What a difference a day makes! Thanks for all your sweet e-mails and comments. I truly don’t often get real upset with the day to day grind that goes on in our household but yesterday it got to me. I’m a wimp and when anyone sympathizes with me, I just cry more. [...]

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Ever have a day when nothing .. and I mean NOTHING goes right . . or so it seems? I know some things are going right but today I’m being a wimp. If only I could blame this whole day on PMS but that won’t work either.
Last night I had hoped to finish [...]

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You ladies are shocking me! I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that so many of you have never heard of pink peanut patties because I had never seen them in Kentucky or any other place I’ve been around KY. It’s one of those things I grew up with and just assumed they were [...]

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It really doesn’t take much to make me happy. In the past couple of weeks, on one of the longarm groups, we were discussing cordless headphones. I love them for several reasons. My goofy family doesn’t like my choice of music. I love old gospel music - Vestal Goodman, Michael Combs, [...]

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A month or so ago, Helen Squire with AQS called to ask me if I would be interested in doing one of the School House presentations at Quilt Market in Houston. I said YES before thinking that I’d have to stand up in front of people who know way more than I do and [...]

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What an interesting title for a Sunday blog post — Grocery Stores! This isn’t an interesting blog post at all but a rant!
Finding fresh produce isn’t always easy around here.
We do have Wal-Mart and while I am not totally against shopping at Wal-Mart, my preference is to shop other grocery stores when I can.
There [...]

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Be sure to check out Laura at The Organizing Junkie for more weekly menus.
Monday:Roast, potatoes & carrots (crockpot)BLT SaladCroissant RollsTuesday:Grilled ChickenPotato SaladBaked BeansGarlic Bread
Wednesday: Roast Sticky ChickenCarrot SouffleBroccoli SlawThursday:Smoked Brisket (sandwiches)Twice Baked PotatoesGreek Veggie SaladFriday:Baby Back RibsGreen Bean CasseroleBlue Cheese & Cranberry Tossed SaladSaturday:Meat LoafCornNapa Cabbage Salad
Sunday:Meatballs & SpaghettiGreen SaladCrusty Bread with Oregano Sauce

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Oh, boy . . am I tired! I think I will sleep good tonight!
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! to all of you who came up to me during the show and introduced yourself as a blog reader and to those of you who had me sign your book. I [...]

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I’m leaving tomorrow to go spend the night with my friend, Elaine, in Springfield. Then we’ll go to the quilt show in Nashville where we’ll meet up with our friend, Becky, from Owensboro and we’ll have a grand time!
I’ll be back some time this weekend. Don’t you all quilt too much without me. [...]

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I hate wasting fabric. I don’t mind wasting other things but please . . not fabric! I needed to make a bunch of flying geese for the September Quilt for an Hour project. My original thought was to use Eleanor Burns’ special ruler or the Fons & Porter flying geese ruler but [...]

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