tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57737685466811170462024-03-05T19:31:15.340-06:00A Little VinaigretteAnniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16906508807546097909noreply@blogger.comBlogger203125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5773768546681117046.post-7221209268672277932014-02-23T18:32:00.001-06:002014-02-23T18:32:27.515-06:00Progress...???<div style="text-align: center;">
I spent a lovely day outside yesterday...</div>
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I met up with my monthly sewing group and made a tiny bit of progress on my </div>
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I was convinced by my friends to alter my WOW list to include a quilt </div>
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I started, hmmm, must be at least 7 or 8 years ago.</div>
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I was sure it needed borders of some kind. </div>
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Which is why I set it aside for so long.</div>
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I had these left over diamonds from the piecing that I thought should be </div>
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But I never made the borders.</div>
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So I worked on them yesterday instead of enjoying the 64 degree weather.</div>
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And now... I'm not so sure. </div>
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I may just add the "borders" to the back.</div>
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I feel like I'm back to square one,</div>
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with a little less scrap.</div>
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I'll keep you updated on the progress.</div>
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Or lack there of.</div>
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Enjoy the last week of February, and the return to winter.</div>
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Darn groundhog. </div>
Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16906508807546097909noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5773768546681117046.post-62651536610786547062014-02-09T15:27:00.000-06:002014-02-09T15:27:36.435-06:00Riley Blake Challenge Finished!<div style="text-align: center;">
So here it is in all its glory,</div>
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my finished Riley Blake Challenge.</div>
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Here's a decent shot showing the quilting: wavy lines with whirls and a river of pebbles flowing from near one corner to near the other.</div>
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There were some amazing quilts the others in my guild made.</div>
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I'm so glad I found such an amazingly talented group of quilters to spend time with and be inspired by.</div>
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Bring on the next challenge!</div>
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(Now if I could only improve my photography skills)</div>
Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16906508807546097909noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5773768546681117046.post-66008413738527558872014-02-07T21:50:00.001-06:002014-02-07T21:50:33.138-06:00When did I ever become such a quitter????<div style="text-align: center;">
I decided I needed to sort through my WIP's </div>
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and came to the realization.</div>
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I am a slacker.</div>
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Lackadaisical.</div>
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A quitter. </div>
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I have A LOT of unfinished business.</div>
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I didn't realize it was this bad. </div>
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I am usually a very organized person who ALWAYS finishes what I start.</div>
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I have *ahem* 22 WIP's.</div>
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OH the HORROR!!</div>
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Now, to be fair, one is a long term project that I only work on while traveling.</div>
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And another is waiting for that lucky day when someone says</div>
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"why, yes I do have 1/2 yard of that 10 year old fabric in my stash that you can have to finish the binding on your quilt."</div>
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But the rest... well, I just have no excuse.</div>
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Thank goodness for the SLMQG WOW challenge </div>
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So here's the dealo with the challenge as I understand it</div>
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(someone from the guild correct me if I'm wrong).</div>
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We will get an index card at this month's meeting to write down our list of WIP's that we <br />
THINK we will get done in the next 9 months (my timing may be off).</div>
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Then we work on those WIP's.</div>
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Every month we can edit our index card, adding or deleting anything on the card. </div>
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My goal is to start with four of my projects in various stages of un-doneness.</div>
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So here they are in all their glorious un-doneness: </div>
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First up is a project I started on in 2002. I actually have added to it twice in the last 12 years.<br />
I just need to decide that it is done and quilt it. <br />
Which leads to a whole new set of decisions.<br />
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It's not modern in terms of borders (two) or fabrics (batiks)<br />
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WIP #2 is my Hawaiian block.</div>
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I need to finish hand appliqueing the cut work down and then will likely turn it into a pillow.</div>
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WIP #3 is a quilt I started 6 or 7 years ago on a quilt retreat.</div>
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I thought I had the perfect fabric to sash this with, but there wasn't enough in my stash.</div>
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I foresee a shopping trip in my future.</div>
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And finally</div>
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WIP #4: an ode to my Block of the Month days.</div>
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I have had the backing pieced and the batting cut for several years.<br />
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A bonus WIP is the following Modern Wonky Log Cabin.<br />
It will likely become my #5 WIP.<br />
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*sigh*</div>
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What have I gotten myself into?</div>
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So there you have it.</div>
