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December 31, 2025
2025: Year in Review from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. I’m writing before we leave the RV park this morning, so I’ll have to tell you about today’s drive in tomorrow’s post. When I left you yesterday, we were preparing to head over to a nearby Mexican restaurant for margaritas and dinner. As it turned out, the restaurant was a sort of a fast food place with drive-thru service only. We weren’t up for that, and so we went to a different place across the street called “Wood Almond.” It turned out to be a good choice with some unusual items ...

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2025: Year in Review from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. I’m writing before we leave the RV park this morning, so I’ll have to tell you about today’s drive in tomorrow’s post. When I left you yesterday, we were preparing to head over to a nearby Mexican restaurant for margaritas and dinner. As it turned out, the restaurant was a sort of a fast food place with drive-thru service only. We weren’t up for that, and so we went to a different place across the street called “Wood Almond.” It turned out to be a good choice with some unusual items ...

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December 22, 2025
Last Gasp Sewing from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. We're in the waning days of the year with Christmas just around the corner. Today I'll need to get serious about preparing for our trip. Yesterday, I spent some time checking the lists I'd made to see what's already packed and what still needs packing. (Some things live in the RV full time, but I sometimes need refills or updates.) Today I'll start doing some of the cook-ahead items, starting with the Frozen Breakfast Burritos. They're good any time, but they're especially nice when we're driving from one ...

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Last Gasp Sewing from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. We're in the waning days of the year with Christmas just around the corner. Today I'll need to get serious about preparing for our trip. Yesterday, I spent some time checking the lists I'd made to see what's already packed and what still needs packing. (Some things live in the RV full time, but I sometimes need refills or updates.) Today I'll start doing some of the cook-ahead items, starting with the Frozen Breakfast Burritos. They're good any time, but they're especially nice when we're driving from one ...

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December 21, 2025
Winter Begins! from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. We're counting down the days until D-Day, one week from today. This coming week is going to be very busy. Happily, we'll get a break when we join the rest of the family for Christmas Eve dinner at Erik and Mae's house. I offered to bring something, but I'm told they have it handled. There's still a little bit of Christmas baking on my list. Aside from that, my holiday cooking responsibilities are complete. 

My yesterday started with Tiny Treasure #32. This one has stem stitch and straight stitch.


Next on ...

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Winter Begins! from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. We're counting down the days until D-Day, one week from today. This coming week is going to be very busy. Happily, we'll get a break when we join the rest of the family for Christmas Eve dinner at Erik and Mae's house. I offered to bring something, but I'm told they have it handled. There's still a little bit of Christmas baking on my list. Aside from that, my holiday cooking responsibilities are complete. 

My yesterday started with Tiny Treasure #32. This one has stem stitch and straight stitch.


Next on ...

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December 20, 2025
"S" is for Sew Close to a Finish from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. Mike announced this morning that we'd only received three hundredths of an inch of rain yesterday. Add that to the full three inches received in the 12 hours previous, and you can see that conditions are dire. At three hundredths of an inch, how can anyone argue that we're not in a drought? We're expecting a similar day of weather today. It'll make the birds happy because I only fill their bird feeders if I can venture out without donning my storm gear.

It was a productive day yesterday. If you've ...

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"S" is for Sew Close to a Finish from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. Mike announced this morning that we'd only received three hundredths of an inch of rain yesterday. Add that to the full three inches received in the 12 hours previous, and you can see that conditions are dire. At three hundredths of an inch, how can anyone argue that we're not in a drought? We're expecting a similar day of weather today. It'll make the birds happy because I only fill their bird feeders if I can venture out without donning my storm gear.

It was a productive day yesterday. If you've ...

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December 18, 2025
Busy Days Ahead from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. We're expecting a drenching downpour today. The forecast is for three inches of rain over the next 12 hours. As I mentioned in yesterday's post, a big wind blew through the night before. With so much rain ahead of a big wind, it meant a lot of downed trees in our area...none where we live, fortunately, but we've had our share in previous storms. I believe the wind has died down now. Our forecast shows rain every day for the next week. I'd say it's time to get outta Dodge ...

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Busy Days Ahead from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. We're expecting a drenching downpour today. The forecast is for three inches of rain over the next 12 hours. As I mentioned in yesterday's post, a big wind blew through the night before. With so much rain ahead of a big wind, it meant a lot of downed trees in our area...none where we live, fortunately, but we've had our share in previous storms. I believe the wind has died down now. Our forecast shows rain every day for the next week. I'd say it's time to get outta Dodge ...

