randomness

i’ve been back hitting the books the past couple of weeks, so that whole having time to stitch thing has had to take a back seat…again.  but, i did get a chance to get into the kitchen and bake for no other reason than wanting to;  that’s always a plus!  it was a classmate’s birthday, and [...]

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24 hours-road trip

  after kathie had given me the heads-up last week about a museum that had an abundance of antique quilts on display, i decided to take a well-deserved (and long overdue) break from the books and head eastward. 

 
(photo courtesy of packwood house quilt blog)
i could spend days looking at/studying antique quilts.  they are my greatest source [...]

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the great clean-out and that four letter word

 
after many, many hours of cleaning, folding, pitching, and rearranging, i finally have my space back.  a much more streamlined, less cluttered and more functional space.  it wasn’t fun, but  it was so worth it.
 
first was the closet.  it was a major disaster.  i couldn’t find anything without digging and rooting.  i usually just gave up because [...]

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vacation and realization

early last thursday morning,  my oldest daughter and i loaded up and headed east.  we had missed the lancaster quilt show (first time in 7 years) since it fell on a weekend that i had school, so this was our first quilt venture out this year.  we have never been to the hershey show, and [...]

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24 hours

 
 
since yesterday was the first full day of my summer break, i decided to pamper myself a bit by giving myself a pedicure.  i followed that up with some reading. 

i then did the unheard of (for me).  i took a quick nap.  felt wonderful!
feeling rather guilty after my nap, i decided to be responsible and [...]

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