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Thus I commit myself to finishing these projects.</div>
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Or maybe I'll end up crossing them off my list and replacing them with some other</div>
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Over the next few weeks I'll show you some of my other WIP's.</div>
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And I'll post a picture of that fabric that I only need a 1/2 yard of for binding.</div>
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'Cuz I'd like to finish that quilt some day. </div>
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Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16906508807546097909noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5773768546681117046.post-28789226734932527162014-02-05T18:43:00.001-06:002014-02-05T18:43:58.065-06:00I resolve to be better....<div style="text-align: center;">
...at blogging.</div>
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I know I have been a very absent blogger. </div>
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I will try to get better.</div>
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Really I will.</div>
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And I have incentive now.</div>
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My fabulous St Louis Modern Quilt Guild has put out the challenge.</div>
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A WOW challenge.</div>
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WOW!</div>
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Huh?</div>
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WOW stands for War on WIP.</div>
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Ahem. </div>
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Works In Progress.</div>
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(Sorry)</div>
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And I have a bucket load of them. </div>
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Technically basket loads of them, but who's gonna be technical with me?</div>
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I actually got a head start on this before there was a challenge. </div>
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See, we've had a bit of snow here in the Lou.</div>
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And I've had an abundance of snow days. </div>
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And the library closed due to snow, not that I could get there in the snow and cold we have had.</div>
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So I started to work on some old, I mean MATURE, projects.</div>
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I actually got a quilt finished for my fabulous neighbor with the </div>
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Unfortunately, I managed to FAIL to take a photo before I gave her the quilt.</div>
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Maybe I'll convince her to bring it outside for a beauty shot in the snow.</div>
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I also got this one finished for my hiking buddy.</div>
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You only get to see half of it as it was about 19 degrees out and we had been hiking for 2 hours.</div>
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Did I mention that the trails were covered in ice?</div>
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We managed to not slip off the bluffs into the river.</div>
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I also have been working on my Riley Blake Challenge, </div>
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again thanks to Snow Days.</div>
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In fact, I am pretty sure it would not have gotten quilted if it weren't for snow days.</div>
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Here is a preview of it, hot off the quilt machine</div>
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(well, actually, its drapped on the machine, but you get the picture).</div>
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Here's the picture.</div>
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Horrible lighting. But can you see the run of pebbles through the middle?</div>
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It's my favorite part of the quilting.</div>
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I still need to attach the binding, can you say -18 degree wind chill?</div>
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It counts for a snow day.</div>
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I promise, Promise, PROMISE to be better at blogging.</div>
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Really.</div>
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Besides, I need to show you all the WIP I'm entering in the WOW</div>
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Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16906508807546097909noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5773768546681117046.post-28158566196654045582013-10-27T19:42:00.000-05:002013-10-27T19:42:43.931-05:00The one where I lost my ring...again<div style="text-align: center;">
i have this ring i love.</div>
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i got it for myself after my divorce.</div>
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its not expensive or especially fancy.</div>
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but i like it a lot.</div>
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i lost it about two years ago.</div>
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sort of.</div>
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i thought i lost it in the bathroom at work, </div>
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went so far as to empty the trash can in there.</div>
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no ring.</div>
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i sent out a panicked email,</div>
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when i got home that night i happily discovered it had somehow</div>
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fallen off my finger into my work bag.</div>
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wahoo!! i had my ring back!</div>
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fast forward to last weekend.</div>
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where i discovered i was missing my ring again.</div>
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only problem was i was in colorado springs.</div>
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i remember putting it on saturday morning while getting ready to go hiking.</div>
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i thought i remembered playing with it at breakfast.</div>
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but while photographing this</div>
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my hand felt kinda funny. </div>
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kinda empty funny.</div>
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NOT FUNNY!</div>
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my ring was gone.</div>
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so i spent a frantic 30 minutes retracing my steps to try and find my ring.</div>
