Everyday Life

A Change

I was hoping to get a post up explaining my new blog look and title before people looked at it…but I wasn’t fast enough. 🙂

I had considered “Calico Dreams” for a title a while back and thought I’d use it to record my work and accomplishments in sew…

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What if…

What if I opened up a little quilting store and I sold calicos and muslins, threads and thimbles, needles and scissors, cutting boards, patterns, books and all sorts of fun gadgets large and small? Quilting frames would be a high dollar item and of cour…

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Appointment

I had my appointment with Kathy, our midwife, this morning. Everything is going just as it should be. My blood pressure is good, my weight is good (for someone who started where I did anyway) and she checked my hemoglobin and blood sugar which are both…

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Almost Two!

I am up and active once again but without the usual cries in the background. Joey is home again today (he never did come yesterday) as his daddy has come down with ailments described in previous chapters.

Yesterday I took my walk and it was short b…

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New Nephew

My sister Kristy had her second child on Friday of last week. I couldn’t be there as she lives far far away, in Slovenia. Her first son ,Clay, was born just one month after Owen and we have had a lot of fun whenever we can get together with them and fo…

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Rainy Sunday

It’s been a whirlwind weekend so far. Friday afternoon Amy Button and her “three beautiful daughters” (Chloe’s precious assessment and I agree) showed up at the house to begin their search for a place to live. Travis was offered a job in Nashville (let…