Tag Archives: holidays

Giving Thanks

November 26, 2009

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Thanksgiving Day is almost over in our part of the world, and I’ve been cooking pretty much since yesterday Tuesday. Despite the recent post about spice jars, I realize that this is not a cooking blog (and it’s a good thing too, because if it was I’d only be posting once or twice a year [...]

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Happy Easter and a Coffee Cozy Pattern Review

April 12, 2009

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Happy Easter and a Coffee Cozy Pattern Review

There were Easter goodies found at our house this morning! The bunny plush kind of took over the whole basket. But what’s that in the back there? An empty…cup? Ahhh, it’s a hot chocolate cup cozy! The bunny had a bit of help from Mom this year. I saw a coffee cozy at Insanely Crafty [...]

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A Picture of Christmas

December 25, 2008

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We spent Christmas morning opening eating enjoying smiling napping wishing wondering believing From our family to you and yours, Merry Christmas!

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So much for coasting…

December 29, 2007

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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 Eve [...]

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Christmas Tree Bread from Sunset Magazine

December 19, 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 [...]

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Christmas gifts and Pfaff vs. Bernina experiments

December 18, 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 finished up my last [...]

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Preparations for Christmas

December 11, 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 with [...]

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