice cream, because I think it would actually be against the law to eat pie without ice cream. In these days of ICE raids, we're taking no chances. If ICE comes to our door, we'll have ICEcream on hand as proof of our loyalty to culinary tradition.

We had a day of everything weather-wise yesterday ...

Good morning, my friends. One might read the title for this post and think it's some sort of political statement. Rest assured, my friends, it is not. It is, instead, a sewing post. Sewing is the only thing keeping me sane for the time being. Anyone else feel that way?

Having finished up the two rows of "lace" for the Girls Getaway quilt,

Well ...

Good morning, my friends. One might read the title for this post and think it's some sort of political statement. Rest assured, my friends, it is not. It is, instead, a sewing post. Sewing is the only thing keeping me sane for the time being. Anyone else feel that way?

Having finished up the two rows of "lace" for the Girls Getaway quilt,

Well ...

OMG -- did you see the exercise Elle recommended for strengthening the legs? Squats! I hate squats. Well, I hate them because my legs are so weak. But she's right! In the short time that I've become more aware of my situation and doing something about it, I feel much stronger. Not using hands to get out of a chair or using hands to sit down. Let the legs do the work - they are quite capable! People -- we do not want to walk with canes or walkers or, god forbid, we'll need someone to help us get out ...

Good morning, my friends. It's another sunny day here at the Three Cats Ranch. It's starting to feel like spring. Today, I'll probably get out and do a little weeding. The annoying hairy bittercress is popping up everywhere, and I want to pull it up before it goes to seed. But I'm getting ahead of myself already. Let's just back up to the pretty day we had here yesterday.

Of course, no morning is complete without a little slow-stitching. As expected, I finished March's block for A Year in the Garden. With March arriving ...

Good morning, my friends. It's another sunny day here at the Three Cats Ranch. It's starting to feel like spring. Today, I'll probably get out and do a little weeding. The annoying hairy bittercress is popping up everywhere, and I want to pull it up before it goes to seed. But I'm getting ahead of myself already. Let's just back up to the pretty day we had here yesterday.

Of course, no morning is complete without a little slow-stitching. As expected, I finished March's block for A Year in the Garden. With March arriving ...

Good morning, my friends. Things are looking up weather-wise here. The critters are out in force to enjoy it. Of course, you already know about the squirrels.

He watches them both from inside and outside the house. He's enjoying being able to take up residence at his favorite corner spot on our deck outside. He can keep an eye on his terrortory from this spot. I tapped on the ...

Good morning, my friends. Things are looking up weather-wise here. The critters are out in force to enjoy it. Of course, you already know about the squirrels.

He watches them both from inside and outside the house. He's enjoying being able to take up residence at his favorite corner spot on our deck outside. He can keep an eye on his terrortory from this spot. I tapped on the ...

Good morning, my friends. How's everyone doing? Things are pretty slow around here. We're doing our grocery shopping today, and I'm getting a pedicure tomorrow. The energy level is going to need to pick up some. I was all set to take a walk on the treadmill yesterday, but I was discouraged when the TV wouldn't play my latest Ken Burns documentary...The West. And, obviously, I can't walk on the treadmill if I can't watch television at the same time, so what's a person to do? Well, I vacuumed and dusted. I ...