I think my groove for sewing is back and in full swing. I accomplished a few things last week. When I left you last, I had this quilt on the frame. I finished the longarming and got it bound. I’ll get pictures taken of it soon and show it off to you. I continued with …
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read moreIt’s been a bit since I’ve listened to an audiobook. When I was driving to Des Moines to see Wicked, I knew a book would be a great companion, so before I left, I made sure I had an audiobook downloaded. It was easy for me to pick Rage by Linda Castillo. I’ve loved her …
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read moreSorry I’m late with today’s post. I didn’t get a lot of cross stitch in this week. I’ve been busy in the sewing room instead. You’ll see that when you read Monday’s “What I’m Working on” blog post how much I got done, but back to cross stitch. Last week I finally got over my …
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read moreEvery so often, questions and comments come from readers, and I think others would like to hear my response. That’s when I feature them on the blog. This is one of those days. I got a question the other day from a blog reader. They knew I deal with cancer and had a husband and niece …
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read moreLong time- no talk, my friends! But no worries, while I may not have spoken to you much myself, Mom has done a good job keeping you up to date on all of the happenings around my house! Georgia turned 7 this spring, and the boys turned 5 about a month later, and we decided …
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read moreEvery so often, questions and comments come from readers, and I think others would like to hear my response. That’s when I feature them on the blog. This is one of those days. I’ve had a few questions related to eating and my diet, along with being diabetic. In the past few weeks, I think I’ve …
read moreI did well this week in the sewing department. Rick and I are getting into more of a schedule so I can plan sewing room time. It’s been a real treat. I got the quilt that was on the longarm finished, and I got the quilt bound. I’ll show off the quilt in an upcoming …
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read moreSorry I’m late this morning with a blog post. I went to a play yesterday with Kayla and got back late. Writing a blog post completely skipped my brain. I wrote on Saturday about my sewing afternoon with Kelli and the kids. It was so fun. If you missed that, you can read about it …
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Last Monday, I went to the doctor…I actually had two appointments. I’ll start out by telling you about the doctor…The whole experience was frustrating. Remember I told you that I saw a doctor and she told me I had a cyst in the nasal pharynx area. For most of the last month, I have been …
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read moreI didn’t get much time in the sewing room. Grandma duties, doctor appointments, and shopping so Rick could get his EMT clothes for school took up most of my time. Besides…my sewing room is pretty overwhelming. I’ll tell you more about that in another blog post. Rick, my son-in-law Craig, and Carver all went golfing …
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read moreI heard of a restaurant that serves everything on a potato so you know I’m going to give this a try.
Last week I slow cooked a pork butt, simmered it in sauce and used it to top a baked potato. This week I had chicken fajitas on a baked potato.
Baked my potato, added some butter. Topped it with chicken, onions, peppers and cheese. Not gonna lie it was tasty. Next up Philly cheese steak on a sweet potato. I’ll let you know how it is.
Someone sent me this and I honestly thought it was a spoof or joke. Well I was wrong. They have now rewritten the bible to rewrite 8 sections that refer to same sex relationships. Supposedly its to clear up the homophobic attitude in the church.
If you read stuff like this you can’t help but to hope Jesus will return soon. God says that lifestyle is a sin but He still loves his children that live like that. He will judge all of us for how we lived when the time comes but thinking you can rewrite God’s ...
read moreI am slowly quilting this Cherrywood Teri’s Color Theory alternately quilting and picking out some quilting I don’t like. Changing quilting as I go is a bit of a risk because I’ve already quilted an area, essentially poking a lot of holes into the quilt itself. And there are questions: am I damaging the quilt?… Continue reading I’m quilting! I’m quilting!
read moreBought some new panels because yes I needed more fabric lol. I’m not a big fan of panels because I can’t find a pattern I really like using for them but I can’t wait to see how these work out.
