my sewing goal

Since September is National Sewing Month, I’ve decided that it will be my personal challenge to sew all 30 days of September. Not all day of each day of course, but at least for a bit.   (To think that a few years ago I sewed everyday  6 to 14 hours for nearly five months with [...]

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the plan

Now that the long-running house projects are nearly caught up, I can quit fretting about getting them done and move on. It feels good.   ( We do need a somewhat warm, clear day to finish the range hood/vent for cutting the roof hole, but the rest is done )  Richard can resume his work on finishing up the Falcon. And I am [...]

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then and now

   This morning I dusted the mantle. Its finally finished. I realized that since the first time I walked into this house, when I looked over at that wall – which insisted that you look at it – I was looking at something really ugly. No more.  This is from a couple years ago:  and this I [...]

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Victory!

I’ve had a lot of computer problems for the past week. First the laptop, then the desktop that I had resorted to using the past couple days. Nearly reducing me to tears several times. Lots of error messages, freezing, and moving slower than a slug. But, I think I finally solved the whole mess. On [...]

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warning: no election crap here today.

We had a nice visit to Seattle over the weekend. Funny thing about living at the beach – all of the traffic is headed here for the weekends. On the drive both to and from, we passed a gazillion motorhomes, trailers, and such going the opposite direction. No traffic for us! We stopped along the [...]

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Milestone

 Yesterday Richard and I celebrated our fifteenth wedding anniversary.  And as of this summer we will have been together for eighteen years. Wow.  And, I still love / like / love him. Its nice.My plan was to take a day trip to Mount Saint Helens, but a couple things foiled that. On Wednesday Richard got [...]

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two.

We now have two rooms done. Ha! Done.  We finished the bathroom over the weekend, and I am sooo happy with the results. Gone are the funky, head-banging cabinets directly over the sinks, goofy low light swag globes, two sinks and flocked wallpaper, along with the iron stained toilet.  In their place is pretty flooring, painted walls, [...]

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just a lot of random stuff

 Generally I don’t get political – but I don’t know if it’s because we are watching more tv than in the past ( there’s no daily paper to sit and pour over ) so CNN is on in the mornings here.  But, I am following election stuff closer than I have in years. We’ve watched the debates on both sides, [...]

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once again…….

I’ve been on ‘the hunt’  for a few days now. Fabric – specifically, the living room curtain fabric. I bought a half a yard last week when we were in Portland and brought it home to stare at for a few days before I was sure it was what I wanted. Monday I called the [...]

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a good start.

I’ve decided that this new year will begin with my birthday this past Saturday.  Mom returned with me, and on Saturday Ryan and Justin drove out.  We had a wonderful dinner of fresh crab & artichokes – which has got to be one of my favorite meals. For dessert Ryan made a pavlova – a light [...]

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