tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69810797289377307792024-02-06T21:25:43.431-05:00More than just Cross Stitchin'Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01912700560585647279noreply@blogger.comBlogger315125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981079728937730779.post-49047544169663646002017-01-08T22:38:00.001-05:002017-01-08T22:39:21.193-05:00Christmas 2016<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Christmas 2016 was held at Jody's this year and we were lucky we had good weather for our travel eastbound. If there is going to be any snow in the week, it often tends to fall on our Wednesday night meetings. Clear skies all the way with stars as bright as the lights on Jody's tree! One of these days, I should post ALL our Christmas photos from years' gone past so you can see how we've all changed these past 20 some odd years. Sometimes we surprise ourselves at how well we colour coordinate for our pictures without even consulting with each other in advance. I just happened to notice now that Tracey and I are in blue tones, while Jody and Anita are in black & grey. In fact, we had quite a chuckle when we were looking at a photo from 'a few years back' and Jody realized she was wearing the same shirt then that she was that night. We realized a couple of things after Jody commented that she better go shopping after Christmas for some sales on new shirts! Some items of clothing are just too comfy to get rid of and some things are classics that never go out of style; much like our friendship! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It's always exciting when we do our gift exchange because one of us almost always makes something for the others and this year Tracey blew us all away with the surprise of her unique gift. She created a project bag and the material she used was a print of two photographs she had taken at our yearly retreat at <a href="http://morethanjustcrossstitchin.blogspot.ca/search/label/Brentwood" target="_blank">Brentwood on the Beach</a>. The second I opened the box and saw the sunset on the material, I knew what she had done. So beautifully crafted! Tracey has opened up her own Etsy shop with all her unique bags, called <a href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/BagsSheBuilt?ref=hdr_shop_menu" target="_blank">Bags She Built</a>; click on the link to read Tracey's story and how she came up with the one-of-a-kind name. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Tracy lined each of our bags with a design that suited each of our personalities. She laid them out on the table and asked her husband if he could tell which one was for each of us and he was spot on with the answers. He knows us well! Each bag is finished off with a charm on the zipper pull along with a button from Tracey's Nana's button box. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Anita and Jody filled their gift bags with oodles of goodies. Lucky for us this year, Anita found the Christmas spatulas that she bought for us last year. LOL. She included beautiful decorative tea towels, napkins and a scented pot holder and a gift card. Jody found a notepad with each of our initials, but she couldn't find hers at the time of the photo so I had to decide if I should take the photo with BAT or TAB. The bat won. Along with our notepad, we got a beautiful scented candle, friendship block and friendship charm. </span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For the past few years, I have been making desk calendars for everyone with a collection of our projects over the years. With four of us creating so many different things, I should be good to go for a few more years with this item. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Along with the desk calendar, I gave everyone a Satin Hands Pampering set in a key lime scent. You have to have silky hands for crafting don't you? Each card was given to Anita, Jody and Tracey to suit their personalities. I wonder if there is anyone out there who may be able to figure which card was given to whom. (perhaps Jayne with a Y can take a guess...? -- she seems to know us pretty well.) </span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This past week we started our cross stitching year at Tracey's and we were greeted with the sight of her beautiful mantel. <i> </i>I swear there are enough pictures of her mantels over the years to create a book of its own! Winter is upon us, and Tracey captured it beautifully. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Tracey's joyful little snowman cross stitch sits beside a unique frame that Tracey found and it just so happened to perfectly fit one of the handmade cards that Anita made. And Anita had given us all the pretty little snowflake lantern; my granddaughter Scarlet loves to play with mine all the time and carries it around with her all day. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As noted before, here is Jody's pretty little friendship block.<br />And the cute little sign at the back was made my Tracey's son Mitchell when he was quite young and she commented how fitting it is right now as it's so much the style now. It has made it's comeback. </span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Happy New Year to all our followers! We would all like to offer our warm wishes to you and your families for the best of everything in 2017. Peace, joy and love to all. </span></div>
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Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01912700560585647279noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981079728937730779.post-15638180809067390512015-12-31T19:32:00.000-05:002015-12-31T19:32:53.628-05:00Meet Ewan Michael McKillop <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Meet Ewan Michael McKillop. I'm so very late posting this precious announcement. 2015 was not a very kind year to me, but it did provide me with a most precious gift; my second grandchild. And we are so grateful for his safe and healthy arrival after a very long wait. Ewan was born on March 30th - just one day before his father's birthday and Shawn is adamant that there WILL be two separate birthday parties each year. Can't wait for that! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shawn also decided he wanted to do a growth chart as I had done with <a href="http://morethanjustcrossstitchin.blogspot.ca/search/label/Growth%20Chart" target="_blank">Scarlet</a> and I'd like to share them with you. So l</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">et's ring in 2016 with Ewan wishing everyone a wonderfully Happy New Year and health, wealth and abundance for all. </span></div>
