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ABC Meme

Carla tagged me with the ABC meme that’s going around.
A. Attached or Single? Happily attached
B. Best Friend? Dave, to whom I am happily attached!
C. Cake or pie? Cake with LOTS of chocolate
D. Day of choice? Every day is a good choice
E. Essential item? coffee
F. Favorite color? green
G. Gummy bears or worms? bears
H. Hometown? Margate, FL
I. [...]

Wylde Women Award

The very talented and wonderfully supportive Kathy has awarded me the Wylde Women Award. Thanks Kathy!
Here are the conditions of this stunning award:
1. You can give it to one or one hundred or any number in between – it’s up to you. Make sure you link to their site in your post.
2. Link back to [...]

Art y Pico Award Received

Thank you so very much to Judy Scott-Kincross for awarding me the Art y Pico Award ~ an award for blogs filled with art and creativity ~ there are some rules attached to this award and in passing it on to others they are as follows;
1. You have to pick 5 blogs that you [...]

One World One Heart Giveaway CLOSED – And the Winner is….

And the winner is:
Heli
Congratulations, Heli! I’ve sent you an email, as well.
Thanks to everyone who played!
I’m planning on returning to Manic Mondays – a twice-a-month drawing on Mondays! I’ll announce what will be given away on Monday, February 18th!
There are also still two spots available in the Pay It Forward. I’m looking forward to creating [...]

A meme

This meme was on Leah’s blog. In catching up with blogs, I thought it was a good post for this morning before I get back to my sewing!
Do you own a gun? No freakin’ way!
What do you think of hot dogs? EW. Not a fan.
What do you prefer to drink in the morning? [...]

Holiday gifts

Thank you all for your comments about my fun girls’ weekend with Angie. We really did have an awesome time.
Since I’ve been back, I’ve been working hard on some gifts I’m making this year. The first, which is finished, I completed yesterday. It’s a cellphone pouch and a bookmark. Both are quilted and collaged with [...]

CaC – Getting to Know You Day

On Create a Connection, today, we have “Getting to Know You Day”. I have to admit. Some of these questions stumped me… But here we go. It’s from The Infamous Proust Questionnaire

Your most marked characteristic? my compassion
The quality you most like in a man? easygoing humor (like my Dave!)
The quality you most like in a [...]

Tagged….

I’ve been tagged by Joanne and Nina to share 7 random things about myself. So here we go:

I love to sing along to any song that plays. If it’s not a song I can sing along with, I change the station or I move to the next song on iTunes.
I can’t usually plan out my [...]

CaC – Movies

I’m still catching up on reading blogs and getting back into blogging myself, so I’m going to be participating in some of the Create a Connection (CaC) offerings:
Name your all-time favorite movie! The Wizard of Oz
What genre of movie do you like best? This is hard. I love Chick Flicks, but I also like a [...]

Updates, fun, and a meme

I first want to thank everyone for their positive thoughts, healing energy, and prayers for my mother-in-law, Marlene. Her angiogram was completely clean! No blockages. She didn’t need angioplasty or a stent. It is wonderful news! Thanks to all for your fabulous support and well-wishes.
Second, I found the memory card from the weekend with Eliana. [...]

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