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i figured it came off when i pulled off my glove to take photos,</div>
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but that meant it could be in several spots in Garden of the Gods.</div>
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i looked everywhere i stopped.</div>
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but, i finally had to give up. </div>
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it was gone.</div>
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most likely somewhere in the park,</div>
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saw it sparkle in the morning light and </div>
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took off with it.</div>
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i spent the remainder of the trip </div>
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fast forward to monday night, about 11pm </div>
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i was super tired but too wired to fall in bed yet</div>
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and the gods of lost rings continue to favor me.</div>
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inside my suitcase, buried among my dirty socks and hiking pants</div>
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was my ring!!!</div>
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it makes no sense</div>
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i have my ring back.</div>
Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16906508807546097909noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5773768546681117046.post-30563942519817722562013-10-23T21:33:00.000-05:002013-10-23T21:40:13.635-05:00My first Fourteener!<div style="text-align: center;">
After that great hike with local guide Bryan</div>
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I decided to really test myself </div>
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and do Pike's peak.</div>
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All 14,110 feet of it. </div>
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Way up there.</div>
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That's it. The one with all the snow on it.</div>
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Way up there.</div>
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And I just hiked 8 miles in the "foothills" </div>
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Common sense prevailed</div>
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and I took the Cog Railway.</div>
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Traveled in style up the side of the mountain.</div>
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Saw some big horn sheep in the scree (rocky area above the timber line)</div>
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Before our train car could go up, they had to </div>
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Here I am, shivering at the peak.</div>
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Take the picture, quick, before my hands freeze!</div>
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(Where were my gloves???)</div>
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I am wearing my Cardinals hat in celebration of their win Friday night.</div>
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And because it was cold!</div>
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I think the temperature was 4 degrees, with wind chills in the negatives.</div>
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But so beautiful!</div>
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I completely understand why this view inspired Katherine Lee Bates</div>
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to pen the poem-to-become song</div>
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America the Beautiful.</div>
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Spectacular!</div>
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As much as I enjoyed Colorado Springs and the mountains there, </div>
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Rocky Mountain National Park.</div>
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Maniteau Springs at the base of the mountain:</div>
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I think there were about 20 of these throw-back-to-the 50's motels.</div>
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I got to stay in a similar bit of nostalgia a few nights later. </div>
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I couldn't help it.</div>
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We had a random four day weekend.</div>
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And I didn't travel this summer.</div>
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And I was going through withdrawls.</div>
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Southwest Air to the rescue.</div>
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Had to make a run for the mountains.</div>
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And oh was it incredible.</div>
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Flew into Denver and immediately set course for Colorado Springs.</div>
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But first, a detour to the United States Air Force Academy.</div>
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To see the Cadet Chapel.</div>
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Because it is gorgeous.</div>
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Frank Lloyd Wright.</div>
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Can't say any more. Just breathe.</div>
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The stain glass might just be inspiration for a quilt in the future.</div>
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So COOL! </div>
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And I got to listen to the big pipe organ as a group of cadets were taking a class in the organ loft.</div>
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A-MAZING!! </div>
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After watching the cadets do their lunch time formation, </div>
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I hit the road for real to Colorado Springs.</div>
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Garden of the Gods. </div>
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Truely one of the great FREE parks in America.<br />
Did several walks and hikes.<br />
I know, they sound the same, but really aren't.<br />
The walks were ranger led, very interesting. And lots of wildlife to see, <br />
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The hikes were amazing. And tons of people were out and about.<br />
Here I am near Balanced Rock.<br />
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Spent most of the afternoon here. <br />
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Later I headed out to a local brew pub for dinner and the TV.<br />
Yep. <br />
TV. <br />
Had to watch the Cards win their way into the World Series.<br />
Met several locals and enjoyed the conversations.<br />
This lead to a GREAT hike on Saturday morning with Bryan.<br />
Section 16.<br />
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That's Colorado Springs way down there.</div>