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Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01912700560585647279noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981079728937730779.post-89657527327586113032015-08-03T21:47:00.000-04:002015-08-03T21:47:53.380-04:00Long Time No See !! <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>There are many reasons why we have not been able to post to our blog this past year and for that, we apologize. We hope we have not lost you .... </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>A lot of things have happened since we last met; </i></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>the loss of dear pets, </i></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>the loss of dear loved ones in both family and dear friends, the birth of new life, and of course many new projects. Thank you for your patience and understanding. </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">But alas .... life goes on and as I mentioned earlier, new life was born this past year and I will be posting new growth charts for your amusement. </span></span></div>
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So when her grandchild was on the way, she of course decided a snowman blanket would be necessary for the many winter cuddles they would enjoy together. To make the blanket even more special, Jane decided to have the 'Stitching Sisters' and the 'Four from Forest' each stitch a square. We all had a time frame in which to complete our square and pass the blanket on to the next person. Nothing like a good timeline to force you to sit down and stitch !! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Jane had no idea what pattern anyone chose to stitch, so when the blanket finally made it's way back to her - she would be completely surprised. Any empty squares were completed by Jane herself. When she told us of her plan to include everyone in the making of this blanket, we were thrilled and honoured that we would be part of such a special keepsake. Let's take a look.... </span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As much as we love you Jane - I really hope<br />there isn't as much snow as last year !!! </span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">this blanket was done for LAST WINTER. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So all that snow was <u>your</u> fault !!!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Awwww... that's OK "Jayne with a Y" - we love you anyway, but don't let that happen again! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Many many many precious hours of blanket cuddling. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">And to end things off, how appropriate to have a picture of Alexis on her first birthday with one of her frosty friends. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The one thing I love about going to Brentwood every year is to see all the different projects that everyone is working on. It's always so interesting to see everyone's taste and colour selections of projects; some people use various types of hoops and some prefer to use the sewing method. Almost all of these projects are a work in progress, so of course they have wrinkles, hoop prints and no frames. Let's take a look ... </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Each year we, The Four from Forest, like to make some little
trinket for The Stitching Sisters as a token of our friendship and a memorable
keepsake of Brentwood; and we are always pleasantly surprised with something in
return. This year we decided to create tile
coasters of some cross stitch patterns with some rubber stamps that Anita found
in her travels and Tracey found the tiles at a local ‘Re-Store’ which sales go
to the local Habitat for Humanity housing.
I was quite surprised at just how easy this craft was to make. </span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">First we cleaned the tiles ... and ate some candy ....</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">...then we ate some candy ...and cleaned more tiles. </span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The stamps were inked and carefully placed over the tile. </span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A sprinkle of "magic dust" covers the entire inked area. </span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Excess dust is carefully shaken off.</span></span></td></tr>
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we added the finishing touches we attached a little poem that we had a
contest to see who could rhyme it off after a few glasses or two of
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Treasures for everyone !!</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">One of our trinkets was made by Jayne. <br />She loves snowmen and when you take off his little hat, he becomes an Ort Jar. </span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here's hoping this little poem adds to the warmth of this coming winter and it's bitter cold forecast. </span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This pretty little scissor case, done in our traditional Brentwood colours were created by Freida and Kerry. Thanks so much ladies !!</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The other side of the scissor case was in tribute in memory of Patti, one of The Stitching Sisters. </span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This ADORABLE picture is Patti when she was little. <br />A few years ago we played a photo game at Brentwood and everyone submitted a picture of when they were little and we had to guess who each other was. </span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Even though we only knew her for a few years, Patti is dearly missed by everyone and will remain in our memory forever. </span></span><br />
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Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01912700560585647279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981079728937730779.post-25764568611454112022014-07-20T18:10:00.002-04:002014-07-20T18:30:49.230-04:00Little Miss Scarlet Claire and Sushi <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For all you faithful followers, I just thought I would post a 'quickie' of the latest picture of Little Miss Scarlet Claire and Sushi. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Some of you may have followed the Growth Chart of my first grandchild with my crazy cat. If you happened to miss it, <a href="http://www.morethanjustcrossstitchin.blogspot.ca/search/label/Growth%20Chart" target="_blank">you can read about it here</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Year one was a blast with these two photogenic little hams; that is until the last few months when Scarlet got a little more active and Sushi wasn't so inclined to be still beside her. Year two proved to be too much of a challenge as it just aggravated me more and more to get them both to sit still. It just wasn't meant to be. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />One of these days I'm going to create a photobook of these two, but... I'll wait a little longer until Scarlet can really appreciate it. Right now, she eats her books; that and anything else made of cardboard or paper. It's imperative that someone changes the empty toilet paper roll before she finds it !! </span></div>
