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One of the coolest things I've seen in a long time! (I would ask for my fabric back though... if the receiver isn't the sewing type... check it out!

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We are really enjoying Letterboxing as a family. On Sunday, we planted our first box! I'm so excited to see who is the 'first finder' and what everyone thinks of the stamp I drew and carved for the box! Hopefully it's not too hard to find! We have found another couple of spots where we want to 'plant' boxes, so I need to figure out what the stamps will look like and get to it (in my free time -

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While I was doing some homework and taking an online quiz this morning, the rest of the gang (Thanks, Mike!) was out riding bikes and looking, and looking, and looking for the "Hesta" letterbox. They couldn't find it - but did find a GeoCashing box (which they looked at but re-hid)! They then decided to take a longer hike and check out some of the surrounding areas - Mike, Taylor Anne, and

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These are the best kind of gifts! Check out Sew, Mama, Sew for some great ideas! (now if I only had time to get out my sewing machine!)

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Happy Halloween! Dorothy and the Lion from the Wizard of Oz, which I don't think Anderson has seen... Taylor Anne may have only watched parts of it! We had Toto, so this was a fun idea for this year! Anderson had to stop by Grandma's house to use her eyeliner pencil (Mama doesn't have any), for the whiskers! Here he is admiring the new whiskers in a mirror.Here they are again - ready to go!

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After the Halloween Party last night, we all slept in (a little) then decided to do some Letterboxing! We found 3 brand new letterboxes, and were the 'first finders' in 2 of those three! The theme was 'Halloween 2009', and although they were store-bought stamps, it was a fun find. The last box was in a cemetery! Spooky!!!

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I finished my first (and it will NOT be my last) triathlon!!!! I had a really great time participating in the Ramblin' Rose Sprint Triathlon in Huntersville, NC... that's near Charlotte for those of you not from 'round here! It was a 250m swim, 9 mile bike, and 2 mile run. The morning started out kind of chilly and quite wet, but by the time the race was over, it was drier and just overcast. The

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There is no excuse for keeping your child from hearing this speech by our President... NO EXCUSE!*******************************Prepared Remarks of President Barack ObamaBack to School Event Arlington, VirginiaSeptember 8, 2009The President: Hello everyone – how’s everybody doing today? I’m here with students at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia. And we’ve got students tuning in from

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And, she loves her new glasses! It's hard to tell the color, but they're purple, fading at the bottom to more clearish pink. She loves the way she looks in them, and she loves that she can see in them - she already said "I didn't realise everything was so blurry!"

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Sorry, everyone! After a really busy summer break, things are getting more and more busy around here. Taylor Anne and Anderson are both going to school now, I've registered for 17 credit hours of classes, and I'm working every afternoon after school. Our Girl Scout 'year' begins again in a few weeks, which means that I will be planning and attending a lot of fun GS stuff. I am also training for a

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We've been fairly busy around here... I can't remember a summer in the past when we've been so busy! We've had lots of guests, I've been training for a triathlon, and we've done a little bit of traveling... sometimes without our camera - so it's hard to report on everything! Here's a quick post to catch up.... Visitors on July3rd:John, Boyanna, and their kids Alex, Anna, and Anthony came for a

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Taylor Anne is back from Girl Scout Camp!!! She survived!!! She didn't get homesick... at all... She had a wonderful time and wants to go back next year!!! Taylor Anne made lots of new friends, and learned all about the fun of life at Girl Scout Camp. She said the food was great, the songs and games were fun, and she loved all of the crafts and meeting other girls. She didn't like the 'dirty'

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It's official... summer camp season is here - and Taylor Anne is now old enough to go away to Girl Scout Camp! She is gone for the WHOLE WEEK to a session called Tinkering Tinkerbells... she's at a wonderful camp on a lake, great cabins, wonderful activities... She's one of the youngest girls there, and she has been really excited about it ever since we arranged for her to go. She even has one

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Happy Father's Day to all of you wonderful Dads out there! Taylor Anne with her Daddy today before leaving for a week of GS camp:This is a special video for my Brother-in-Law, Marshall, who is deployed in Iraq right now. His daughter is staying at our house for the weekend while my Sister is traveling.

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Update on the Old Red Barn Co. Quilt-Along I sewed the first two rows of blocks together yesterday, and took a quick picture of them in the evening... I love these colors and really can't wait to see the whole thing put together. I am working on it more tonight, but probably won't have the top done for another few days. I also want to put one or two borders on the outside to make it a little

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Anderson turned 3 on Sunday... growing so fast... he's already such a big boy! A few days old... Learning to walk while visiting the beach...Exploring in the woods...Playing at the park on his 3rd Birthday... I can't wait to see what this year brings us! I know it will be fun!

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Sew, Mama, Sew! has a Meme running right now - they're trying to get all of their users to post about their sewing machines so people can learn about the different types and find the one they think would work best for them... here I go:(The questions are from Sew, Mama, Sew!)What brand and model do you have? I have a Brother XL-5340How long have you had it? My mother gave it to me for Christmas

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We're on week 3 of the Old Red Barn Co quilt along!!! So far, I've been able to keep up - yay!!! Strips have been divided into sets, and these sets of strips are about halfway done being sewn together and then cut into blocks. My blocks are 12.25" square. I think they're looking pretty good... what do you think? I've laid them out just to look at them together... so far I really like them! I

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My Girl Scout troop earned enough money selling GS Cookies to pay for a troop trip to Great Wolf Lodge in Concord, NC... we went this past weekend... Here are my cutie girls waiting to go in - Taylor Anne is on the right. We arrived on Sunday afternoon, ate lunch in the lobby, got the girls into their swimsuits, and then headed to the water park. I didn't get many pictures in the water park - the

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My stack.... I'm done cutting the strips for Dana's Quilt Along (see the button in the sidebar!)at Old Red Barn Co. Once I had those fabrics all cut up, I thought I should really get the rest of the Seeing Stars Quilt blocks done... the quilt along I joined last year at Crazy Mom Quilts.Block #9 (out of 12) "Optical Sawtooth"

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My Aunt Betsy asked me to go on a road trip to visit her son Jeff, and his husband, Brian... here are a few snippets:Lunch at Friendlys - our first time eating there. The GPS took us THROUGH Washington DC... for some reason... we got to see some sights including the Pentagon and The Washington and Lincoln Memorials.Once we arrived in Kennet Square, PA - we were taken to dinner by Jeff and Brian!

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I joined a quilt along again, this time over at Old Red Barn Co... I hope to keep up with Dana and finish it this time! She's the one I asked all of you to go visit and leave a comment so I could have more entries when she was giving away a gorgeous quilt last year. The quilt along is using that same quilt pattern, although we're supposed to use whatever fabrics you want.Right now, If you're

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