Morning Momentum
2 weeks ago, the neighbor kids were banging on the door.
Katie (3 yrs old) Uncle Seeve, there’s a baby in the fence! A baby! I saw it!
Kevin (9 yrs old) Yeah, and we know who it’s Mom is cuz it’s after-carriage is hangin’ out its butt!
Steve and I slid our shoes on and I grabbed [...]
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I bought some Texture Magic at MQX in April. I finally got around to trying it a couple of weeks ago.
Texture Magic is a product sold by Superior Threads. It looks and feels like lining fabrics. After you quilt it, you steam it to make it shrink 30% in each direction. The shrinkage creates more [...]
Filed under: ART QUILTS, How To, Longarm Quilting, Texture Magic, longarm, machine quilting, quilting, tutorial | 6 Comments »
A couple of weeks ago I was quilting leaves in my sleep! Here is the finished product. No, it does not belong to me.
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As I watch Michael Jackson’s memorial service, I can’t help but wonder why I am emotional about this service. Why would I care? Why did I care so much during Princess Diana’s funeral? Or Ronald Reagan’s? I never even met these people.
And it struck me:
we watch and think of those funerals we have been to [...]
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Just a few shots of the kids when they were here last week.
Hey Elizabeth… look out the window! There are cows out there.
Thanks for moving out of my way……
Because I LIKE to drive this dumptruck!
These are my grandkids, Elizabeth and William. William broke his leg a week ago, while visiting a museum in Pittsburgh. That [...]
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How appropriate……
look what we saw today (July 4, 2009) when we took our lunch to the lake.
The eagle was interested in fish….
Steve was interested in his chicken dinner from the local Dairy Isle.
We hadnt planned on going anywhere today, it just happened. We both finished up the quilts we were working on by 1pm, so [...]
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Would you like to go up here?
I know I wouldnt be able to go up and down that many steps, but oh boy, would I love to take the tour to the crown of the Statue of Liberty. I just watched Susan Candioti on CNN do a tour. Thanks to technology, I felt like I [...]
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My son, daughter in law and 2 grandchildren came to visit this week. For several days ahead, I had asked them what kind of milk to get for the kids. (they drink some kind of special soy milk due to dairy allergies) They repeatedly said don’t worry about it, they won’t need it. I was [...]
Filed under: Elizabeth, Family, Life, Neil, William, Yvonne, memories | 13 Comments »