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Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01912700560585647279noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981079728937730779.post-60728956916864096712014-07-19T09:47:00.001-04:002014-07-19T19:19:27.548-04:00Brentwood 2014 Part 1 - Twiggy <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Our annual Cross Stitch Retreat to Brentwood on the Beach
with The Stitching Sisters is the highlight of our year. We cannot wait to spend our 4 days together
with our nonstop gabbing, stitching, laughing and sharing time with our
wonderful friends we met a few short years ago. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This year we had a new visitor; ‘VISITOR’ being the key word
here. In case you’ve forgotten our silly tag line of
<a href="http://www.morethanjustcrossstitchin.blogspot.ca/2011/04/you-can-visit-but-you-cant-join.html" target="_blank">‘You Can Visit, But You Can’t Join!’, </a>just click on the link so you can read about it. Thanks to Jody’s sister Holly for helping to
provide us with this phrase as it has gotten a lot of mileage, laughs and shocking
responses. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Jody immediately fell in love with a turtle from the Scentsy
collection that Anita’s daughter sells; Jacinda has recently taken up cross stitching and
is often reminds us... ‘I know, I know – I can visit, but I can’t join!’ -- Well -- this year Jody decided to bring Twiggy to
Brentwood so he could sit with us and we could enjoy his scented sachet turtle
shell. Twiggy was promptly set in place
as we sat down to stitch, but something just wasn’t right. Jody realized he needed something to stitch
too, so she remedied that quickly and just when we thought we were ready to settle in to stitching, Anita
realized that Twiggy needed to borrow her glasses. So she remedied That quickly too. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Just when we thought we were ready to settle in to stitching
again, Jody said, “Wait! We have to get
his picture!” Anita put her things down
and took the picture. And just when we
thought we were ready to settle in to stitching again, Jody said, “Wait! Anita –
you have to send the picture to Jacinda to show her Twiggy is stitching!” Anita uploaded the picture. And just when we
thought we were ready to send the photo Jody said, “WAIT! You have to tell Jacinda ‘LOOK WHO GOT TO
JOIN’!!” (laughter upon laughter) Picture
Sent! And just when we thought we were ready to
start stitching again, the reply from Jacinda came in, “He can VISIT!! He only gets to VISIT.” Stitching … still on hold until we could
compose ourselves. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If Twiggy had any reservations about <s>joining</s>
visiting that weekend, they were soon gone once he realized there was much more to do than
sit around stitching and with a bunch of ladies. </span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hey mom! I found some new friends.</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hey mom! Stop stitching and come and find me again.<br /></span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hey mom! You'll never find me this time. <br />mmmmm Werthers. <br />I wonder how many I can eat before she finds me.</span></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hey mom! I found my very own hammock.</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hey look mom! I found my own wrecking ball.<br />Hey mom... can we make a video of me if I <br />promise to leave my <strike>clothes</strike> shell on?</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hey look mom! Anita made this really pretty blanket and it kind of looks like my shell.<br /> Do you think if I ask her really nice she will make me <br />a winter coat that looks just like this? <br />ahhhhhhhh I think I'll take a nap.</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hey mom! Is it time for dinner yet?<br /> I'm huuunnnggrrryyyy.</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hey mom! What does pleasure mean and why does it ride a bus?<br />I heard dad say something before about a pleasure ride, but I didn't know it rode a bus. <br />I thought only kids rode a bus to school. I know...<br />I'll ask my brothers when I get home.</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hey mom! I found some shells.<br />Can I try on a new shell? <br />Can I? Huh? Can I?</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">ummm MOM! HELLLLP!<br />This shell is too heavy. Mommmm - it's squishin' me.<br />Mom? Mommm? </span></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hey mom! Do you want to play a game with me?<br />How can you resist my adorable smile? <br />Can we send this picture to Jacinda too?</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hey mom! <br />They got lots of neat games here we can play.<br />huh? What do you mean you came here to stitch?</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hey mom! Can I have some candy?<br />Wow! Look at this giant bag of M&Ms. It's almost as big as me.</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hey mom! I"m going to hang outside for awhile and get some sun. </span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hey mom! <br />Look, I can slide down the banister all my myself!</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ahhhh thanks Mom!<br /> Thanks for taking off my shell...</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">That feels better.</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Wow Mom. We've only been here an hour and <br />I can't believe all the things there are to do. <br />Thanks for letting me <strike>join</strike> visit. <br />Hey mom, I like watching you stitch.</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hey mom!<br />I found my very own pool with a fountain and Everything.</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hey mom! <br />I found this really big bed and there's even a place for my shell. </span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Four days later....</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hey Mom! Can I drive home?<br /><i>No Twiggy.<br />awwwwwww !!</i></span></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i></i><i><br /></i></span></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span></span><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span></span><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span></span><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hey Mom! Can I hang out the window on the way home? <br /><i>No Twiggy.</i><br />awwwww !!!!<br /> I Never get to do anything I want!</span></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hey Mom!<br />Are we there yet?</span></span></td></tr>
