How to Applique

The first appliques I ever made were on stockings “Mrs. Claus” made for College Boy, Princess and Angel Face. I didn’t know anything about applique, but I stumbled along and managed to do a fairly decent job. Since then I’ve ahem… “Mrs. Claus” has made stockings for Jo-Bear, Z-Man, Little…

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Ooohhh, My Aching Brain!

Over the past few nights I’ve been working on websites and concentrating on code so hard that my brain hurts. First I resumed customizing my blog template. The zeros in the blogroll have bugged me since I got the template but I don’t know php so trying to find them…

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The Magic of M&Ms

Z-Man was running in circles around the kitchen and being an experienced Mom I know what that means. Time to go potty! I don’t have to go. Go potty before you have an accident. I don’t have to go potty! Go quick before I eat all the M&Ms… Silence 2…

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Painting the Girls’ Room

We painted the girls’ room over Labor Day and I’ve been waiting for it to be clean enough to photograph. I finally decided that I’ll be old and grey before that happens so I threw everything into the closet to make it look good then took photos of the cleanest…

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Cat and Mouse Games

The other morning Teacher took our three kitties to the vet – they hate the vet. One of them – I think it was Laelia – got really mad and decided to get us back. I was folding laundry and felt something wet – soaked actually. Being a mom I…

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Gross Story

Moms will do anything to keep their kids safe – ANYTHING! I discovered how strong this instinct is one night when three-year-old College Boy started screaming in his bath. College Boy was a wonderful little boy, smart and happy-go-lucky… I’m not exactly sure what that means, but I like the…

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Tumor in the Kitchen

Recently I took some frozen juice concentrate out of the refrigerator to mix up for snack time. The snack was one of the kids’ favorites: apple juice and goldfish crackers. I put it the concentrate into the microwave to defrost, and as I turned away I saw something strange out…

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Halloween Antics

Little Guy dressed as a zebra, of course! The costume was warm, but I still made him wear a sweatshirt outfit and jacket underneath the zebra coat. The poor boy couldn’t move his arms but I fed him M&Ms along the way so he was happy. He loves M&Ms just…

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