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Slowed down and had a fun weekend! :)

Slowed down and had a fun weekend! :)

We had a nice weekend. I did a bit of work on one of my websites, and did some serious “geeking out” – amazing HOW geeky we can be – be sure to check out our “Lil Geeks of the week” feature on Geek Parenting! (yep, that’s MY little geeks)

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The Lost Mother – Comment if you need a good book!

The Lost Mother – Comment if you need a good book!

I just finished reading this book that was passed along by Louanne – and before her Pat Winter and a few other gals. We’ve been recording the names on the inside cover of the books so it becomes a “travelling” book. I liked it….not a really peppy book, but if

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Crazy quilting meeting and Helping Handmade classes update

Yesterday was our monthly Rocky Mountain Crazy Quilters meeting (http://www.rmcq.org/) and we had some fun! We swapped our Round Robin blocks. Here are mine! I only added a few embellishments to this, but I had to put the whole block up…aren’t the colors gorgeous? The embellishments and fabrics all go

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We have 3 cats.

And because we have 3 cats, a dog and two lovely children – THAT is why I won’t buy new furniture! This made me laugh out loud this morning tho!

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Needle Felting is so much fun! :)

Needle Felting is so much fun! :)

It’s snowing here after a freak 75 degree day yesterday! You have to love weather don’t you? We went out to dinner and bowling (just Rex and I) last night and I wore just a sweater…today there’s about 3 inches of snow on the ground! HOwever, it was a perfect

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Yo yo bears with felted heads

I just found these bear patterns via http://sewing.about.com/ – it’s actually a kit from http://www.indygojunctioninc.com – but what a fabulous idea! A yo-yo doll with a felted head. Isn’t it cute? Hmmm….I need to work on those felted animals this weekend and let you know if I love it….if I

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If I could live life in my 7 year old’s shoes

If I could live life in my 7 year old’s shoes

My daughter is having a difficult year. She’s seven. I’m not even totally clear on why, but yesterday the reality came out that “I’m not popular.” She’s in first grade for heaven’s sake! The “popular” girl in question is very pretty, dark haired, adorable. According to my daughter ALL the

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Frozen in Central Park

Frozen in Central Park

It’s incredibly rare that I post twice in one day, but I had to pass this on…..be sure to watch the whole video. Whoever thought this up was a genius. COOL And here’s a group that does this on a regular basis! I’m a sucker for performance art.

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Give the Etsy love

Oh heavens, I TRY not to drool over things on etsy, but really….can you avoid this:There are 3 of them, aren’t they adorable? Here’s her blog…good heavens, I’m sometimes amazed there is a creative blogger I’ve actually missed on the internet!

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The “I’m Never going to KNIT” give away!

The “I’m Never going to KNIT” give away!

FREE!!! A friend of mine passed on these potentially scrumptious knitting books but I’ve vowed to never EVER knit, so I’m passing them onto you. I seem to get a few comments here on my blog, but never enough for my self involved personality, so I’m giving them to the

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