Back in 2001, my late mother-in-law was visiting and commented that she had a small black sewing machine that was going to waste and did I want it? My eyes lit up, of course, in the hope that it was a lovely little old Singer Featherweight. To make a long […]
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Who said the weather in the Las Vegas area is always the same? A few large raindrops fell on me as I was coming home yesterday afternoon. Once home, it began *pouring* — we ended up with over 1/2” dumped on us over the course of the late afternoon! We desperately […]
I was in need of some little gifts for three young children and was tearing my hair out trying to think of what to make. Then I happened to see this blog post yesterday and knew I just had to make some of these adorable elephants! They’re actually very quick […]
… and I’m so glad! I’d been thinking of moving my blog for some time. I wasn’t unhappy with Blogspot, of course, but I do have a private domain, and it supports WordPress. It just seemed logical to take advantage of that, so here I am, along with all of my […]
I hadn’t realized that my most recent post dated from almost a month ago! But I know most of us are in the same situation: fully engulfed in preparations for the coming holidays. Some are dealing with unexpected complications, too, as I have been for the past couple of weeks — nothing […]
I know that we’ve all bathed children and maybe pets in bathtubs, but really! After the children get to a certain age, I’d guess that most of us use the shower much more often than the bathtub, right? Why am I pondering this? Because a decent-sized black cloud was hovering […]