Monthly Archives: February 2008

This morning I had on a wonderful outfit. It was trendy, it was brave, it made a statement. My daughter came up from her room in the basement, eyes still crusty with sleep, barley able to see, in my opinion. And her first words were, “what are you wearing?” It was the tone, it wasContinue reading “Fashionista”

Don’t we all start out viewing just casually, then maybe you get drawn in to regular reading, then OK, you subscribe, then it’s a little addictive… Then it’s not enough to view, read, oogle, and comment, NOW YOU HAVE TO BLOG. They made it so exciting, seem so easy. I am excited to be joiningContinue reading “Now it’s getting serious”

I love this photo. It is my Great Grandmother and my Mom sitting in her living room. Mom fell asleep on her Grandma’s lap. This picture sits on my dresser and I see it when I get ready every day. Looking at it you see two sweet, gentle souls comfy and cozy. But these areContinue reading “Grandma’s House”

The KS My Stitch Crochet Guild president, Tamara Gonzales in the window of Twist Yarn Shop. Tamara is a crochet artist and teacher. She and Rosina and I met last week to create a plan to decorate the windows at Twist to celebrate National Crochet Month in March. Rosina is in the window, she wasContinue reading “Twist”

Obviously, I am not a photographer. The light hit the windows in such a way, it was impossible to really see the colorful pieces the crochet guild members allowed us to display. Trust me when I say it was like Spring had walked in and sat down for a while. I am ready for oneContinue reading “Twist on reality..”

My mom is on vacation. She has been gone all but about five days this month. First Hawaii, now Padre Island. Woman of liesure. Retired. She called this morning to check in on all her chicks. Mother hen. She was hesitant to ask how things were going, last time she left there was a meltContinue reading “Mama always knows”

Everything in the pile is so loved. My mother painted the little watercolor duckie when she was in grade school, the patterns were a nickle at a garage sale, I’ve since scanned them into my computer and passed them along. I knew when I bought them I would never sew one of them. I justContinue reading “Lovely Piles”

This is my sister, Jennifer. Today we drove to Kansas City, MO for a fun “girls day”. I was in charge of navigating. We only had to stop for directions once.We gossiped, we threw tantrums, we ranted about our children and then had lunch. We shopped, we bargained, we threw more tantrums, then stopped forContinue reading “Girl Trip”