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This is only a little bit up the side of the "hill".</div>
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This is near the apex of the UP portion of buring my lungs and legs.<br />
SOOOO worth it!<br />
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See the top of that ridge way off across the canyon?<br />
I was there!<br />
Got to see the scrub oak turning red, a micro climate with Aspen trees turning gold from green, <br />
and snow. <br />
<br />Beautiful day.<br />
<br />I'll fill you in on the rest of my Saturday adventure in Colorado Springs tomorrow.</div>
Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16906508807546097909noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5773768546681117046.post-81331555662709539372013-10-07T20:15:00.000-05:002013-10-07T20:15:00.221-05:00Sky<div style="text-align: center;">
The hardest part of living in Missouri is that you can't see the sky.</div>
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Not really.</div>
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whether it be buildings or telephone poles or wires.</div>
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Here's a cool sunset... with houses in the background.</div>
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Same sunset, a few minutes later and shot a little higher to cut out the houses.</div>
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An amazing sunset from my deck.</div>
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Pesky wires.</div>
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A beautiful sky out somewhere hiking.</div>
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We are heading into autumn, </div>
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better enjoy those beautiful skies before they turn gray.</div>
Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16906508807546097909noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5773768546681117046.post-14188310908413409112013-10-06T20:01:00.001-05:002013-10-06T20:01:42.298-05:00Randomness # 132<div style="text-align: center;">
I've been busy with work and work... and more work.</div>
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Here is one of my two homes away from home:</div>
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I have managerd to get out to a farmer's market here and there too.</div>
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And took a stroll in St Louis' s fabulous Tower Grove Park</div>
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As well as a hike or two.</div>
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Saw this fella enjoying breakfast at Lone Elk Park.</div>
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And had a beautiful hike along the St Francis River in Fredricktown.<br />
This river is the ONLY river in Missouri with whitewater <br />
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And I have one more thing done in the kitchen: </div>
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The fancy-for-show mostly vent hood is up! </div>
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I have to still tile, and do lighting, </div>
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but it is coming alone.</div>
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Maybe it will be done by Christmas.<br />
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Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16906508807546097909noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5773768546681117046.post-54262649988634616492013-08-18T20:01:00.000-05:002013-08-18T20:01:45.579-05:00*sigh* (that'e the sound of happiness)<div align="center">
The worst of it is over.</div>
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I have a truely functional kitchen again.</div>
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After living like this for a week:</div>
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Yep, the washer, dryer, and freezer were in my living room.</div>
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But no more!</div>
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Everything is in its proper place and</div>
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I have a more than functioning kitchen.</div>
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A good friend's husband came and laid my gorgeous new floor.</div>
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Isn't it pretty??!!!!</div>
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Here's what the kitchen looks like now.</div>
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I celebrated by eating dinner in my kitchen last night, a first in three months.</div>
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Today I celebrated by baking these gorgeous beauties:</div>
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Nothing better than fresh baked bread.</div>
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I have started getting back to sewing a bit too.</div>
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My sister requested a lanyard for her work ID</div>
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I'm a good sister. </div>
Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16906508807546097909noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5773768546681117046.post-47959897594444933982013-07-31T15:44:00.001-05:002013-07-31T15:44:02.881-05:00Granite and Plumbing (a new band?)<div style="text-align: center;">
I was a good girl.</div>
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Really, I was.</div>
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I waited until 9:30 this morning before I installed the faucet.</div>
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The fellas that installed my granite</div>
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said to wait 24 hours.</div>
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That was yesterday.</div>
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Its a whole day later, give or take six hours.</div>
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First, I have to tell you about the fellas from Arch City Granite.</div>
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That's where my slab came from.</div>
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Super nice people throughout the whole process.</div>
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I would highly recommend them</div>
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(and they did not compensate me for this endorsement).</div>
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(too bad)</div>
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The installers were as nice as the sales guy who was as nice as the cutter.</div>
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I guess that's what they call the guy who cuts the granite.</div>
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So nice, and really knew their stuff.</div>
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I guess that's why they were hired. Go figure.</div>
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The fellas were good sports and let me snap a few photos of the install.</div>
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Here they are muscling in the granite. Watch your fingers!</div>
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Also snapped this one of the fella's in a, umm, slightly compromising position.</div>