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December 8, 2025
Cats and Kits from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It was another busy day yesterday. I got a late start after sleeping in later than usual, but I still managed to cross off the things on my list. I wanted to get busy with the Peppermint Bark before I did anything else. It's very easy to make. The hardest part of the whole thing is getting the dratted paper off the candy canes. Mike helped with that. When it was finished, it looked like this.


This stuff is addictive. Once you take a bite, it's hard to stop.

So, it was late in ...

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Cats and Kits from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It was another busy day yesterday. I got a late start after sleeping in later than usual, but I still managed to cross off the things on my list. I wanted to get busy with the Peppermint Bark before I did anything else. It's very easy to make. The hardest part of the whole thing is getting the dratted paper off the candy canes. Mike helped with that. When it was finished, it looked like this.


This stuff is addictive. Once you take a bite, it's hard to stop.

So, it was late in ...

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December 7, 2025
Cookies and Kits from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. Oh my...it is so dark outside. We're expecting lots of rain over the next several days. There could be around 4 inches in our area with minor flooding concerns in some places. Here on our hill, we're not at all worried about flooding. Sadly, however, Mike discovered the drainage pipes leading away from our downspouts are clogged with pine needles that cannot be dislodged with any equipment we have. We're going to have to call a plumber to snake those out. That should be a nice tidy plumbing bill. When it comes ...

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Cookies and Kits from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. Oh my...it is so dark outside. We're expecting lots of rain over the next several days. There could be around 4 inches in our area with minor flooding concerns in some places. Here on our hill, we're not at all worried about flooding. Sadly, however, Mike discovered the drainage pipes leading away from our downspouts are clogged with pine needles that cannot be dislodged with any equipment we have. We're going to have to call a plumber to snake those out. That should be a nice tidy plumbing bill. When it comes ...

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December 1, 2025
Beginning of the End from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. The title of this post probably sounds more ominous than it should. I really only mean it's the beginning of the end of the year. December 1st. It's all downhill from here. When we reach the bottom, it'll be 2026. To this blogger born in the 1950's it has me thinking I've entered some kind of futuristic sci-fi novel. The good news is that I'm the one writing the story...for now, at least.

It was a productive day yesterday. I managed to force myself into getting in a Bowflex ...

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Beginning of the End from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. The title of this post probably sounds more ominous than it should. I really only mean it's the beginning of the end of the year. December 1st. It's all downhill from here. When we reach the bottom, it'll be 2026. To this blogger born in the 1950's it has me thinking I've entered some kind of futuristic sci-fi novel. The good news is that I'm the one writing the story...for now, at least.

It was a productive day yesterday. I managed to force myself into getting in a Bowflex ...

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November 25, 2025
A Small Finished Top from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It was a busy day yesterday, and I was a pooped pup by day's end. My mornings tend to be slow, as yesterday's was. Once I got going, I didn't sit down for the rest of the day. When it was time to make dinner, I was seriously considering asking Mike if he wanted to go out. We didn't, though. I had some chicken I needed to use, and so I powered on through. 

So, let's start with the slow part of the day and work our way up. I finished ...

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A Small Finished Top from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It was a busy day yesterday, and I was a pooped pup by day's end. My mornings tend to be slow, as yesterday's was. Once I got going, I didn't sit down for the rest of the day. When it was time to make dinner, I was seriously considering asking Mike if he wanted to go out. We didn't, though. I had some chicken I needed to use, and so I powered on through. 

So, let's start with the slow part of the day and work our way up. I finished ...

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November 20, 2025
Ready for Thanksgiving from ... Cat Patches

Good afternoon, my friends. Technically, it's still morning as I'm writing this, but it'll be afternoon by the time I finish. We were up and out early this morning. We stopped off for a gourmet breakfast of Egg McMuffins, and then we picked up a long list of grocery items. We were home before 10:00 a.m. Heck, I considered getting back into my pajamas, and then it would almost be like it never happened. 

The only good thing I can say about grocery shopping that early in the morning is that the store was mostly ...

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Ready for Thanksgiving from Cat Patches

Good afternoon, my friends. Technically, it's still morning as I'm writing this, but it'll be afternoon by the time I finish. We were up and out early this morning. We stopped off for a gourmet breakfast of Egg McMuffins, and then we picked up a long list of grocery items. We were home before 10:00 a.m. Heck, I considered getting back into my pajamas, and then it would almost be like it never happened. 

The only good thing I can say about grocery shopping that early in the morning is that the store was mostly ...

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