As we leave Memorial Day, with daily reminders of Israel’s struggle to survive and with hope carrying us toward the reminder of the price paid for our own Independence, here is a little stirring inspiration to remind us that in 1931, our congress believed also in a God who would fight for Just Causes – [...]

I turned my computer over the weekend to find AVG wants to update to version 9. A new added feature is they want to run an optimization scan of my computer. “It will only take a few minutes…” So this morning, after, 2 days, 5 hours, 23 minutes, 29 seconds I decide to take my [...]

I LOVE SLOBOKAN and his new web design for my site!!! I know it’s easier on my eyes – just like he is …. now how cute is that, it even does emoticons! Not to mention it’s my favorite shade of blue in the title bar! He’s so awesome! {{{{SLO}}}} What do ya’ll think – [...]

Slobo showed me the gallery plugin he’s been using on one of his sites and I fell in love with it. To see for yourself, just click on the gallery button and select an album you want to look at. You can view the thumbnails for that album, click on an image, and drill down [...]

Mom called tonight around 6:30 – Aunt Charl was out of surgery – cancer free! Not only that – her doctor – the same one who had operated on her when they found the cancer (at which time he just closed her back up because she was too weak to withstand surgery), the same doctor [...]

Mom came through the surgery with flying colors!!! The doctor sent her home after just a few hours. They took out two lymph nodes and that came back negative for cancer cells. They removed the cancer via a lumpectomy. She will meet with the radiation oncologist next week when she’ll begin her first round of [...]

It has been a long time since I posted. Alot has happened in the past several weeks. School started back, canning season has started (albeit a little late) and a very important person!!!! J2 “Doc” turned 9 a couple of weeks ago! His list included things like overalls, voice recorder, watch, cookbook, a gift certificate [...]

Betcha’ wonder if I sewed anymore, huh? I was beginning to wonder that myself! J3 grew like a weed this summer. After cleaning out his dresser, I realized he was down to 3 pairs of PJ’s that actually fit him. So I made him some more (with room to grow through the winter). The flannel [...]

The last time we visited the local farmer’s market, Jacques and Nancy Garry of Red Hot Tomatoes gave a demonstration of how one would go about keeping a worm farm under your kitchen cabinet. I love to hear Nancy talk, she is very down to earth and inspirational. She showed her rubbermaid container which she [...]

The Picture of the kids first day back to school. The “I’ll have my eyes open in a minute one” is my night owl. The other two were up and ready on the dot! They got to pick what to wear. From the way they dress sometimes, one would think I made them dress up, [...]

I’ve spent most of this week, doing teach schtuff preparing for this coming school year. While I was working on the classroom, the kids were in the back of the basement perfecting their Texas Hold ‘Em strategies. It was too cute to pass up the opportunity for another picture! They were using their monopoly money [...]

While reading news tonight on the reference desk, I was tickled to see this: Carlos Santana (1947) Santana is a Mexican-American Grammy Award-winning guitarist known for his searing, emotional playing. He became famous in the late 1960s with his eponymous band that created a highly successful blend of salsa, rock, blues, and jazz. He has [...]

It’s 11 A.M. and the first two kids just woke up! I think we wore them out yesterday. We woke up early and went to the local farmer’s market yesterday. I think they are laying in bed avoiding us this morning. In season are Blueberries and Apples. The bowl below has 1 1/2 gallons of [...]

Slobo has updated his Stuffr! program. Stuffr is a blogging tool. Rather like a dispatcher center on jet fuel. It now has larger text (which I personally appreciate), a cleaner interface and a couple new gizmos. He’s also removed Twitter support for now. If you have it or want to get it, just go to [...]

The last few weeks have been really busy. With the kids starting back to school at the end of the month, I’ve been in a rush to try and get loose ends sewn up in the sewing room. I’ve had fabric to make myself some clothes from for two years but just kept putting it [...]

Remember that book, Yardsticks, I was telling you about? What are the chances that yesterday I would tell you about that book and today my 8yr. old would hand me a classic example of an 8 yr. old’s love for ‘bad’ words? I couldn’t help but post it. When I told him I was going [...]

I ran into this book, Yardsticks: Children in the Classroom Ages 4-14 : A Resource for Parents and Teachers (Paperback), by Chip Wood sitting by itself on a clearance table. After perusing the 8 yr. old section, I figured it was cheap enough that it couldn’t hurt to buy it. Now, I would have paid [...]

After over a month with no rain, we finally had a rainstorm roll in and it was worth the wait! Slobo captured it in pictures for me. After which a beautiful summertime sunset followed: The trees, grass, buildings, everything – glows around the dark pines. The already dark green evergreens turn to almost black, the [...]

Late Thursday afternoon, I ordered some thread, needles, and oil from Atlanta Thread Supply. Friday morning at 10 A.M., the order was sitting on our porch! Aren’t they amazing? Everytime I’ve ordered from them, they’ve been that fast! After commenting on Westchester Sewing, tho, I felt the need to brag on Atlanta Thread as well! [...]

Beauty’s Glam-shots: And here she is being sewn off for the first time after 3 months of work! A Legend… Reborn.Uploaded by slobokan Still hard to believe it only cost 140.00 for table, machine, repairs and everything! That ole’ keeper up there sure is good to me! This payday, I’ll order her some needles and [...]