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Good thing they work well together!</div>
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Can you believe a grown man is in my cabinets?</div>
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<br />Here it is in all of its gorgeous granite glory!</div>
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They shine, shimmer, and sparkle.</div>
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It is brain addlingly addictive.</div>
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So, plumbing. </div>
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I installed the faucet myself. </div>
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Only one leak, but I knew exactly where it was and how to fix it.</div>
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I'm feeling kinda big, bad, and bold for doing it myself,</div>
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no help from anyone.</div>
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Thank goodness for google and YouTube.</div>
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I know, lousy photo. My new cabinets are so dark that they just suck the light out of the room.</div>
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I will eventually have better lighting.</div>
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So now I need help again. </div>
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I have two options for tiling the backsplash.</div>
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Option #1 is my original idea of white subway tile:</div>
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Option #2 is a glass and marble mosaic tile:</div>
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Color wise they both "go" with the cabinets and the granite.</div>
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But I just don't know. </div>
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I need to figure out if I should run the tile just to the bottom of my vent hood</div>
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or all the way to the ceiling.</div>
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Decisions, decisions.</div>
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Makes my brain hurt.</div>
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Thoughts? </div>
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By the way, <br />I LOVE my new kitchen</div>
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especially now that it looks like a kitchen.</div>
Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16906508807546097909noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5773768546681117046.post-15427395264693163042013-07-29T23:30:00.000-05:002013-07-29T23:30:00.200-05:00In other news...<div style="text-align: center;">
I have been able to do a bit more than just work on my kitchen.</div>
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But just a bit.</div>
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Took a class with <a href="http://tallgrassprairiestudio.blogspot.com/">Jacquie Gering</a> </div>
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She was great! SO much fun. </div>
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She does this great improvisational crazy piecing</div>
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(among other things).</div>
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Here is one of her quilts.</div>
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Here are my crazy pieced "blocks".</div>
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I've got a long way to go before I will have anything resembling a quilt</div>
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from this class, but at least I have a start.</div>
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This I think will be my UFO Pledge for the year.</div>
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I'll tell you more about the UFO Pledge later.</div>
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I also made a cute baby quilt, but forgot to take pictures before I handed it off.</div>
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Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16906508807546097909noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5773768546681117046.post-55482998528242793872013-07-29T10:08:00.002-05:002013-07-29T10:08:27.229-05:00Round To It<div style="text-align: center;">
I've been meaning to do this for a long time, </div>
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I just didn't get around to it </div>
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(those "round-to-it's" are hard to find!)</div>
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until now.</div>
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<br />I've added a page to my blog </div>
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to show just my quilts in one place.</div>
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I know I don't have all of my quilts on here</div>
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and the ones that are are in no particular order.</div>
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But it's a start!</div>
Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16906508807546097909noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5773768546681117046.post-66426460671065997872013-07-28T20:15:00.003-05:002013-07-28T20:15:54.575-05:00the end is not nigh<div align="center">
Progress.</div>
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Real, visable progress.</div>
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This is where I left you last. </div>
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Since then, my computer crashed</div>
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so no updates.</div>
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But my fabulous neighbor has returned my little</div>
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laptop in tip top condition and </div>
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The sink is now installed!</div>
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I have to tell you, I was biting my nails as my good friend Doug</div>
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cut the front of my cabinet to fit the sink.</div>
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Even my neighbor the contractor was really nervous about doing it.</div>
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Thank goodness for Doug.</div>
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Isn't it gorgeous?!?!</div>
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I L.O.V.E. my new sink.</div>
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The dishwasher and stove are in </div>
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I am now just a few days away from a functioning kitchen</div>
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even though my fridge will be in the front hall until the floors are done.</div>
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My granite</div>
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(this handsome slab from Brazil is called Haiwaii)</div>
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See those gray/white areas?</div>
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They GLOW like mother of pearl.</div>
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RUNNING WATER!</div>