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Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01912700560585647279noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981079728937730779.post-14607552363183026222014-07-05T20:48:00.002-04:002014-07-05T20:48:50.622-04:00Goodbye Trees :-(<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<![endif]--><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I love trees. One of the best features of my property when I
bought this house was the numerous trees in the yard.<span> </span>They canopy the entire back yard and make it
feel so cozy. <span> </span>So cozy we had my
daughter’s wedding in the back yard and it was just beautiful.<span> </span>We’ll save that post for another day. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sadly, I had to have 4 diseased trees removed this past
November. During the process one of the large trees tangled in the fall and
took down the tree right next to it that was planted to replace the one being removed.<span> </span>These trees provided a massive amount of
shade on the west side of my house which means I’m really going to notice the
temperature difference in the house this year; not to mention the fact that I
have to rearrange some gardens to compensate for the extra sunshine. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The tree removal company doesn’t remove the stump waste, so
I am left with two massive piles of tree stump bark to displace throughout the
gardens. At first I was hesitant to use the bark from diseased trees <span> </span>in my gardens, but after some research this
winter I discovered that it would be fine.<span>
</span>So I thought, ok – I’ll get some extra help and we’ll just cover over
the existing bark in the gardens.<span> </span>Then
it hit me.<span> </span>It’s not just bark – it is
dirt AND bark mixed together. So now I’m faced with ‘sifting’ the dirt and bark
from each other or else I’m just going to be weeding bark; so what’s the
point.<span> </span>It’s been a time consuming
project because I’m shifting the gardens around at the same time, but it’s
coming along. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This picture is a
little dark, but I wanted to emphasize the height of the trees. I
actually had to stand in my neighbour's yard in order to be able to
capture all the trees in the picture. Sooooooo tall ! These three
trees at the corner of the garage helped to shade the west side of my house.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In the picture below, between
the garage and the house, you can see the large diseased tree. When we
moved into this house the tree had a small hole in it; 27 years later, this
you could see out the other side of the hole and the tree was hollow 12
feet up into the tree. Sadly - Time to come down. This tree was the
tallest tree on the street and provided a massive amount of shade to the
yard and house as well as protection against rain coming in my bedroom
windows. The picture following this s</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">hows the top view of the tree to give you an indication of the height. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">For 26 years
all I heard from people was, "You know... that tree is going to have to come down." So when my daughter decided she wanted to have her wedding in the yard, I was
dearly tempted to nail a sign onto the tree that said: 'YES, I Know the tree is
going to have to come down!'</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Instead....I got creative.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sadly the day came that they all had to be removed. The following pictures are a little dark because it was late November and I had just got home from work and I had to take the pictures right away as the remainder of the trees would be removed the next day when I was gone to work. Also in the bottom picture, note the inside of the trunk - that was 10 feet of several honey bee hives in the hollow of the tree. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ok, so the trees were felled, the winter was cold, harsh and very long; spring finally arrived late and it was time for me to get rid of the piles of dirt and bark. Pile 1 below. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Now, Pile 2 has a bit of a story. When I went outside to take the pictures of the piles of bark there was a little 'winter' surprise waiting for me that made me chuckle right out loud. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This friendly little Frosty the Snowman has been passed back and forth for many years between my friend Diane and I. It started out when I was sorting through some Christmas decorations and I decided to take 12 of my decorations and drop them off at my friends door step for each of the 12 days of Christmas. Frosty was the last one. And then one day Frosty turned up at my house the next spring and he's been going back and forth now for several years. Had we known this was going to carry on for so long and bring so much enjoyment, we would have taken more pictures a long time ago. This was one of my favourite 'finds' to discover Frosty in the bark, but one of my other favourites was one year when I walked out to my garage and discovered him in this garden.... </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Diane's favourite discovery was waking up Christmas morning and looking out her kitchen window that overlooks the neighbour's garage roof and Frosty was sitting on the roof peeking in at her. One day I noticed Di outside cleaning the car and when she went into the house for a moment I took the opportunity to quickly run over and buckle Frosty into the front seat. I could hear her laughing from my place when she came back outside to finish cleaning the car. Frosty also made it to Diane's daughter's Stag and Doe. