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Let’s Discuss Affordable Skin Care
I have decided to give my skin a break during this quarantine situation. Why should I put on makeup just to sit around the house? This is a great opportunity to baby my skin a bit and give it some TLC. I want to tell you about a skincare line that is dermatologist recommended, extremely…
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Dig Out Those UFOs
Under the current state of madness we find ourselves in, we all need to find at-home activities with which to occupy ourselves. Our governor has stated that all of us over the age of 60 really need to self isolate at home and only go out for essential reasons. As long as my grocery store…
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Books to Read During Lockdown
We are pretty much under lockdown here, and I imagine your situation may be similar. We are only going out for the most essential reasons and otherwise staying in the house trying to occupy ourselves with anything to pass the time. In an effort to provide some sort of distraction (however small), I am going…
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Do-Over
I needed a do-over for my ModaBlockheads block #9. I just wasn't happy with my construction of the first one. So this version (credit to Lissa Alexander) is the eight-inch size, and I am much happier with it. The scrappy center is adorable. I liked it so much I did another one in a six-inch…
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ModaBlockheads #9
I made this week's MBH block #9, and am feeling just so so about it. I need to tighten up some of the seams so things line up a bit better. I am also thinking of doing an 8 inch size and have the center section have a scrappy mixture of sixteen little squares instead…
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Empanadas
I was craving something different for dinner last night and was browsing through some cookbooks for ideas. I came upon a Pioneer Woman (Ree Drummond) recipe that she calls "Meat Pies". It turns out they were exactly the same thing as something my Argentine cousin/sister makes that she calls "Empanadas". Whatever you call these wonderful…
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Four More Blocks
I made three more 6-inch blocks for the Moda BlockHeads 3 project. None of them are BlockHeads patterns. This week's block didn't fit my concept for the quilt so I skipped it. I didn't want to fall behind, so I needed to come up with something on my own. I used the most recent block…
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Best Books of February
The books I enjoyed in February might have broader appeal than January's. I read some new releases, but if you don't mind a wait you should be able to get them at your local library. Others I read have been out a while so are readily available. Anything I have ever read by Diane Chamberlain…
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Best Books of January
I have been fortunate to have kicked off my 2020 reading year with a slew of really good books. It is March 2 as I write this and I have read 19 books, most of them very enjoyable. Here is a list of the best of them for the month of January. The first book…
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Radio Silence
Sorry for the lack of posts last week. My husband has taken over the guest room next to my sewing room and keeps retreating there to take naps and rest up while he recovers from the flu. I am reluctant to clatter around in my sewing space for fear of disturbing him. This flu has…
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