So much fun! And it’s over now. What a great group of ladies to spend a weekend with! We laughed a lot, ate a lot, and sewed a lot. I believe there were 30 of us in attendance. Our guild is getting larger. We even swindled some ladies from the Kansas City area into joining […]
7 Comments. Continue Reading...And by that I mean our annual family outing to The Allis Connection‘s Tractor Show in Amana, Iowa, every Father’s Day weekend. It’s my sister, our brother, Darin, me, our father, and our cousin, Deno, piling into the truck and driving 4 hours one way to spend the day looking at antique tractors. The outing […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...Sew Sweet Quilt Shop in Brunswick, MO, recently built on . . . they built a lodging and event center attached to the quilt shop . . . and it is fabulous! Upstairs, 10 sleeping rooms, each with a private bath, can house up to 22 people overnight. And downstairs is their new classroom, plus […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...I take my sketchbook with me almost everywhere. It comes in very handy when I get stuck waiting somewhere. Somewhere like a hospital waiting room, for example. It was on one such occasion that I ended up staring at the carpeting in said waiting room until the weave pattern became so apparent that I sketched […]
10 Comments. Continue Reading...I thought you might get a kick outta these real questions I asked My Cowboy, and the real answers I got in reply . . . Me: “There’s Polish sausage, and Italian sausage . . . so what’s the word for Irish sausage?” Him: “Potato.” Me: “Did you mean she couldn’t understand what you were […]
4 Comments. Continue Reading...On February 2nd, I posted the following story on my Facebook page: “As My Cowboy laid down to go to sleep last night, he leaned over and . . . instead of whispering ‘Good night — sweet dreams’ like usual, he says, ‘Don’t you fret, Mildred. I’ve got us a nice romantical Valentine’s date all […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...Ivy, my longarm machine, decided she needed a break, and went on a mission to self-destruct Tuesday afternoon. I called the guys at Nolting for help, and after trying some things over the phone, we decided that she was really being serious, and needed more help than they could provide long distance. So, My Cowboy […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...Well, I’ve been in Nebraska now for 9 days. I’m still not completely unpacked. I still haven’t located my camera, my skillets, my diary, the new toothbrush I bought to bring along, or the basket with my most crucial sewing supplies in it. I can’t use the internet and the printer at the same time […]
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