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So back to the dirt and bark..... at present I am about 65% finished and as I progress - the robins just love me. Each time I go out to work, they are right there as they have learned who is providing them with their take out meals for the day. All they needed to do was show up and discover what I had left tossed out for them on the tarp. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Not only did the birds enjoy being fed - they loved it when it rained hard enough to fill the ruts in the ground from the trucks and they enjoyed a warm spring bath. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I dearly miss my trees already. This past week we had a huge thunderstorm and the wind and rain came into my bedroom window and got my bed wet before I could get to the window fast enough to close them. The protection of the trees often allowed me to keep the windows open through most all thunderstorms. Oh well.... what can I do? </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I am so grateful to have had so many years of enjoyment from the trees and thankful that none of the spring or winter storms over the past 27 years ever toppled any of the trees over onto the house, particularly while I was asleep in my bed. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> .... and of course grateful I was able to feed so many baby robins this spring. </span></span></div>
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Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01912700560585647279noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981079728937730779.post-67148633952823068502014-07-05T14:30:00.001-04:002014-07-05T14:30:38.170-04:00Fellow Bloggers Can You HELP?<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We are Bonnie and Tracey, and are administrators to this blog. For some reason Bonnie cannot log into the blog to create posts because the <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto auto;">‘sign in’, ‘design’, 'New Post' etc.<span></span></span></span> buttons are missing from the top right hand corner of the page. All other editing buttons to the<span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="background: yellow;"><span style="background-color: white;">posts, add ins, gadgets,</span></span> etc. are showing and will allow Bonnie to access it and make title changes. </span></div>
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Traceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02517549511162381997noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981079728937730779.post-32396829748125786242014-04-18T13:51:00.001-04:002014-04-18T13:51:42.721-04:00Craving Colour<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Things are <i>finally</i> starting to green up in our neck of the woods and plants are poking through the earth. Not much in the way of colour yet, so to satisfy my craving, I've been in full swing knitting Spring coloured dishcloths the past few weeks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I started off just wanting to knit up a few to give to Bonnie for her birthday, but I as got going, I just couldn't stop! My yarn stash also grew by leaps and bounds, because every time I had to make a trip to Walmart I'd have to have a peek... and there would be another colour calling my name.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Speaking of names, what a fun job it would be coming up with names for all of the beautiful colours out there! Every once and a while Bernat comes up with a new line of "themed" yarns that are a lot of fun. <b>Vintage Quilt</b> is the latest one I've seen, and 2 balls from that collection ended up in my cart. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I almost get as excited buying new yarn, as I do discovering interesting new patterns out there from the world of Pinterest and Ravelry. The newest pattern I've fallen in love with is called <a href="http://www.simplynotable.com/2013/the-almost-lost-washcloth-pattern/">"The Almost Lost Washcloth Pattern"</a> from the blog Simply Notable (the one pictured above in "Key Lime Pie"). Such a sweet story too, as to how she obtained the pattern. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Now, up to this point, I have never knit anything but square dishcloths, so I thought it would be fun to go a different route and I was up for the challenge. What a pleasant surprise! Even though this shape looks complicated, it was <i>so</i> easy and a great way for me to try my hand at knitting short rows. All you need to know is how to do regular old knit stitch and how to cast off, and you're good to go. A really fast knit too! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Don't worry... I will get back to my cross stitching... someday. Right now, I'm having too much fun with my friends, Robin's Nest, Queen Ann's Lace and the rest of the Bernat Gang!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Naked.<span> </span>6AM.<span> </span>Standing in the shower - I start thinking
about work.<span> </span><span> </span>Whyyyy?<span> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Why do I start remembering all the things I need to do at work while I’m
naked?<span> </span>At the office that day I
mentioned this to my co-worker and said, “There’s something just not right if I’m
reminded of a co-worker in the shower.”<span>
</span>Her response, “Especially if they aren’t ‘bangable’ !”<span> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What I discovered was that:</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">When I was at home, I found myself thinking about things I needed to do
at work.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">When I was at work, I found myself thinking about things I needed to do
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Whether I was at home or work, I would think of things I needed to pick
up at the store and by the time I got there, I couldn’t remember what I needed.<span> </span>And while we can all attest to that at times,
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">One day at my local Dollar Store, I found a nifty little journal that
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">When I opened it
up, I discovered that the dividers were actually plastic sleeves with pockets. <span> </span>Cool! <span> </span>I
immediately had an idea.<span> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I decided to label each tab:<span>
</span>HOME, WORK, ERRANDS. <span> </span>Then I
committed to keeping this journal in my purse, this way no matter where I was I would always have it. </span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If I was at work and thought of something for home, I wrote it down in
