Author: Mary-Frances

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Thanks to Debra! And National Blog Posting Month!

Thanks to Debra for the comment on my last post and for pointing me to NaBloPoMo! I needed a kick in the tushie! It’s interesting when you start life as a stitching blog and it sort of evolves – my family (exteded here and in Australia) read this blog as

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Happy Halloween! from kids to dryer lint!

Happy Halloween! from kids to dryer lint!

The kids went off today to school in style (not the best picture of Missy C, but good of Matey Moo…so hard to get them both looking good)!I can’t wait to pick them up all ramped up with a load of sugar in their system. I think we’re going trick

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Meanwhile….

Meanwhile….

I have been literally buried under work (not snow…despite the picture). The great news is that a lot of it has been for MountainPeek Creations where I have to look at a lot of quilt patterns (oh, how horrible for me, eh?). They are in a rush to get to

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More cat photos – sorry you quilt/stitch lovers! :-)

More cat photos – sorry you quilt/stitch lovers! :-)

An update on Frasier:Back to normal and chewing on a sock in the laundry, you’d never know he has a pin in his head…would you? Silly boy! So, he’s back at home and this afternoon, he was getting a bath from Harry and they both fell asleep like this:Awwwww….household back

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One of those days I give up as a Mom

So, I kept the kids home from school today. I was pretty sure Matey Moo had an ear infection (hunch confirmed) and so he’s now on antibiotics) but before we could start our day (still in jammies, no breakfast, call made to school for absence), the cat ran hacking across

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Finally finished my brazillian project and….

Finally finished my brazillian project and….

Well, here’s the final project: I really enjoyed that project and so had to rush off and buy these!I can’t wait to work on them, but next, I am going to finish Tina’s quilt. It’s out on the kitchen counter as we speak. I’m hoping by the weekend that I’m

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I swear this was NOT staged

I swear this was NOT staged

Have I mentioned before that I just took the photo….no staging? Originally uploaded by rexandsharkey. I don’t know if this cracks anyone else up, but he literally was lying there listening to her read a story. If there’s EVER a reason to have kids and animals at the same time

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Mountainpeek, my new quilt and my very old UFO.

Mountainpeek, my new quilt and my very old UFO.

I tried to post yesterday, but Blogger was being weird, so here I am…much longer between posts than usual. First, Samantha beat me in welcoming Kari to the blogworld! Please go say hi and encourage her! She’s a quilt pattern designer and manages the best quilt store in Denver (I

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