As you may have read, March heralded in with worry that my mother had cancer. She had to have an ovarian cyst removed and we all feared the worst. Just a short time before her surgery, we found out that Flash, our beloved golden, had bone cancer. He was limping on his front leg, and [...]

A few years ago, I had the idea for a digital picture frame. We had just received a digital camera from my MIL and I wanted to send pictures we had taken, to my mom. She hated getting on the computer and would always say that pics didn’t show up in her email, print them [...]

Poor Kids. Yesterday they went and picked out pumpkins and got haircuts. Last night they woke up one by one with stuffy noses, sore throats and low fevers. Today, trying desperately to retain their excitement for the Halloween season, they carved pumpkins, blew noses, carved some more, blew some more… until cleaning both seemed an [...]

My DH and I watched Steve Irwin’s Memorial tonight on Animal Planet. We recorded it for the kids to see tommorrow. It was a perfect memorial to Steve for all that loved him so much. There was a song played, “True Blue” by John Williamson which was Steve’s favorite song. What an absolutely perfect piece [...]

Thank You to all of our Heroes for a Safe and Happy Independence Day!!!

Happy Father’s Day to my Darling Husband (DH), Darling Dad (DD), and Darling Brothers (DB)! May you all experience Peace and Quiet, Control of the Clickers, Favorite TV Shows on VCR’s,DVD’s,DVR’sandTIVO. May all of your connections this day be fast and well-connected! May all of the indigestions of this world lie prosrate before your feet [...]

While reading some sewing related blogs tonight, I ran into a link for an artist’s body of work where quilting was her medium. Her name is Anna Von Mertens and her work is incredibly inspiring. Years ago, a professor I knew had a pictorial book of movements within nature. He said, we should all hope [...]

Our baby today, turned five years old. To me, this means the end of toddles…. To him it means the beginning of true big boy status. I tucked him in tonight with his new pooh and piglet that his brother and I made for him, thankful that for awhile, he still loves pooh. Being a [...]

I am not sure how many people across the country had the opportunity to see the, as her family called it, home going celebration, for Coretta Scott King today.? My family and I had the chance to watch it for over six hours today.? As most people blog or give other press to the shameful [...]

Not only did he give me Stitches to keep my lap warm on these chilly nights, but a book that dreams are made of …. I was reading a vintage sewing site the other night and it mentioned a wonderful book on Hollywood Costume designers of the 20-40′s. I know I drive my husband crazy. [...]

It has been a very busy past several weeks. I was able to complete all but the last four of the twenty eight projects this Christmas. A new record. WooHoo. After a week of catching my breath and cleaning up the house, I have been busy lining up new items for Buttercup Mercantile this year. [...]

Slobokan made a quick comment on a movement to make the Christmas Tree a Holiday Tree It reminds me of the following newspaper clipping that I keep in my bible to teach our children about the Christmas Tree. It is a kind reminder to us grown-ups how much Jesus has blessed us with joy in [...]

I was reading bioluminescence’s site (a gorgeous site btw! Loved It!) and decided to take the challenge! My result was funny. St. Francis of Assissi being my guardian angel, we make a great match! The MonkYou scored 23% Cardinal, 61% Monk, 38% Lady, and 43% Knight! You live a peaceful, quiet life. Very little danger [...]