I’d like to welcome Amy from Diary of a Quilter. Amy is not only very talented and funny, she’s also a good friend. We met through blogging… but luckily for me our friendship has spanned into real life. Amy and…
Well, I’m driving to Disneyland as we speak, but lucky for me, some mighty talented ladies have kindly consented to fill in for me while I’m away. And you are all in for a treat. Here to kick start my…
I’ve been putting out fires all week and today is no better. I will be posting my garden apron tutorial later today, so be sure to check back. Sorry for the delay, my dear friends.
Does anyone really know what the heck Cinco de Mayo is? Well I do… now… I just Googled it a few minutes ago. But other than celebrating the Mexican victory against the French in 1862, Cinco de Mayo has always…
Any woman who sews or knits, or weaves, blends colors in a tapestry or creates a patchwork quilt, knows by the feel that a single thread is weak, but the weaving, the blending, the intertwining with many others makes it…
I’ve slowly… very slowly gotten to work on my son’s quilt for his bedroom. The hardest part has been coming up with the pattern I wanted to use. Ben liked a bull’s eye pattern… but I wanted something just a…
A great way to cut back on your grocery bill is to add “Peasant Food” recipes to your menu. Peasant food is typically very inexpensive to make, and is often quite healthy. Most peasant food includes lots of vegetables and…
I’ve been thinking about Earth Day over the past few days, and in doing so, I went back to the post I wrote last year on Earth Day. I was about my grandmother Maxine Morgan, really all our grandmothers, and…
Thankfully my children are past the age of drawing on walls with crayons. But the other day my girls were in full art mode at my kitchen table. After they cleaned up their crayons and pencils, I was left with…
Yesterday Ben and I went to the bank and to open his very own savings account. In went the money he has earned by taking care of our neighbor’s cats while they are on vacation, lemonade stand earnings, and birthday…
Yes, I am still alive. Cleaning might have done me in! But I’m back… and I’ve got pie with me. Last week one of my dearest friends had a new, sweet little baby boy. And yesterday I made her dinner…
Actually, cleaning is in order. My house needs it. Bad. After a couple of weeks of less than stellar health… I’m feeling a little overwhelmed by all that needs to be done. I can’t leap over my laundry pile. I…