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Spamantha, Creative Festival, and nail fun!

Spamantha, Creative Festival, and nail fun!

Yesterday was great! Missy C and I met Spamantha and her little girl at the Denver Creative festival! The girls had a BLAST! They got to color a block, got lipgloss at a Mary Kay booth and oooed and ahhhed over every last thing at the festival (including some sparkly

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Charity heart – 2nd year

Charity heart – 2nd year

Charity heart – 2nd yearOriginally uploaded by rexandsharkey. You may remember by charity heart from last year. This is the first of two for this year. I am planning on fairly well encrusting the heart (I may use some embroidery too!) and I have to have it done by the

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Working on a quilt…finally!

Working on a quilt…finally!

Blocks done for Cars quilt Originally uploaded by rexandsharkey. So, I drudged through a pile of “Mommy can you fix this seam” and “Honey, can you shorten these pants” sort of items this weekend. Do you all find that having a serger and a sewing machine can be a bit

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“Oh, We’re Moving On Up, To the TOP!”

Holy cow! I live in a “cool” neighborhood….the house prices are going up, trendy shops are moving in and we happen to have a selection of fantastic restaurants. One of my favorite places is Swimclub (no idea where they got the name) and last night I decided to get out

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Horror-scope and launching a new site!

Horror-scope and launching a new site!

This is what it looked like this weekend. I know, I look like I’m posting the same pictures over and over, but I promised, they’re all different! I cannot believe that my horoscope said today: “If you’ve been thinking about starting a garden, this is a great day to do

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AAAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGHHHHH! NO MORE SNOW!

AAAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGHHHHH! NO MORE SNOW!

Ok, I am formally totally completely absolutely OVER THIS SNOW! We were supposed to get an inch or two….light snowfall! What totally gets me is that the newstations haven’t even updated…they are still saying an inch! WELL I KNOW THIS ISN’T AN INCH! AAARRGH! Ok, needed to vent. More later!

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Happy Nothing Day!

My daughter came up with this as a description for our New Year’s Day…which we have for a few years designated as “tech-free”. She says it’s nothing because we aren’t allowed to do anything! (can you see how computers/television are a big part of our lives?). We’ve now decided we

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Oh, the weather outside is frightful!

Oh, the weather outside is frightful!

Tree in our backyard. Originally uploaded by rexandsharkey. We’re cuddled inside a warm toastie house with plenty of groceries, but HOLY COW! Where did all this snow come from? Despite what most of you think about Colorado, we do not get this much snow normally! I’m sure the blog will

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