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Just in time to go back to work.</div>
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Finally.</div>
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Some visable signs of progress.</div>
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Not just that I painted the ceiling and </div>
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repainted a few walls a different color.</div>
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Nope.</div>
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Now everyone can actually SEE </div>
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progess. </div>
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Here's how it went down:</div>
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The last of the base cabinets are outta here, </div>
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and the mudding and sanding are done.</div>
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See Floyd checking out the changes in his kitchen. </div>
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He's not too thrilled with living in a construction zone.</div>
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The dishwasher is disconnected and hanging out where my table usually is.</div>
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First cabinet going in!</div>
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More cabinets going up!</div>
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Here's the finished work from last night,</div>
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GIRL POWER!</div>
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My garage is amazingly empty feeling now,</div>
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The fellas can't work on the kitchen for another week and a half. </div>
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I hate washing dishes in the bar sink.</div>
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(wahoo, I'm putting in an island!!)</div>
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I like both of them.</div>
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Pendant #1: </div>
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Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16906508807546097909noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5773768546681117046.post-90683826282756469042013-07-08T12:00:00.000-05:002013-07-08T11:29:46.799-05:00Heading home<div align="center">
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This waterfall was cascading down the side of the mountain right next to the highway.</div>
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I also hopped out to snap a photo of the Trailhead sign between rain drops.</div>
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A beautiful stream was tumbling down the mountain next to the trail.</div>
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Due to my back I wasn't able to hike like I had planned, there was a staircase with close </div>
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I think it rained about 6 inches while I was in SC.</div>
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Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16906508807546097909noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5773768546681117046.post-9410711529959019342013-07-08T11:28:00.002-05:002013-07-08T11:28:50.200-05:00A minor diversion<div align="center">
My kitchen (the lack thereof)</div>
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HOPEFULLY</div>
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I will be installing cabinets and flooring next week.</div>
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This week is finishing the the drywall (sanding and mudding and sanding)</div>
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and painting and pulling out the laundry room floor.</div>
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So I needed a distraction.</div>
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I needed to get away.</div>
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So I ran off to South Carolina to help my parents move into their new digs</div>
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after moving from Ohio where they lived for about 40 years.</div>
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Good daughter that I am, I built closet organizers in all the closets,</div>
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painted, unwrapped, put away, climbed in the thousand degree attic,</div>
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installed door closers, broked down a bizillion boxes, </div>
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and generally worked harder than I was here on my kitchen.</div>
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So much for distraction and relaxation.</div>
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Oh well.</div>
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We did sneak away from the mess to check out the local farmers market.</div>
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Gorgeous cabbages</div>
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PINK oyster mushrooms! Really PINK!</div>
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Beautiful flowers</div>
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There wasn't much to buy as its been an unusally cool and WET </div>
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growing season. Hopefully more will come in soon</div>
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This is before the seafood was added. Such good people, </div>
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to accommodate my seafood allergy.</div>
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It's not like on TV. </div>
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HG and DIY.</div>
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Its not real.</div>
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They have crews of 20 or more. </div>
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They plan for months.</div>
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Its not real.</div>
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Real is delays.</div>
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Real is indecision.</div>
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Real is living with your fridge in your front hall for two months.</div>
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Sometimes you need to take a break from real.</div>
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So I did.</div>
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Went hiking this weekend two places.</div>
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I forgot to take pictures of Mastedon State Park.</div>
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A lovely little park about 15 miles south of the St Louis Metro area.</div>
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Then I went to St Francois State Park down near Bon Terre.</div>
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I hiked the Mooner's Hollow Trail, </div>
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named after the moonshiners that use to hide in the hollows to make their white lightening.</div>
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No white lightening to be found on this hike, *sigh*,</div>
