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22. January 2012

Dreamy Mayonnaise

We had a friend over for dinner last night. I made a pumpkin pie, an enormous roast chicken, broccoli, and smashed potatoes. Why do I mention this? Leftovers of course! I had planned to make either a Chicago-style pizza or spaghetti carbonara today. Why make a mess when you have a fridge full of awesome [...]

20. January 2012

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Mark’s Egg.

OK, let’s start with the confession. I’m totally behind schedule on my quilt. Have been way too busy with work stuff. Am hoping to get the apartment squeaky clean tonight so that tomorrow morning I can hop on the sewing machine (that conjures up a terrible visual!) and sew while the snow pours down. We [...]

13. January 2012

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Birthday Bag!

My sister asked me to make a bag for her birthday using some of the groovy printable fabric/picture/magic stuff. I had a jelly roll sitting in my quilt basket so I grabbed it and pulled out the prettiest strips. Zip! Zip! Sewing Zoom! Then I messed up the placement of the picture. Oops. Frankly, it [...]

4. January 2012

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The Winter Nutties

Can you feel it? The winter nutties are starting to set in. In a few weeks we’ll all have full blown nutties (aka cabin fever). I ordered more quilt fabric to try and curb my nutties. My husband started an enormous art project that will consume our apartment. He’s decorating 365, excuse me, 366 (leap [...]

30. December 2011

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Resolutions

Did you make any? I made the usual *workout more* resolution but I am also adding in some others. 1. Get a real quilt done. I’ve done 2-3 small quilts but they were sort of hobgoblined. Sam bought an online class for me and it has helped enormously. Tonight I started a 9 patch quilt. [...]

30. December 2011

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Oops! Recap!

I fell off the blogging wagon again. This time of year, so much going on and I’ve been working on 5-6 billion books (slight exaggeration). I have tons of pictures and there were lots of adventures. I’ve also been playing with photography apps so my pictures look odd near one another. Too many styles. Oh [...]

15. December 2011

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I Scream.

I am haunted. By ice cream. Not just any ice cream. THIS ice cream. Yes, the raspberry chocolate ice cream I had up in Maine over the summer. The same ice cream that halfway through the bliss…I dropped on the ground. Haunted. Haunted I tell you! It was that good. Enter my husband. Sam can’t [...]

28. November 2011

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The Marais/Paris Flea Market

It was a happy accident that we arrived in Paris in time for a (huge!) flea market in Marais. The flea was just four blocks from the apartment we rented! I bought some yummy things. Three cafe au lait bowls, three vintage French lunchboxes, earrings, a broken bracelet (to take apart), vintage sewing stuff, and [...]

27. November 2011

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Affordable Paris

People who say they can’t afford to go to Paris are defeatists. Wait. Let me back up. Sweeping generalizations make me INSANE and I just made one. Shame on me. Ok, let’s say you have a stable job and your mortgage isn’t in jeopardy. What are you waiting for? WHAT? Everyone should go at least [...]

25. November 2011

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Goals.

It’s good to have goals. Write them down. Make a loose schedule. Go for it. I have weird goals. At the moment I’m obsessed with soft boiled eggs. We just spent 4 days in the UK – aka the land of awesome egg cups! I am pretty miserable at cracking my egg open. I mangle [...]

5. November 2011

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French Onion Yum.

I admit I am late to the French onion soup game. My sister Elaine has always been a French onion soup fanatic. As a kid I would look at her big bowl of gloppy onions and think “OMG, ICK”. It wasn’t until maybe 5-6 years ago that I jumped on the bandwagon. I think my [...]

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