the home tab</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If I was at home and thought of something for work, I wrote it down in
the work tab</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The errands tab is self explanatory</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The plastic sleeve with pockets came in very handy to hold any type of
receipt:</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The ERRANDS sleeve safely held gift or store receipts </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The WORK sleeve safely held payslips or drug plan receipts </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The HOME sleeve held gas slips to put with my income tax papers at home</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Nothing got lost within my purse now.<span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This practice worked well for me
and I wanted to share this with others, so I decided to make some to give to
Anita, Tracey and Jody at the next Cross-Stitch meeting. And now I want to share it with you too. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Since the journal is actually protected with an additional plastic cover, this holds up well in my rough and tumble purse. But I also had an idea to personalize the journals for Anita, Jody and Tracey. I knew I wouldn't have time to cross stitch a little token, so I just searched for an image of a cross stitch to place on the outside cover to hide the 'Journal, 180 pages etc'. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I came across this design and I loved it. I had just watched "Saving Mr. Banks", the new Disney movie - the story of the making of Mary Poppins. <i> (One day I hope to actually stitch this project.)</i> When everyone received their journals, at first they thought I actually did stitch the piece that was on the front cover. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What I liked about the "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" was that it seems like a scrambled up word, but now it is made to look pretty and tidy. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Fitting because this is my goal; to take the scrambled up mess from my head and tidy it up! <i>For some reason though... I'm craving a spoonful of sugar.</i> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So - let's get - and STAY organized!! I hope that this little tip helps you too. I'm especially happy to hear ideas from you too and any organizing tips you would like to share. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>Bonnie</i></span></span></div>
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Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01912700560585647279noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981079728937730779.post-91987088896117841072014-02-03T12:52:00.003-05:002014-02-03T12:53:02.528-05:00Face the Day<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I wanted to share a picture of one of my "faces" that I took over the holidays. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I trudged through the snow in the backyard out to the compost bin, and when I was emptying the pail, I saw this little guy staring up at me...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>Tracey</i></span>Traceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02517549511162381997noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981079728937730779.post-77854021242310827222014-02-01T16:51:00.003-05:002014-02-01T16:51:38.247-05:00Knit, Purl<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It's a brand new year, a brand new month, and time to get back on track! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I'm sure that followers of our blog have noticed that our posts in the latter part of 2013 (okay, honestly - for <i>all</i> of 2013), have been few and far between; and we apologize. Just like anything else, once you get out of the habit of doing something, it gets harder and harder to get back into the swing of things. So here we go...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It was right around this time last year that I rediscovered knitting after being away from it for about 37 years, and I'm loving it! The hours spent cross stitching have been very little, but after I'm done with a few knitted items that I want to finish up, I think I will be ready to get back to spending some quality time with my needle and threads.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In November, Bonnie approached me with a knitting pattern she had seen online and asked me if it looked hard to knit. It was of a hat; encircled with a row of cables that worked up to look like owls. Well, as it turns out, I had <i>never</i> knit in the round before <i>or </i>tried cables, but I was willing to give it a whirl. With the help of my friends, YouTube and Pinterest, of course.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">After a few attempts, I got the hang of these new techniques, and I was wanting to do more! (Yes, I did finish up the hats for Bonnie's 2 daughters, but there is more to that story. We'll leave it for another post.) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There was still some time left before Christmas, so I thought, why not knit up a hat for my daughter, Chantelle, too? After looking through the thousands of patterns out there, I decided on this <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/spiralini-hat">Spiralini Hat</a> that I found on Ravelry. (The true colour of the yarn is a lot more green than it shows here.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I wanted to make a hat for my son, Mitchell, too, but I wasn't sure if he would really be interested in one or not. I was excited to hear that he was, so I got busy after the holidays and sent this <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ribbed-watchmans-hat">Ribbed Watchman's Hat</a> out to him in the mail.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I was on a hat making roll!! When Chantelle commented on <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/felicity">this hat pattern</a> I had pinned, I thought, Tracey - you might as well keep going! Any specific colour, I asked? It's true... you really can't go wrong with basic black.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">With all of the frigid temperatures we've been having lately, I might just aim for one more, and start a hat for my hubby.