Author: Jessica

  • mornings.

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        maybe i am growing up. maybe. every once in awhile, i wake up at a normal hour … like 9am or so (not the usual noon or later as i have been known to do). and i decide that, rather than rolling over and trying for a few more hours of sleep (because…

  • the a-z of me.

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    saw this on the craftyminx.com blog and thought this would be a good way to say hi today and let you get to know me a bit better . :) A. Age: 34 (yikes!) B. Bed size: Full C. Chore that you hate:  hmmm … i don’t mind dusting or dishes or laundry … maybe…

  • summertime and the livin’s easy.

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      two vacations … one long and one mini. one at the beach, one in central pennsylvania. one with some family and friends, one with a fabulous friend and lots of animals. one was free in the family beach house, one was free at a friend’s house … but lots of money was spent on…

  • vacationing!

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      hello from sunny new jersey! (well, actually, it’s pretty overcast and i may have just heard some distant thunder …) for the past week i’ve been at my husband’s parent’s beach house for a much needed break from real life.  it’s been divine … once i remembered how to relax, that is.  :)  seems…

  • bad.

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    I’ve been bad at everything lately.  Bad at sewing.  Bad at blogging.  Bad at taking pictures (but that has a lot to do with the fact that Maisie ate my sd card).  Bad at the internets in general (but that has a lot to do with the fact that Maisie ate my laptop power cord).…

  • rainy work-in-progress wednesday!

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    it was a  cool rainy wednesday today.  we’ve had a lot of rain as of late … and i do miss sunshine and outside time … but boy there is nothing i like more than sewing the afternoon away and listening to the rain against the house and trees.  so … i may be the…

  • crank.

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      I’ve been a bit of a whiny bum as of late.  Seasonal allergies.  Bronchitis on top of that.  It literally winds me to walk across the room.   I decided today I HAD to do something so I started to quilt a small wall hanging.  And something was up with my sewing machine.  It kept skipping…

  • love.

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        had two delicious days off filled with family, naps, sewing, and puttering. i’ve created a nice little bubble to live in when i am away from work.  calm. peaceful. right now i’m in my sewing room listening to the soft hum of crickets and the wind rustling the firs. mittens is puttering about.…

  • my quiet place.

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      When i was younger, my family would take vacations to Lancaster, PA.  There was a period of time where we went each year for like 5 or 6 years straight.  Before and after that period, it was a bit more sporadically.   But we had been there so many times, by the time I knew…

  • you want pictures? i’ll give you pictures!

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    Hello!  It’s a partly sunny 80 degrees here in our fair neck of the woods … and i have a cold!  Haha.  But, I don’t really want to be sick right now … so I plan to dope myself up with cold medicine and pretend it isn’t happening! :) That’ll work, right??? But I am…