October 2006

Looks Like a Mess

October 27, 2006

But it isn’t as bad as it looks! This is going to be our yummy dinner. We love chicken & dumplings. Seems like everyone has their own favorite recipe. The ones we like are the ones my grandma used to make. They’re thin and chewy and I could eat the entire batch by myself. Only [...]

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November Quilt for an Hour

October 27, 2006

I have the quilt done and everything ready so have no fear . . we will have a November project. I hope to be able to take the pix outside but the rain has been relentless for the past two days. Yes, we’ve had gorgeous weather for the past 2 weeks and I just never [...]

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Feet

October 26, 2006

Who’d thunk I could write a whole blog entry about feet? The foot pedal on the left is the old foot pedal to the Bernina 1230. It no longer works (although DH is sure he can fix it – I threatened to do great bodily harm if he touched it before the new pedal arrived). [...]

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My First Sock!

October 22, 2006

I’ve actually had lots of socks in my lifetime but this is the first one I’ve ever knitted. I’m so proud of it! Can’t wait to make a second one so I can wear them. Does it look halfway right? The lady at the knitting shop not too far from me told me that I [...]

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My Son and the Car!

October 21, 2006

For those who have been reading my blog for a while, you’ll remember my son’s driving record. He didn’t get driving privileges til he was almost 18 because of a deal we made about him making A’s and B’s. He graduated and we told him when he got a job, he could drive. He got [...]

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Taming the Stash

October 20, 2006

It’s time to sell the little house in town and before I can even think about showing it, I have to make it look like a home instead of a messy, messy sewing room. I bit the bullet today and packed the entire stash. Except for a few pieces of fabric I kept out in [...]

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