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but plenty of wildflowers along the trailside,</div>
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Along with lovely shady paths,</div>
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And lots of water.</div>
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On the almost 3 mile path, I hiked alongside running water for </div>
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And I was lucky enough to cross the stream near this gem of a waterfall.</div>
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Definitely a revisit.</div>
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You know, when I'm finished with the kitchen.</div>
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*sigh*</div>
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Progress is being made on the demolition portion of my new kitchen.</div>
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I did this:</div>
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It was actually really fun knocking out that soffit. </div>
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I really hated that soffit.</div>
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And now I will have room for my really tall cabinets!!</div>
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I also spent some time pulling floor staples.</div>
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About a billion of them.</div>
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Actually, I've been pulling them in sets of about 75-100 at a time.</div>
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I have the blisters to prove it.</div>
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And I still have about a million of them to pull out.</div>
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*sigh*</div>
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I also pulled tile off the wall today.</div>
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It doesn't look too pretty and I will need to patch the drywall in a few places.</div>
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And give the whole thing a scratch coat of mud.</div>
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*SIGH*</div>
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So here's a picture of all of today's progress.</div>
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And *SIGH* there is more floor to come up.</div>
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Which means more staples.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">*SIGH*</span></div>
Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16906508807546097909noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5773768546681117046.post-51175351457120720892013-05-12T20:46:00.000-05:002013-05-12T20:46:00.744-05:00And so it begins<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
This is what my kitchen looked like yesterday.</div>
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Check out this hidden gem that was under the first layer of floor.</div>
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My work crew, taking a break from the floor and pulling the cabinets.</div>
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I have about a gazillion staples to pull out of the floor, and that soffit</div>
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Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16906508807546097909noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5773768546681117046.post-60454411331507172202013-05-10T18:04:00.004-05:002013-05-10T18:04:57.671-05:00To Boston With Love<div align="center">
Took a break from my major projects of </div>
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getting my seniors graduated</div>
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designing my new kitchen</div>
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beginning to destroy my old kitchen</div>
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to participate in the <br />To Boston With Love show of support.</div>
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I made these two flags to include with my</div>
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<a href="http://stlmqg.blogspot.com/">St Louis Modern Quilt Guild</a>'s gift to Boston.</div>
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We will be sharing our creations tomorrow and then shipping them off to Boston</div>
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where they will fly in a show of love at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts for about a month.</div>
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Then they will fly again in one year. Maybe I might make it out to </div>
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In the mean time, you can check out the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/tobostonwithlove/">Boston with Love flickr group</a> to see pics of </div>
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This summer I will be staying close to home, </div>
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enjoying my new kitchen.</div>
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I will post photos of the progress, once I have progress to show.</div>
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Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16906508807546097909noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5773768546681117046.post-67668930109544731922013-02-27T20:58:00.001-06:002013-02-27T20:58:32.255-06:00Farming the Wind<div align="center">
I took advantage of those snow days</div>
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and got an old top quilted.</div>
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When I travel I often sketch ideas for quilts from what I see.</div>
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Wyoming, one of my favorite places to visit, is</div>
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home to quite a few wind farms.</div>
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You can see these huge windmills for miles. </div>
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Makes me think of Don Quixote.</div>
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Made me sketch an idea for a quilt.</div>
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Now, almost three years later...</div>
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My "Farming the Wind" quilt:</div>
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On a windy day, no less.</div>
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On a "farm".</div>
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"Heated Air Conditioning" </div>
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quilt that I made during a June 95 degree heat wave </div>
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when my air conditioner conveniently gave up the ghost</div>
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or maybe pull out some more travel sketches.</div>
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Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16906508807546097909noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5773768546681117046.post-55821313943788661792013-02-21T15:49:00.002-06:002013-02-21T15:49:59.686-06:00Snow Day!<div align="center">
FINALLY!</div>
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We have our first (and likely only) snow day.</div>