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">That's if my cross stitching doesn't coax me over in it's direction first ☺</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>Tracey</i></span>Traceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02517549511162381997noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981079728937730779.post-72512459145001018262013-10-31T20:46:00.000-04:002013-10-31T20:46:07.616-04:00Owl always love going to my gramma's on Halloween!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I heard a little tap tap tap on my door and I said to myself, "Gee, I wonder Whoooooooo it is?" </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Even though November is just around the corner, the autumn hued trees are still putting on quite a show in our region. This maple in our back yard is just glorious this year... I just had to share!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">When we planted that baby tree all those years ago, I never thought I would see the day when it would be peeking over the top of our house like it is here...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">You can read more about "Pumpkins for Cathey" on <a href="http://itsdaffycat.blogspot.ca/2013/09/pumpkins-for-cathey.html">Daffy Cat's blog.</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If you'd like to stop on over and say "hi" to Cathey, you can find her blog<i>, </i>Pumpkin Patch & Co., <a href="http://pumpkinpatchandco.blogspot.ca/">here</a>.</span></div>
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my girlfriend and I wanted to head out to the beach tonight after work. We have had to cancel a few times these past
two weeks and we prayed the weather would hold up for us tonight. Last night, our area experienced one of the
worst storms this season and we weren’t sure what was in store for us tonight. I emailed Kathy early in the day and told her
that the weather report said winds were going to pick up tonight, we may not be
able to go out on the lake. We would
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Now, our usual practice is this: Kathy lives in the opposite direction as me
and gets home from work before I do, so on kayaking nights I drive home by the
lake and pull over to check out how calm the lake is and after texting Kathy to
let her know, I head back out on the road to get home. I’m 15 minutes from home at this point and
Kathy is 20 minutes from my place. Once
she gets the OK, she starts heading to my place with the kayaks and she arrives
just in time for me to be changed and standing on the porch waiting for her. This practice is an important time saver for
us, particularly at this time of the year as we are limited for our daylight
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skies were clear and I was hopeful our day would end on a relaxing, happy note
out on the lake. That is, up until 10 minutes before I left
work. I noticed that the sky was getting
very gray and dismal to the south-west. I
left work and headed north towards the lake and within 3 minutes it started to
rain. I didn’t lose hope because ahead
of me the sky was clear, but it was still raining behind me. I got to the lake it was still raining
lightly but the wind picked up. And yet
the sky over the lake was clear. There were white caps on the lake near the
shoreline, but the water was only mildly choppy the rest of the way out. My text messages would not go through to
Kathy, so I just got back on the road to get home so I could get Kathy
called. This was going to set us back
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me because she had not heard back from me in half an hour and started to
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what do you want to do? It’s your
call. Are you going to be upset if you drive all the way out there and we
find out we can’t go out? </span></span></div>
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we’ll be relaxing. It’s windy and it’s going
to be a work out. There won’t be much relaxing
and yaking ‘cause we won’t be able to hear each other talking. </span></span></div>
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worried about is the shoreline. At the
Cove the water is deeper and where we go it’s shallow so are the whitecaps
going to be better or worse. Your call. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">B: Well then that
settles it. If you are THAT tired, then
you aren’t going to have the strength you need on the water anyway and you’ll
be whipped when you get home. </span></span></div>
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time and losing daylight. What do you want to do; it’s YOUR call. </span></span></div>
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sand was blowing over the ridge before we could see the water. We started to laugh and I said, this doesn’t
look good. Kathy quickly turned into the
parking area and said, it’s going to be cold – I’m going pee before we get out
there. I on the other hand was smart
enough to go before I left home because I hate using the outhouses. I didn’t have to pee. <i> </i><i>Or so I thought.</i> </span></span></div>
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look at the water and start laughing again.
“Oh shoot, I don’t think we are
going in that.” So to confirm: the
whitecaps were much bigger and stronger in the shallower part of the lake. We
hesitated. Should we go or should we
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water. Tempting. Very tempting. We hesitate some more and finally decide – we’re
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We dragged the kayaks into the water and quickly got in and within 10 seconds our jackets were completely soaked. Kathy was a little bit ahead of me so I was
watching her fight to get past the waves and I couldn’t even get past the
shoreline yet. I’m watching her swing
her paddle like crazy and getting absolutely NO WHERE; and I’m still trying to get past the waves
and I get pushed back up onto the sand and then I was stuck.
So I started to giggle and I started bucking back and forth thinking
that it was actually going to make a difference. I’m bucking and Kathy is swinging and for
every swing she took, she still went nowhere and for every buck I made, I just dug myself deeper in the sand.
And all I could think of was how much she looked like a bird frantically flapping its wings when flying against the
wind and going absolutely no where. (remember
when I said I didn’t have to pee… ya well… I laughed so hard I peed my <s>pants</s>
kayak)</span></span></div>
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wished it had all been captured on camera. I could not compose myself at all. She stopped paddling to look back at me
totally losing it, and a wave caught her and pushed her right back all the way to
the shoreline to get stuck in the sand right beside me.
