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Hello, friends. It's been a while since I've blogged and I just wanted to let you know that I'm doing fine. We're all fine here, just starting our spring break from school and finally slowing ...

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Happy Wednesday! How are you doing? Things are good here. I wanted to say thanks to everyone who commented on my latest ripple blanket. I appreciate your kind words! I know it's nothing all th...

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Hello! I hope you've been having a good week. Here, the floor project is almost wrapped up, to my relief. The furniture is back in the room but it's every which way while we wait for the floor...

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Joining my friend Jo in sharing a list of things I'm doing in January... ENJOYING...my new flooring in the family room LISTENING...to concert hall-quality gu...

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Hello from the land of unexpected wintry weather! We've been having a real winter this year, the first one in several years, I think. It's been almost back-to-back snow or rain or mixed precip...

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Merry Christmas Eve! We're enjoying a quiet holiday at home together. Everyone is getting over bad colds which started at the tail end of last week (we pretty much dragged ourselves to the fin...

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Hello! Thank you for your comments on my post about My Christmas Treasury! I'm so happy to know that you enjoyed seeing some of it, and that some of you even have your own memories of this boo...

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When I was three or four years old, I was given a copy of this book, My Christmas Treasury. It was one of my favorite books when I was little, and I read it all year long, not just at Christma...

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During this cold and sunny (just right!) month of December, here are some of the things I'm doing... Awaiting...the first slice of my Christmas cake, which I made from a different recipe thi...

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December came in with a storm! A few flurries had begun to fall before we went to bed on Saturday night, and we woke up to about an inch of snow outside. It was just wonderful. We were especia...

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Hello! Thank you for the get-well and holiday wishes on my last post. We had a nice Thanksgiving, in spite of the fact that the Bear had fallen to the illness by then too. I stayed well th...

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This morning, I baked a carrot cake in a bundt pan. I'd always baked them in rectangular pans, all the better for covering with foil after icing, but I...

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Hi! So much for blogging more often, huh? Life lately is kicking my butt. But we're doing fine and everyone is looking forward to the holidays. It's good and cold outside now - way colder than it...

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The jack o'lanterns are carved and the costumes are ready. I have three and a half pounds of candy. Halloween is here! We carved our pumpkins on Sunday afternoon and photographed them aft...

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Hello! How are you doing? I'm well, but what a week we've been having here. We had a big storm over Tuesday and Wednesday - related to Hurricane Willa, I think - which brought us an incredible am...

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October is my favorite month, I think. Where I live, it's the month when the weather begins to turn most noticeably from warm to cool, with often stunning c...

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Hello! I've been so absent from my blog lately and I'm really glad to be back. It's just been a busy time with school, kids' activities and events, and some household projects going on in the ...

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Hello! I hope you're having a good week. We've been busy, busy, busy here with the kids on Fall Break from school and some home repair work going on, but I plan to be back here on my blog very...

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 If you've been reading my blog for a while, you know that I am a serious fan of acrylic yarns. I use them for almost everything, but especially for items I crochet to use around the house. ...

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Hello! I hope you're having a good week so far. Thank you so much for the comments and feedback on my last post, about our combined schooling situation....

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As we settle into the school year, and my children - now in fourth and seventh grade - become more independent and self-directed, I've been thinking about our school life. I've had some questi...

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Miss GB turned ten last week and I had been thinking about making her a wearable gift for a while. She has a plethora of crocheted hats; I've made cardigans, dresses and skirts over the years....

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Hello! It's good to be back here after a hectic few weeks. The beginning of this school year has taken it out of me, I have to tell you. There are some chan...

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Hello friends! I'm having a crazy-busy week and haven't had time to sit down and blog, but I hope to be back soon. It's our third week back at school and all the extracurricular activities are ba...

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I don't think I've ever shared this photo on my blog, but it's always been one of my favorite photos of my two small Bears, taken when they were about five and two years old. We had taken them...

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