Monthly Archives: October 2008

Sunday dinner – baked breaded chicken breast

This has been a busy day! Every spare moment was spent working on a quilt I’m giving as a wedding gift.  Considering the wedding was two weeks ago, I’m under a bit of pressure.  Regardless we still had a delicious Sunday … Continue reading

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Things that make you go mmmmmmmmm

 The leaves are turning yellow, the days are getting shorter, the nights are colder and the comfort food is cooking.  Apple crisp is my all time favourite fall dessert but maple pecan tapioca pudding is a close second.   Traditionally the … Continue reading

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Sunrise sunset quilt

This quilt is one I made after seeing a small wall hanging in a quilting magazine.   The pattern was not included, the wallhanging was not even the subject of the story, it was just background.   The quilt back fabric was … Continue reading

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The weekend pictures

Here’s another sample of the fabric bags I’ve been sewing.  A few of my co-workers are interested in buying one.  What would a fair price be?  Our Christmas cactus loves to bloom on any holiday but Christmas.  It was quite … Continue reading

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Happy Thanksgiving – in all things give thanks.

We had a wonderful time at Andrea’s.  We shopped, we ate, we bowled on WI and watched videos.  And I was back at the hotel and sound asleep by 8:00 p.m.   Carl being the night owl managed to stay awake … Continue reading

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The Four Agreements Don Miguel Ruiz’s Code for Life

This was a handout at the conference I attended last week.  If you ever get a chance to attend a conference featuring Janice MacMillan of MacMillan & Associates, you won’t be disappointed.  Here the site for Don Miguel Ruiz.   The agreements reminded me … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday Sarah!

My beautiful oldest granddaughter Sarah turns 18 today!   On the day she was born I was hiking the Sequoia National Park in California.   Five days before I left Saint John for Bangor to catch a flight to San Francisco by … Continue reading

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Two more sleeps

and we will be at Andrea’s for Thanksgiving.  We are taking the truck so we can haul a few items to fill up Andrea’s house.  Now that I have most of my children’s belongings out of the cellar, it is time to fill … Continue reading

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And yet another quilt

This is quilt I made in 2005 to reduce my stash of scraps.  Don’t forget to check out more of my quilts on the sidebar “Check out my quilts” or on the header “Blessed are the children of quilters for … Continue reading

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The return of Sunday dinner

Long time readers of Andrea’s blog will hopefully remember Sunday dinners at my house.  On any given Sunday I would attempt to feed one vegetarian, one no spice, one no beef, one I only eat Kraft dinner/potato/bread and two I will … Continue reading

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