February 21, 2014
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My daughter has a baby due in a few weeks and since it is
her fourth she needs to replace a f
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May 24, 2013
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My best friend's daughter is getting married. And I was going to give a shower at my home in April. The colors were ivory and pale gold with touches of red. It was the nearing the end of March and although there was still plenty of time I had been thinking about how to dec...
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March 22, 2013
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We had our first really nice day here today in what seems like forever. And tomorrow is suppos
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January 25, 2013
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I love hearts so Valentine's Day is one of my favorite days of the year. And it is right aroun
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April 22, 2012
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It is just time. I need an apron - one with pockets. I am always wondering where I laid
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December 9, 2011
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A couple of weeks ago, when we were out and about, my oldest granddaughter saw some college girls sp
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September 16, 2011
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For several years I have seen and heard about bags made to bake potatoes in the microwave. They are touted to produce fluffy, moist baked potatoes. So when I had all the cotton stuff out to make the tortilla warmer I decided to make one and see. Hey, what do you know, it works pretty wel...
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August 26, 2011
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Sometime ago, I saw an advertisement for tortilla warmers and loved the idea. They looked fun and useful but the cost was $8.00 - $12.00 each, depending on the size, plus shipping. "What a great way to use up scraps!" I thought. So, I tore out the ad and saved it.&nb...
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August 19, 2011
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As you probably know by now we have been slowly trying to go green. So we use cloth bags (see designer bags)for most of our shopping. Even so, we still end up with some of those thin plastic bags from various places. They have some uses such as lining the bathroom trash cans, tying...
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June 3, 2011
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At our house we always seem to be slightly behind and end up cramming to get our father's day gifts done the night before that special day. Sometimes they don't go as planned and we spend a frustrating time figuring out what to do. This year we decided to change this (maybe the r...
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August 13, 2010
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Kids love to display their art on the fridge. Adults too seem to stick up lists, reminders and notices where they can be easily accessed.. So, many marketers send information to us printed on these soft magnets in hopes that we will put them in this often viewed place in our homes.  ...
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July 23, 2010
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It has been a busy couple of weeks. Our youngest has a baby girl now overdue. But for several weeks she was put on bed rest - mostly due to extreme swelling. So the rest of the family shared taking care of the other two (five years and two years old). We kept them at our hous...
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July 9, 2010
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Our oldest grandaughter is getting a new room. This has been in process for some time since her parents are updating their house at the same time. So new trim, new doors and flooring were needed as well as paint and décor. Papa will paint the trim next week end and...
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June 4, 2010
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Summer is here to stay I think. The vegetable garden that I planted in April has started to produce... I have little green tomatoes on each and every plant. We will soon be able to pick the first zucchini and I think there will be lots more coming on! I have cucumbers that wi...
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April 16, 2010
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I am sorry to say that I haven't had time to embroider this week, but I do have a Going Green projec
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April 2, 2010
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We have been out and about the last week or so with the grandkids in tow. They love the park,
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Most of you know that one of my goals in 2009 was to use up as much of my fabric stash as possible a
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February 19, 2010
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Last year, my age-old hot water bottle gave out with a fatal leak. All my life I have used a hot wat
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December 4, 2009
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By now everyone knows that at our house we have been slowly going green. It not only helps the
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August 28, 2009
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This was not the original project that I planned for this week but was inspired out of necessity. I am forever trying to do more than one thing at a time and this morning was no exception. I was going along answering emails, downloading some items that I needed and eating break...
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July 3, 2009
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If you are like
me, you subscribe to more than one embroidery and quilting magazine and scour
them all front to back when you finally get the chance. Sometimes I'm inspired
by the projects in the magazines but many times I'm overwhelmed. And any time
that I sit down to sew I'm likely...
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June 12, 2009
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Did you know that Flag Day is this Sunday? It is nice to take a moment and remember how gratef
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September 5, 2008
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For some time at our house we have been somewhat involved in recycling stuff. A while back I a
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