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Monthly Archives: December 2011

Twas the night after Christmas (2011) . . . .

I looked forward to this Christmas Day (yesterday) for so long!  Every day since we got home from Florida (Dec. 2, 2011) has been spent decorating or shopping or cooking or wrapping or all of the above in preparation for the big day(yesterday).     My husband’s parents visited a lot when our kids were…

Charlotte Genevieve Mitchell – It’s a Girl!

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I am so thankful today for Charlotte (her Mom says we will call her Charlie).  My youngest, Angela (sometimes referred to as Angelina  or Pastry Chef) is 19.5 weeks pregnant and had an ultrasound yesterday showing that our Charlie is a girl.  You should have seen the grin on hubby’s face when he found out…

The not so crafty crafter

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  Hi guys.   One good thing about this Christmas is that I have a little more time to decorate the house.  So, I bought some canvas  fabric and I wanted to make a banner.  You know, the kind that is all the rage on the DIY and crafting blogs.  Here is an example:  …

One Question Answered

Vintage Coke Ice Chest

Ciao ( pronounced “chow”),  my mind was wandering down a path just wondering what the Italian word for Hello was.  Turns out it’s Ciao – who knew?  I thought Ciao was generally used in the same way as we use “bye” or “goodbye”.  Anyway {see how my mind works – always entertaining!}, Hello! We’ve had an interesting…

Seems so simple . . . .

Mom at Fashion Show

Hey There!  I finally got my column size problem fixed.  It seems so simple when you finally figure it out, I guess I wasn’t ready to really wrap my head around it until today.  Anyway, if your reading this, thanks so much for hanging around!  I’m so sorry it took me so long.  So where…