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MOVING RIGHT ALONG...OR, GOD BLESS US. EVERY. ONE.
We awoke to an ice storm, the sounds of neighbors leaving for work, and about a thousand comments and emails from friends both far and near making the world perfectly right once again.Thank you, my...
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O - H......N - D?
How the heck is a girl from Lima, Ohio who graduated from Notre Dame supposed to watch the Fiesta Bowl today without feeling a little nuts?My heart is still in Ohio, despite the fact that I've lived...
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DOUBLE TROUBLE
Despite the seemingly peaceful nature of this picture, all h-e-double-tootpicks is about to break out."Where's the piggy? Did you take the piggy? What have you done with the piggy?"One last ribbon to...
View ArticleDIVERTICULOWSA!
Right about this same time last year, I awoke in the middle of the night with a sharp, stabbing pain in my lower left tummy."Well, this is it"' I said to no one in particular. "Something inside me has...
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HOW COULD ANYTHING BE WRONG ON A BEAUTIFUL MORNING SUCH AS THIS?
Ahhhhh, snow. Finally. I'm in the Happy Chair with two little heads peeking out of the cozy blanket:And the snow is softly falling down:I placed a call to my doc this morning, but haven't heard back...
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Oh, look at me, will you? Trying to get all poety with it at 8:15 in the morning. What has me up at the crack of dawn, you ask? Well, when you're me and you go to one doctor on a Monday, all of the...
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HIS NAME IS BOSCO
The addition to the little goat rodeo we call a family (Stewey and I) is Bosco Oliver Willowswamp. He is 10 years old and is staying with us until his mother (my ex sister) comes back from wherever...
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FIRST FEE NEE OF THE YEAR....HOPEFULLY NOT THE LAST!
Laura J. PerinVictorian Ribbons18ct. mono canvasWatercolours "Holiday", DMC #5 perle 890, 3345, 815, 612Ribbon floss 148-21 gold, Ribbon floss red
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NEW COCKPIT
For some reason, I find myself drawn to the dining room table today. I seem to have set up a quasi desk area here, and the light is so pretty, I don't want to moveto theHappy Chair just yet.Rather...
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THE FRIDAY REPORT
Back to cross stitch! This is "Blossom" by Carolyn Manning Designs. Only the lower left corner and the crocheted snowflakes to go and this will be off to the framer!(The crocheted snowflakes and...
View ArticleAND THEN MY HEAD SPLIT OPEN AND IT WAS CONFIRMED...I AM A SPINSTER OF VERY...
It's almost 5 pm and I am just hitting the Happy Chair with a vat of ice water, the TeeVee remote, and my stitching. I spent the day in a meeting that required me to listen to a room full of very...
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TOO BAD THEY DON'T REALLY FALL ONE AT A TIME
If life imitated art, the amount of snow we would have received today would have been three snowflakes instead of three feet.OK, we didn't really get three feet. It just felt like three feet as I...
View ArticleYOU CAN'T ASK JESUS TO TAKE THE WHEEL AND THEN BITCH ABOUT HIS DRIVING
I keep my religous-ness pretty much close to the vest...not because I'm ashamed of it or out of some sense of guilty fear, but because it's one of the Big Three.(The Big Three are the things one should...
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BLOSSOM FEE NEE
BlossomCarolyn Manning Designs28ct Fog cashelGentle Art Dungarees, DMC 3865, 3790, 3033, ecru
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NEXT MAN IN!
I know we're still celebrating January and I promised not to rush the seasons this year, but next up is Laura J. Perin's "Valentine Wreath". This is a project that we're stitching in the Hoosier...
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SATURDAY SPINSTER BLISS
Exhibit A:Exhibit B:Exhibit Stewey Little, King of My Universe:As soon as I finish the crossword puzzle and empty the dishwasher I'm off to market for provisions! Time for vegetable soup, cheese, and...
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