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Let me get some shots of you”. As Kathy was filming me, my kayak turned and I was
suddenly parallel with the waves and you
know what that means. Yep. Ass over billy goat I went. Thank god I was only in half an inch of
water. I was laughing, but Kathy was worried I was hurt, but she didn’t rush to me right away because she didn’t want to get my camera wet. <i>That's what friends are for. </i>But the waves kept knocking the kayak into me
and she had to finally come and rescue me in the half inch of water and save me
from the beating. Thank god no one saw
that. OH wait! Shoot. Where did those four cars come from on the beach and why
are all those people laughing? Crap!</span></span></div>
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we finally decided to pack up the kayaks. But we simply couldn’t leave before we
ventured out into the waves. The water was so warm we couldn’t resist. We
are so fortunate to have such a nice sandy beach and in this particular spot it
is shallow enough that you can play in the waves without worry of it dropping
off deep. We were only knee deep, but
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Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01912700560585647279noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981079728937730779.post-29758230060265369162013-08-13T19:33:00.001-04:002013-08-14T09:05:10.298-04:00Pretty In Pink - Part 2<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Back in January, I read about the "Pink Scarf Project" that Vicki was so graciously organizing, and I knew right away that I wanted to join in. (You can read my post about it <a href="http://morethanjustcrossstitchin.blogspot.ca/search/label/Pink%20Scarf%20Project">here</a>.) Since then, my pile of scarves has been growing... thanks to the other ladies of this blog, along with my Mom, and my friend Rene.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As it turns out, it will be one year tomorrow that I had my own breast cancer surgery, and I know what a scary, emotional time it can be. As I knit/crocheted the scarves that I'm going to give, I wondered about each of the recipients, and I hope that they can feel the love and positive energy stitched into each and every one.</span></div>
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Traceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02517549511162381997noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981079728937730779.post-49208986674339935092013-08-08T12:33:00.000-04:002013-08-08T14:55:19.256-04:00Trish's Treasure Box<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>(Dear Faithful Followers - thank you for your patience during our unannounced hiatus and thanks for returning) </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As some of you already know - each year the Four from Forest meet up with the Stitching Sisters at Brentwood on the Beach for our annual cross stitching retreat where we spend hours and hours stitching, laughing, sharing stories and building great friendships. Each year that we visit we learn more and more about each other. In 2011 I posted a story about <a href="http://www.morethanjustcrossstitchin.blogspot.ca/search/label/Trish" target="_blank">Trish</a> and a poem that she wrote after the war in London. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This year at retreat, Trish treated us all to a special 'treasure box' that was handed down to her when her mother passed away. Inside the box was a variety of embroidery transfers dating back as far as 1908. She brought the box to retreat and generously offered for us to help ourselves to whatever we wanted. I couldn't bear the thought of taking even one of her treasures, but she convinced me that she was happy to know that someone would get some use out of them and there were so many she would never ever do them all anyway. I had a hard time deciding what I wanted, but I had a blast searching through the entire box. Going through the box was a tad stressful for me because I was so afraid I would rip the delicate papers. As I started looking at all the unique transfers I knew this would make an interesting blog post so I quickly grabbed my camera. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This next transfer reminds me of Tracey. When we went to public school (a year apart from each other) we were fortunate enough to have Home Economics classes as one of our school subjects; hence, our love for stitching. Not long ago when I was closet cleaning, I came upon an embroidery project of two Holly Hobbies that I did when I was in grade 8 and brought them to our cross stitch meeting to show everyone; Tracey gasped when she saw them because she had chosen the exact same embroidery project as me! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After quite some time going through the box of transfers, Trish finally convince me to take as many as I wanted. So here is the selection that tugged at my heart. </span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Because, of course, Gramma will be teaching <br />dear little Scarlet how to stitch one day. <br />I'm not sure what I will stitch this on yet, <br />but I have plenty of time to decide. </span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The look on her face depicts mine as well. <br />Of all the household chores <br />dusting and sweeping are the two I despise most. </span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This one reminds me of Scarlet's nerdy Gramma <br />who always loved doing the dishes!</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">YES - I love to iron too.<br />Read about it here: <a href="http://www.morethanjustcrossstitchin.blogspot.ca/2011/07/heirloom-scrapbook-volume-6.html" target="_blank">Bonnie Loves to Iron.</a></span></span></td></tr>
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Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01912700560585647279noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981079728937730779.post-40218426219966181222013-06-26T23:37:00.000-04:002013-06-26T23:55:51.229-04:00Scarlet - Growth Chart @ 12 months old<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <i>HAPPY BIRTHDAY SCARLET CLAIRE</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Scarlet is one year old today -</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> - and I love love love the Scarlet/Sushi growth chart for the past year. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>What a great keepsake and thanks for letting me share it with you. </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is the final post for Scarlet and Sushi in this particular position - it's time to come up with another plan. Scarlet is just too quick for this <strike>old</strike> lady. I'll have to put my thinking cap on and try to come up with something unique for year two. Suggestions anyone ? </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Scarlet notices that Sushi is playing with her Birthday Balloon </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">and she looks to Gramma for help !</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Then Scarlet tried to wrestle Sushi for her Birthday Balloon! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It was a beautiful day for an outdoor wedding, Mother Nature was on our side.Paige's Godfather had the honour of driving her to the venue in his 1966 Thunderbird. I love how it matches Scarlet's dress. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Crazy cat! But then again, she does come from a crazy family.</span></span><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></i></div>
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Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01912700560585647279noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981079728937730779.post-65926353423595402322013-06-01T09:03:00.000-04:002013-06-01T09:04:45.817-04:00Scarlet - Growth Chart @ 11 Months<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Next month will be the last month of the growth chart of Scarlet and Sushi in this position because not only do we hit our 1 year old goal mark, but it now takes 3 of us to get Scarlet to lay still ! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It's quite comical at times and time consuming, and well worth the effort for such a wonderful keepsake. </span></span></div>
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