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So much for coasting…

29. December 2007

I thought I was going to coast through Christmas, with not much stress after all was said and done. I was kinda congratulating myself a couple of days beforehand, thinking that despite the fact that I waited too long to get started, it was all going along swimmingly and I wouldn’t be up Christmas [...]

Christmas Tree Bread from Sunset Magazine

19. December 2007

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Lisa contacted me about Christmas Tree Bread last week after she read a Note at 9rules. In the Note, I said it’s just not Christmas without Christmas music from the Andy Williams Christmas Deluxe album that my natural father brought home from Japan around 1968, or the Christmas Tree Bread that my mom’s been baking [...]

Christmas gifts and Pfaff vs. Bernina experiments

18. December 2007

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No, I didn’t go on vacation, just been super busy here! Just FYI, busy+notmuchquilting=nofun. Well, maybe not “no fun,” just not as much fun! Anyway, things may be winding down to an acceptable level, so I can just coast through Christmas now. The last party is over, thank goodness, and I [...]

Your vote counts!!

12. December 2007

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I almost missed it myself, but the deadline for public voting for the $100,000 Quilting Challenge winner has been extended to today, December 12, 2007. Public votes account for 25% of the total score and the judges make up the other 75%. My daughter and I cast our votes just now, and they [...]

Preparations for Christmas

11. December 2007

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The tree is up, and the packages have been mailed. One party down, only one more to go, and all of this despite the fact that I’ve felt a bit under the weather for the last few days, and finally decided a trip to the dental clinic was in order this morning to deal [...]

The plan and to-do list

6. December 2007

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Hard on the heels of clearing the mechanism and getting back to what’s really important came the thought that if I don’t make some sort of a plan and get to work on it, all the things that need to get done before Christmas won’t. I’ve done this to myself every year for the last [...]