I joined up with Victoria Wolfe‘s 15 Minutes Play swap this month, my first in so many years that I can’t really remember the last time I swapped fabrics with a stranger. We set up swap partners in the first week of December and I’ve been gathering bits and pieces here and there. My swapper […]
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Okay, so this is my favoritest pizza ever and it really has to do with the delicious pesto sauce. A friend of mine introduced it to me last year and I have loved it since. Prado’s Pesto 2/3 cup olive oil 1/3 cup nutritional yeast 1/3 cup toasted pine nuts 5 garlic cloves, chopped and
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As if sticking needles in my back wasn’t fun enough, the chiropractor suggested we try a little electric stimulus for my back pain. Now that sounds awesome and all, but I still remember a dozen-plus years ago when my then-husband was playing with a little Jacob’s Ladder he’d made. It left burn-holes in his t-shirt
Next, we’ll try electric shock therapy. Read More »
I love a good expanse of solid white, especially in a baby quilt. Maybe it has something to do with newness and purity and all that. Maybe not. I just know I like it. And that’s probably why I loved Thomas Knauer‘s Growth Chart quilt pattern as soon as I saw it.
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Nearly two years after we’d started dating, it has come to an end. The split had taken me by surprise and I’m still trying to pull my heart back together two months later. It’s taken a toll on me and my moxie, and the Universe seems to know it. Unpacking more boxes this past week,
It’s all up to me, it seems. Read More »
That’s what they said. I’d complained posted on Facebook about the continued pain and a friend-of-a-friend suggested acupuncture. A friend gave it a hearty amen. Then the chiropractor suggested I try it out along with massage therapy. So with more curiosity than faith I scheduled a visit with the acupuncturist and spent two hours last
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What I’ll be finishing up this weekend while recuperating from the car crash… I started working on this a couple of nights ago and I’m loving how the poly batting is making it so puffy and magical. Kinda like snow, don’t ya think? And the red with the black, always a favorite, plus it goes
It was Black Friday and I was supposed to be at work.
In an instant, everything changed Read More »
I met Happy Zombie and she took my picture with the Christmas Tree Pants I used her pattern in the sew-along group: I made the Ruffled Hobo Bag for a co-worker, a pattern by Kay Whitt and included in her Sew Serendipity Bags book (a review forthcoming, I swear!). I continue to work on that
