Taking care of crabby elderly parents is tough, physically and mentally. Healthcare system workers – even docs – can be grumpy and uncaring. The senior care system is abysmal. One night last week the dinner menu: bologna and cheese sandwiches (I eat with Mom every night). Add to that, parents always saying “WHAT” because they cannot hear.…
Quilting experiments take the bulk of my sewing time. However, I have made some other stuff too! Link for 10-minute block Link for pillowcases (I just wing it with mine after after following the directions a few times). Almost time to start some earthy green Christmas stuff!
I own a small RV made by Springdale (Keystone). It is 21 feet according to the spec sheet. I have a bed, full kitchen (stove/oven, frig/freezer, microwave), bathroom with tub/shower and a dinette. I do not have a sofa so I use my queen-size bed like a day bed. I set up chairs, a tall…
I am at Grandpa’s house, a wonderland of my childhood with a treasure-filled attic and scary basement. I love most the button jar stowed behind a door in the hutch. Each time I cross Grandpa’s threshold, I run to the buttons. Perhaps that is why Grandpa gives me sewing cards, a set of pre-punched designs…
I don’t like camping on major holidays. July 4th is especially chaotic because fireworks are legal. So, like most holidays, I am at home working some projects. Last night I finished the main sewing for the popup camper and the Woman Cave Project. This morning I remembered that I still have some pillow forms (some…
Not long ago, while looking for something important (i.e., powdered peanut butter) on Amazon, I came across a Rubber Chicken purse. Seriously. When I saw this beauty, my inner child rebelled against the mature minister so successfully that I passed out in shock. When I awoke, there was an email from Amazon saying, thank you…