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Ahhhhhhhhhhh.</div>
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Yep, thats us on the Weather Channel.</div>
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Welcome, Winter Storm Q.</div>
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I did manage to get out this morning before we became white</div>
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and ran to Wally World, picked up my wine shipment from a friend,</div>
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got an oil change, hit the grocery, and got an update on the status of my refinancing</div>
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(going to save over $32,000, wahoooo!) at the bank.</div>
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Can't waste a perfectly good snow day sleeping in!</div>
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So what else is a gal to do once leaving the house is not advised</div>
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(and the governor declares a state of emergency)?</div>
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Fire up the sewing machine, heat up the iron.</div>
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My friend <a href="http://splendorfallsmc.blogspot.com/">Mary Claire</a> had this <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/splendorfalls/8394411931/in/photostream">great wallet</a> that I coveted.</div>
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So I bought the <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/100390943/pdf-sewing-pattern-diva-frame-wallet">pattern</a> and made my own.</div>
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But first I decided to really challenge myself and make my own fabric.</div>
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Huh?</div>
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Well, I've been collecting/saving selvedges for a while now. </div>
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Got a gallon sized bag full.</div>
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Time to do something with them.</div>
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So after sewing them down on muslin backing, I got to work making my wallet.</div>
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But I forgot to grab my camera and take photos.</div>
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So... you will just have to make due with the finished product.</div>
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Ever so happy with the "made" fabric.</div>
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Here's the inside. </div>
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So professional looking, </div>
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and can hold everything! Two big pockets for my moolah,</div>
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six card slots, and the zipper change pouch.</div>
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The pattern has a really easy method of inserting that zipper.</div>
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Love it!</div>
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Now its time to settle down with a good book, glass of wine, and a nice fire.</div>
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Happy snow day to you!</div>
Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16906508807546097909noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5773768546681117046.post-87969161751434447822013-02-18T14:30:00.000-06:002013-02-18T14:30:01.300-06:00Randomness #97.2<div align="center">
I keep my furniture covered with quilts for two reasons,<br />
which are actually the same reason.<br />
Meet the reason:<br />
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Floyd.</div>
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I think he is in constant shed mode.</div>
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And he is on a chair I had cleaned off not more than 20 minutes ago.</div>
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*Sigh*</div>
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So I tossed the couch quilts in the wash and put my new </div>
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So I real quick sewed up this pair of pillows<br />
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I kinda like the way the sixteen patch pillows play nice with the circles on the quilt.</div>
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(Ignore the messy mess. I had only managed to vaccum before I was distracted.)<br />
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Headed to the store today.</div>
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Here's what I bought:</div>
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Soap.</div>
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Firestarters for the fireplace.</div>
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(there's a rumor of maybe some snow in our future)</div>
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(don't believe it)</div>
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(the groundhog said spring was coming early)</div>
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(*sigh*)</div>
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Flashlights.</div>
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(I did not own a decent flashlight. How did that happen?)</div>
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Bakers Chocolate for these <a href="http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/bacon-bourbon-brownies-with-pecans">bacon bourbon brownies</a>.</div>
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Cucumber and peppers for salad.</div>
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Lemons. Gotta have lemons.</div>
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('cuz they're pretty and smell good)</div>
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And a can of Pringles. </div>
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I haven't had Pringles for at least 14 years.</div>
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Mmmmmmmmm.</div>
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Maybe shopping without a list is not the best idea for some.</div>
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I think lists just restrict the fun.</div>
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Took a stroll through the "local" farm store for enterainment.<br />
Local is a bit of a misnomer, as I had to drive out of town about 20 miles.<br />
Sometimes you just have to go with your curiosity.<br />
Even with gas jumping 30 cents in three days.<br />
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Just gotta love places like this. You can find everything your heart could desire, </div>
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from plumbing fixtures to halters to ammo to kitchen spices to socks.</div>
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But best of all, these:</div>
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Oh My Goodness! Don't you just want to take home a handful of</div>
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that downey sweetness?!</div>
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Might be time to invest in a new magazine subscription. </div>
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Spring is on its way.</div>
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