I went to The Stitchery Nook in Osage Iowa on February 13th. They had an open stitching weekend where anyone could come. I’ve been before to open weekends and have met some wonderful ladies. Happily, many of them return. There are upcoming open stitch retreats. Here is a list: June 5-8September 18-21November 13-16 On any …
read moreFriday was a doctor’s appointment day. I told you that I had a PET scan and bloodwork done the Friday before last. I had got the results in that day and everything from what I could see looked pretty good. My scans showed zero growth but my tumor marker was up a little bit. How …
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read moreI had a busy Thursday. I jam packed as much as I could into one day. If you don’t know, I regularly have Thursdays off so everything builds up and gets dumped into that day. It started with physical therapy 17 miles west of my home in New Hampton at 8:30 am. Sadly physical therapy …
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read moreI am the youngest of five siblings. Here we are at my house over a year ago. From left to right it’s my brother Jule, me, Jim, Jay, and my sister Judy. Yes, we all had “j” names. We range in age from almost 76 to me at 59. I like to say Judy is …
read moreThursday I had a wonderful day!! I needed one. I’ve had some stuff going on that I haven’t said much to you all about. Sometimes I think people get “medical fatigue”. That’s where people get tired of hearing about medical things. After all how many times can you all hear about something that is bothering …
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read moreI’m getting too old for New Year’s resolutions. It’s not that I don’t have things I could improve on…I have many. It’s just that after 59 years of living, I know me, and I know I never keep a resolution. NEVER ever have I ever kept a resolution. So my 59 year old self said …
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read moreOn New Year’s Eve, Arnie and I went to a dance in West Union, Iowa. We both like live music and dancing so we thought we would go. We planned on going for a couple hours and being home before the clock struck midnight. As you can see from the photo below…we changed our plans …
read moreA few weeks ago my blog reader and friend Doreen contacted me. She was looking to gift her Pfaff Hobby 1200 Grand Quilter to someone and was wondering if Kelli was interested in it. I didn’t think Kelli was as she already had one but asked anyway. Then I got thinking…did I want a second …
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read moreHappy New Year!! I saw an image on Facebook the other day about someone wanting to kick 2024 to the curb because it was a bad year for them. Not me. 2024 was a great year! I would say it’s been my best year in a long time. It was a year of growth for …
read moreI had to smile the other day. Buck sent me some pictures of quilts that he pulled out of his special box. I thought I would share them with you so you can see how far I’ve come in my quilting… This was his baby quilt. SO FADED!! It was a panel I bought. I …
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read moreMerry Christmas!! I am at the computer to write a quick blog post and wish you Merry Christmas. Things here are settling in for some fun family time. Karl and I made our traditional tamales on the 24th after we both got home from work. Happily, we only had to work half days!! YAHOO for …
read moreHere is a Christmas Miracle story for you: I was at work on Wednesday. A family with an American Bulldog came into the clinic. The mom was in labor and she was in need of a c-section. The mom had been scheduled for a c-section but it was for Friday…not Wednesday. Mother Nature decided to …
read moreFirst off, let me say, I have never been to Jersey Mike’s. I have no idea what a “sub in a tub” tastes like. All I know is that I saw this recipe on Facebook and it looked like something I would like to eat. The originator called it a copy cat recipe of a …
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read moreSaturday was my birthday. I’m 59 years young!! I am no longer a person who hides or fibs about my age. I’m 59 and super proud I made it this far, especially after all my ups and downs with my thyroid cancer. As of December 23rd, it will be 9 years since I was initially …
read moreAbout two months ago my hip started acting up. It was sore. It felt like something was out. I was starting to get miserable. UGH. I didn’t feel like I “did” anything…aw, it must be my bed. I told you I needed a new bed. I really did. I think we figured out that my …
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read moreArnie was away ice fishing this weekend. I’ve been dating him long enough that the normal is to spend the weekend together. Being he wasn’t around, I was trying to get a few extra things done. I got some things done AND got some family time too. Here are some of random things from my …
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read moreArnie was at my house a little bit ago. He went in the laundry room which is just off my kitchen to put something in the microwave and said, “What project is this?” BUSTED. This is definitely not a started project. This is a box of scraps that blog readers have sent me that I …
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read moreI told you all if I stuck with My Guy to Thanksgiving, I would introduce you to him. We made it through Thanksgiving and making plans for Christmas so I thought now was the time to introduce you all to him. I slipped earlier this week and a few of you caught it. Many of …
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read moreMy son Buck and his kiddos stayed and were here on Friday and part of Saturday. Kalissa and the boys came over too. Buck was on a mission to frame the basement. Getting the basement fixed is on my list of things I want to do before I retire so if that’s going to happen, …
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read moreWe had a good…and busy Thanksgiving. Tuesday night I made pies…I posted the picture on Facebook and Judy from Patchwork Times commented how is your oven so clean. That easy…Arnie. Yes. We cleaned the oven a few weeks before Thanksgiving. I told you he likes things clean. But notice the pie did dribble over so …
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