August 2008

Passing the Time

August 31, 2008

What do you do when you can’t pry yourself away from the TV . . watching the predictions of where Gustav will land?  My sister in New Iberia – she and her husband went to their camp north of Natchez, Mississippi.  Her son – he stayed at their house in New Iberia.  Not what I [...]

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Stash Report Week #35

August 31, 2008

Time is flying by, don’t you think?  After today’s stash reports, we only have 17 weeks left in 2008.  Can you believe that?  Anyone thinking about what you’re going to do for stashbusting in 2009?  Not sure what I’m going to do but I’ll do something.  It’s been nice being accountable to someone (I’m not [...]

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String Pieced Border

August 30, 2008

There’s a million ways to make this border but here’s how I do it. 1.  I use this Kabnet Wax paper pre-cut sheets that I buy at Sam’s Club.  The sheets are 12″ x 10-3/4″. 2.  Lay a strip of fabric face up somewhere on the center of the paper.  The strip can be any [...]

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Kids Moving Out

August 30, 2008

Friends have had kids move out and move back; move out and move back!  I’ve told Chad that when he moves out, there ain’t no comin’ back and I mean it.  I suppose there are circumstances where I’d agree to his moving back — illness, job loss due to company shutting down (not because he [...]

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Prayers & Good Thoughts Please

August 29, 2008

It’s hard to even know how to pray in a situation such as this because the darned hurricane has to go somewhere and anywhere it goes, there’s going to be devastation and much heartache.  But do you see right there where it’s headed??  Houma!  That’s where I was 2 weeks ago teaching and those ladies [...]

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Snip, Snip

August 29, 2008

Today I said goodbye to two old appendages. This is a picture from several years ago but see underneath my right eye and you probably can’t see it but on my right nostril, there were two moles.  They’ve been there forever but they were getting bigger.  I’ve been needing to have them taken off but [...]

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