I’ve been waiting to add this post because I wanted to be sure the link to all the photos was ready to go, and now it is! Two weekends ago, I had the extreme priviledge and honor to be the guest instructor for the Manatee Patchworkers’ Quilt Guild
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Today I had a very hectic and hurried, extra-busy day. I felt a bit frazzled and frustrated. After dinner, I suggested to my better half that we should take time to relax and enjoy the sunset. Deep breath in…..exhale……aaaaahhhhhh………much better. Be sure to stop back soon for a quilt retreat recap
Read more →Birgit and her family arrived from Germany last week. And while they’re here, we’re on hiatus doing some serious “summering” with them. (“Summer-ing” is the act of doing all those fun activities you do in the summer or while on vacation.) We went out on the boat
Read more →It was Friday night “Sit and Sew” night at Scrap and Sew. I had signed up to attend weeks before but now, on Friday afternoon, I couldn’t decide what to take with me to stitch. The two major projects with pending deadlines I am currently facing require too
Read more →It’s been a good week. The retreat at Scrap and Sew last week was energizing and my creativity mojo has been in high gear since then. Our visit here at home with Sue and Herb Hausmann this past week was wonderful, too. They are such terrific folks, and
Read more →Ever since we bought this house in March, I have been anxiously anticipating the Frangipani bushes to bloom in our backyard. I was told they would bloom in May, and sure enough — right on schedule — I found the first blooms yesterday. Let me just say,
Read more →Things that make me smile today: I hung this cute little bird house in a tree in our back yard. I found the perfect place to display these treasures from our European travels in a little nook in my kitchen. The pretzel is from a charming village
Read more →We did it. We signed the papers and closed on the sale of our new home yesterday! The first thing I did was put a new mat at the front door. This morning, the real work began in earnest. We’re making some minor (and some not-so-minor) changes
Read more →Last Friday morning, I hopped on a plane bound for Atlanta for a girls’ weekend. Turned out to be 600+ girls, but we all had a great time. An amazing time! Well actually, I went to spend the weekend at a Christian Womens’ Retreat with my friend
Read more →Move him, I mean. I stepped away from my sewing machine for less than five minutes and look what I found when I returned. Nope. No way. I can’t bring myself to do it. Just can’t move this guy. After all, he is the WORLD’S GREATEST CAT. Oh well
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