Month: December 2010
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My favorite memories of 2010
It's time to say good-bye to 2010! I thought I'd post some of my favorite photos and memories of this past year month-by-month. January January started a new life for all of us – fittingly at the beginning of the new year. We put our house on the market and decided to take a leap… Read more
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December Daily: Days 20 – 25
I'm so excited to have this project done! Day 20 brought the end of the big sewing project I had this year – a quilt for some family members. The annual holiday baking… Pretty gifts for all of our neighbors. and the wrapping. Christmas Eve is traditionally spent at Tom's brother's house in Michigan. In the car… Read more
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December Daily: Days 11 – 19
My December Daily album is done! The earliest I've ever finished one of these. But, I have family coming into town unexpectedly and so have to have my house clean. Which means I decided to end the December Daily on the 25th. But, that's okay. Here's part of it and I'll post the rest of… Read more
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The Colorbrick Quilt
I started making this quilt after Thanksgiving as a Christmas present for some family members. I absolutely love this fabric – it's the Maison De Garance by French General fabric. I saw the fabric online and just scrolled right past it. It just didn't appeal to me at all. But the next week, as I… Read more
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The best part
One of these years, my kids are going to be all grown up and I am going to miss having little kids on Christmas morning so much. Even though they're aren't really little anymore, they are still young enough to (mostly) believe in the magic of Santa Claus and the Christmas morning anticipation is my… Read more
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Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas to all of our family and friends! We are grateful for each and every one of you. Read more
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All is calm
The baking is done. The gifts have been wrapped. The sewing is finished. And all is calm. It's been a good week. 🙂 Read more
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For the love of digi
I have been doing a lot of digital scrapbooking lately. And I just received a shipment of printed layouts and can't wait to get even more printed. On the layout below, I actually tried to smooth out the paper, thinking that it had gotten wrinkled in shipping. It took me a minute to realize that… Read more
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Coming out from under the tree
Tom and I just climbed out from under the Christmas tree. It only took us 48 hours to get the tree back up. It was propped up with a chair for the last 2 days. (If you have no idea what I'm talking about, scroll down and read the previous post first.) We have no… Read more
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You seem tense
Last night was interesting. Andrew was up sick with me until after midnight. Tom was halfway across the state at an arbitration that lasted until 1 a.m. And he had to drive through a blizzard to get home. He finally got home at 2:40 a.m. and the Christmas tree promptly fell over, shattering all kinds… Read more