THERE I GO AGAIN...MAKING LEMONADE
So I had a thought...If God/the universe never gives us more than we can handle, then He/She/it must think I'm freaking Wonder Woman.(I always wanted to be Wonder Woman. I used to twirl around banging...
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WEDNESDAY...IN WHICH OUR HEROINE DECIDES THAT SHE IS GOING TO HIBERNATE
My appointment with my family doc went as expected...surgery is imminent.But before that can happen, there are antiobiotics to swallow, specialists to call, kidneys to plump, and one very stubborn...
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TURNABOUT IS FAIR PLAY
I've been accused of being an enabler.(Cue the footage of me clutching my pearls, gasping in horror, fanning myself with my program, and then giggling hysterically.)Now it's your turn to get me down...
View ArticleTHE KELLY BUNDY METHOD
My brain operates on the Kelly Bundy method. For everything new that goes in, something old has to come out. If I'm not careful, all of this new stuff rattling around in here is going to cause me to...
View ArticleFRIDAY BLATHERING, PART DEAUX
VISITING CS1: As mentioned previously on this here blog, I have been studiously avoiding going back to the house because it was resulting in meltdowns and me bawling my eyes out while pitifully...
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SATURDAY SPINSTER BLISS
I was going to do laundry and clean the apartment today.Naaaahhhhh.....I think I'll just stay right here, drinking my damn good, doing the puzzles, finishing my stitchy piece, and then taking a nap.I...
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SATURDAY NIGHT FEE NEE
Jardin de BobinesJardin Prive'/Nathalie Cichon28ct Fresco by Picture Thus PlusDMC floss as charted, with a few substitutionsThis was an absolute joy to stitch from start to finish. The chart itself is...
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AAAAHHHH, YOUTH.
I was fishing through my stash for something to play with last night, when I came upon the Sunflower Bellpull from The Drawn Thread:I had started this piece quite some time ago...I'm sure if I looked...
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I GUESS NOW I HAVE TO FINISH IT!
I realized after I had done it that putting the date on this might not have been the brightest idea, but...who cares if it says 2017 and probably won't be done until 2140? What it did do, however, was...
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AND THEN THE PRANCYDANCE TURNED INTO THE UGLY CRY...
I don't think the poor UPS guy had even turned off the engine on the big brown truck before I was out of the Happy Chair like a shot and waiting for him at the door in my pajamas.What can I say?When...
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IT TOOK ME A MINUTE...BUT I FIGURED IT OUT
When Miss Susan Anonymous started the YouCaring fund for me and then all of you so generously contributed to it, I promised myself that I would find a way to use the money meaningfully.And so I secured...
View ArticleIN WHICH OUR HEROINE GETS A HAIRCUT...AND THEN GOES TO THE POOL!!!
Miss Brandi worked her magic on the unruly squirrel on top of my head, and then I got completely sassy with it and went for my very first dip in the pool.You know what's great about a swimming...
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SATURDAY SPINSTER BLISS...
Miss Jane and Miss Charlene supervised a visit to the House of Stitches today. (There may or may not have been shenanegins.)Miss Joy, once again, was the Fabric Whisperer and selected a simply perfect...
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IT'S A CONSPIRACY. I SWEAR IT TO BE TRUE.
In January of 1999 I moved back to Indiana from the Jersey Shore. I had been living in New Jersey for about six years, and after finally moving to a lovely little condo on the beach, got homesick...
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IN WHICH A PLAN COMES TOGETHER, VERY NICELY INDEED
Apparently, we're now starting all the things.I decided to have a stitchy Sunday yesterday, and just as I was about to pick up the Sunflower Bellpull, something started calling to me from the cube room...
View ArticleLEARNING TO LIVE A NEW NORMAL...FOR NOW
I've been having a lot of fun talking about my transition to the new role of A Gentlewoman of Leisure, but the truth of the matter is...this is a lot harder than I thought it would be.For most of my...
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