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Category Archives: Holidays
Twenty Eighteen!
Another year, it is hard to believe but it is here! I for one am glad to see 2017 “in the books”. There were a lot of things that happened last year, some good and some bad and that is … Continue reading
Merry Christmas
One of the sayings that I have enjoyed since my children were little was saying ” Merry Christmas Eve Eve Eve”! The day has arrived! I have sure enjoyed my sewing themed Christmas tree this year, so I thought I’d … Continue reading
Is Your List Getting Longer or Shorter?
Hello, I know it has been some time since I’ve written, just too many things to do and not enough time to get it all done. Some days my list gets shorter and then there are the days my list … Continue reading
Last Day of 2016
This year has been a great year, some good things and some bad things. Some I wish I could do over and of course there are some things I wished never happened, but they did and life just takes a … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Holidays, Outdoors, Pieceful Stitches
Tagged Opus Bistro Clear Lake Shores TX, Pieceful Stitches Inn
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Presence of Family
I know it has been a while since I’ve posted so I thought I would share some of my family time. How was your Christmas holiday? Did you get to enjoy your time with friends and/or family? We had a … Continue reading
Thankful
I know it has been a good while since I’ve written so instead of doing a long blog post; I will just do a little story. I hope you all had a great thanksgiving last week and got lots of … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Friends, Holidays, Pieceful Stitches, Quilts
Tagged Lucky Stars, Pieceful Stitches Inn, sewing retreat, Thanksgiving
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Crazy Days of Summer
At the end of June, I ended up flying to Little Rock to see my son, Brok and his family. It was a bit of a random visit and after looking over their calendar and my calendar this was the … Continue reading
Strategic Stitching
I want to wish all the Fathers/Fathers at heart out there a Happy Father’s Day. I have 3 wonderful sons that are great fathers and I’m blessed to still have my Daddy around. I don’t always see eye to eye … Continue reading
Quilt Shows and Stuff
It has been a while since I’ve written and I hate that, it really boils down to having a lot to have to write about. Oh well, I hope you aren’t bored reading about life round here. I’m a member … Continue reading
Boston Mass
As usual, tons of things going on! I had a group coming in last week so I wanted to do a few updates. First I wanted to add to the clothesline in my 30’s room, so I completed that. I … Continue reading
Posted in Exercise, Family, Friends, Holidays, Outdoors, Quilts, Travel
Tagged boston marathon, Boston Mass, Primitive Gathering Quilts, Somewhere in Time SBOW, The Quilted Crow, wool applique
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Spring Fling Twenty Sixteen
We have our little dove back again this year! This makes year #3. Ms. Dove sure does know how to mess up my plant, I don’t know if I should water it or not. Does anyone know if watering will … Continue reading
In the Year of 2016
It is hard to believe that it is 2016! Time just seems to dropping through the hourglass and for the life of me it seems to flow faster and faster. Does it seem like that to you? Did you get … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Friends, Holidays, Quilts
Tagged grandchildren, Primitive Gathering Quilts, Sunflower Gatherings, wool applique, yes we can America
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Happy Holidays
Well Christmas is done for another year. It always seems to come and go so quickly and no matter what there is NEVER enough time. I always seem to have a great start but I fizz out pretty quickly. Which … Continue reading
Play Time
I wanted to show the pictures from my class the other day and somehow I didn’t get them loaded. So here they are! I also got another Primitive Gatherings, Somewhere in Time block #6 prepped and ready for some thread. … Continue reading
Christmas Countdown
It is that time of the year when lists are being made and everyone is finishing off things that need to be done before Christmas. I wanted to share how my first wool class went. I offered a 2-part class … Continue reading
Peace on Earth
Hello out there! Are you guys still out there? I hope you haven’t given up on me or reading my blog. Every time I think I’m going to have time to sit down and write, something seems to come along … Continue reading
Pumpkin Cake Recipe
I was talking to my mom one morning and she mentioned that she had a new recipe and it sounded really good so I asked her to send it to me. Last weekend we had some of David’s family come … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Holidays, Recipes
Tagged Greenberg Turkey, Pumpkin Crunch Cake, recipes
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Oh What to Do?
As a fitting finish for today, as it is 9/11 and so hard to believe it has been 14 years since our country was forever changed I finished my top early this morning – Yes We Can, America! It went … Continue reading
Non Laborless Day
How were your weekend and your holiday? Our weekend was good, we recovered from our vacation and got a few things done like laundry, unpacking and best of all some sewing on the machine. Yes, I just had to jump … Continue reading
Dirty Out, Clean In
After I got home from Wimberley on Thursday and was about to unpack I realized that I’d be driving to Tyler Friday about 1, so I decided just to pull out the dirty clothes and pack clean clothes. I had … Continue reading
Our Memorable Monday
I hope you had a great holiday, David and I did. I am always in awe of our military and their families, especially for the ones that gave the ultimate sacrifice. I love this country! Twenty-five years ago, on a … Continue reading
Posted in Antiques, Family, Holidays, Outdoors, Pieceful Stitches, Quilts
Tagged children, Pieceful Stitches Inn, yard work
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Honoring our Moms
I hope your Mother’s Day went well and you were honored in the best possible way. Happy Mother’s Day to everyone and to the ones that have fur babies. I feel very blessed to have had some very wise and … Continue reading
Easter Peeps
I hope you all had a great Easter, I sure did. I got up and going to make a German Chocolate cake for our family gathering at Josh and Angela’s house. While it was baking I got some time to … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Holidays, Outdoors, Quilts
Tagged children, churn dash block, grandchildren
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Discipline
Sunday, David and I had our last family Christmas gathering. Kyle, Kara and Adley came over to visit, a have a little gift exchange and have lunch! I cooked chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans and rolls. Oh … Continue reading
Christmas 2014
How was your Christmas holiday? Did you get enough family time? I do love my family and watching Christmas through the grandkids make it so much more special! We had a very nice Christmas Day gathering with Mom, Dad, Josh, … Continue reading
Eve or Day?
Something I’ve learned over the years is that traditions are nice but sometimes you just have to make new ones! Since Brok and Candice weren’t coming down for either of the holidays and it just happened to work out that … Continue reading
Hither and Dither
That is about how I feel after Houston Market and Festival, also to throw in Halloween and a managing a home remodel. Thankfully I have a lot of very capable people helping us out. I want to say a heartfelt … Continue reading
Fourth and More
Friday morning David and I drove to Tyler to celebrate Adley’s 1st birthday. It is hard to believe that this time last year we did the very same trip, time sure flies by. It was nice to not have to … Continue reading
Trash to Treasure & Hunt
This weekend I have participated in a couple of treasure hunts and I’ve sure had a great time. Saturday morning, Cathy picked me up and we went to Mont Belvieu to shop an estate sale, she was a member of … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Friends, Holidays
Tagged Baytown Area Quilt Guild, children, grandchildren, Minick and Simpson
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Faceted Jewels Month 4
Today is St. Patrick’s Day; I hope you have had a good one. Today is also my sister, Pattie’s birthday – which is how she got her name. We knew we had to wear green, if we didn’t we got … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Holidays, Quilts
Tagged block swaps, Faceted Jewels, Studio 180, wing clipper
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Love Day!
I sure hope you have had a great “love” day! Yesterday I was emailing Lecia and she wished me a good “love day” today and I really liked it. Thank you Lecia for the phrase! I really believe that if … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Holidays, Quilts
Tagged grandchildren, Primitive Gathering Quilts, wool applique
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and sew it began 