Author: Mary-Frances

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Stripped down and starting afresh

Blogger upgraded me to their beta so I’m in progress of cleaning up a lot of blog things that should have been cleaned up a long time ago.I’m finding reading old entries is like reading an old diary…very interesting! Wow, I was much more creative a year ago, I wonder

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A gifty and things to be thankful for.

A gifty and things to be thankful for.

Well with all my determination on blogging every day, life intervened and here I am…finally posting again. Thanks for all the comments on my Mom…she is doing better, she’s at home, getting some therapy and coming back from her broken hip! Thanksgiving was quiet around here…just the 4 of us

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The good, the bad and the AAAAAARRRRRRGH!

The good, the bad and the AAAAAARRRRRRGH!

With all great intentions on the daily blogging, life intervened! Unfortunately the bad is that my Mom broke her hip and is in the hospital. She had surgery last week and is home already recuperating. Unfortunately she had to miss Missy “C’s” 6th birthday. We took all 4 girls (plus

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Mending…bleck

I got my mending done….that was it. I have one more thing to fix (the kids stroller) and I should be caught up on stuff like that. My goal this week is to be a bit more creative…this side of me is suffering a lot….what do all of you do

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serger rethreaded…cover doesn’t fit!

That’s my headline from today’s work and I have to say that I got so depressed I didn’t even mend the two things I needed to work on….TODAY! I will do it! So, I bought a cover specifically for a serger and it doesn’t accomodate the little wires that stand

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Kids artwork – have I talked about this before?

Kids artwork – have I talked about this before?

I think about a year ago (or more) I was complaining about what to do with my children’s “treasured” artwork. Here’s the situation today – this is one week’s artwork! This is last year’s artwork…waiting for me to take pictures – I put them all on a cdrom last year.

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Off to craft and an interesting find on flickr

Off to craft and an interesting find on flickr

I finished my project (work project) and so this morning I’m off to my Friday morning craft group! I haven’t been in 6 weeks! No wonder I’m uninspired! I’m going to go and chat and work on my Brazilian embroidery. I was searching under “fiber art” on flickr for some

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