Just Going Along

I’ve been quiet.  Life has been going along, nothing out of the ordinary, but goodness in our day-to-day living.  I’ve been puttering in the garden, knitting, playing and reading with the kids, and I’m about to ramble on for a long bit since I haven’t posted in awhile.  So sit back and keep reading after [...]

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Beauty in the Gardens

I finished putting out all my seedlings in the garden beds on Wednesday. Now I just have to wait for my melon seeds to sprout (I think they’ve been too cold) and then I will have everything in the beds that I wanted except for the husk cherries, which don’t seem to want to [...]

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When You’ve Got Tangled Yoke, Flaunt It

I feel like I’ve been doing just that. I’ve worn it to book club, to kids’ appointments, when visitors were here, and just plain around because I LOVE it. I finally finished this sweater near the end of April, save for its buttons. I didn’t get buttons when it was done because [...]

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My Grocery Store Has Let Me Down

As many of you know, I LOVE our local grocery store, Wegmans. Though it isn’t just located in Rochester, NY anymore, to me it is still a local store. I love the selection of goods, the local farms produce in the appropriate seasons (complete with pictures of the family farmers, sometimes!), its child [...]

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Bulk Bags Go Public

For those interested, I just listed several bulk food bags in the shop. I’ll be listing more over the next few days as I have more, but am trying to increase the traffic to my shop. I have loved using them for my own shopping. I get a little thrill when I [...]

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Millie, It Wasn’t Meant to Be

Meet Millie. She is a dress form from my grandparents’ attic (which is a treasure trove, I tell you!). I have been dreaming of having Millie as my own for months now. On Monday I finally brought her home, and she has been on my porch airing out. Yesterday I finally [...]

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Success and Failure in the Kitchen

Last week I was completely bummed when I had my first loaf of bread that truly failed. I used the bread machine to mix it, but I put the ingredients into the pan in the wrong order. I should have just mixed it by hand, or been a little more patient and thought [...]

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Out at Last!

After two months of wiggling, wobbling, and just hanging on, my boy came home from playing yesterday to show me this:

My baby lost his first baby tooth!! I was a little sad because I wasn’t there to see it come out, but at least he brought the tooth home. He, of course, was [...]

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And the Winner Is. . .

. . . Yielded Heart! Please write and let me know which you’d like, the rice therapy pillow, the coasters, or the bulk food bags. If you’d like the pillow or the coasters, let me know about colors. Also, if you’d like the pillow, let me know if you’d like it scented [...]

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Flora, Not Fauna

I am about to send out my buttons for the embroidered button swap.

I learned a few things from this project:

Embroidering with two threads in tiny spaces can be fun.
Assembling these is addictive. I have two blank ones left.
I much prefer stitching flora to fauna. I was so excited to join [...]

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