Author: Jessica

  • a wife.

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    i’m officially a mrs! it’s pretty crazy how i’ve spent the past few months building up this whole thing in my head … waiting for THE CHANGE and THE DIFFERENCE between me and Dave … and, yep, it’s basically like it was on October 15th, with a little extra hardware on our left hand ring…

  • 6 days!!

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    So. I’m going to be a wife in 6 days! I’m … excited, scared, ready, looking forward to my future life, scared, nervous, tired, excited … ok, well, I think you get the picture. :) Dave and I are ready. We both need breaks from our jobs – our only time off this year was…

  • weekend, sweet weekend.

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    it’s a rainy and cold morning here this morning on our beautiful mountain.  i am sipping my hazelnut coffee listening to the rain and wind blow through the trees.  i am trying not to think about having to get off the couch and get ready for work in 30 minutes.  i am looking at yummy…

  • blogging fail.

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    so i fail at blogging. completely fail. i visit other blogs daily and get sad when they haven’t posted for awhile.  most of the time, when people don’t post regularly, you lose interest and stop following.  and forget about them.  and stop checking back because … well, how many abandoned blogs are out there in…

  • day off #1.

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    (Frog Girl hanging out on our rock wall, enjoying the sunrise.) I got so much done today! :) Of course, that’s partly because I was up and caffinating myself by 630am. Yep, Jessica, queen of the 1pm day off sleep-in was up, caffinated and cutting up fabric and felt by 7am. It was beautiful, actually.…

  • i do vacations SO well.

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    hello! today is the last day (sniff!) of my last vacation until my honeymoon.  WHICH IS ONLY LIKE 90+ DAYS AWAY AND I STILL HAVE NO IDEA WHERE WE ARE GOING.  but i am TOTALLY not stressing about that or the other zillion of wedding things we have to do in the next 3 months.…

  • diary of a hot day off.

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    it was hot today.  i mean HOT.  like over 100 ° in the shade.  and we only have air conditioning in the bedroom.  i tried so hard to work in the house – it was my day off and i hate to be unproductive!!  i tried to do a little cleaning, a little straightening, a…

  • my brain is an interesting place guys.

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    Had a splendiferous weekend in LBI. We slept in, napped on the beach, visited (and drank!) with friends, took amazing bike rides around some awesome neighborhoods … and now I’m back to the real world. Lately, my mind seems to be in overdrive lately … thinking on everything. Work, life, house, family and crafts ………

  • ::sigh::

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    i have to be awake in 5 1/2 hours. i have a dog to feed before work at 7am. i had a crap-tastic day complete with horrendous customers and a spilled ice coffee that i didn’t even get to taste. i made a pizza that wouldn’t cook all the way through. i was so hyper-emotional…

  • for the love of fabric.

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    I vividly remember my first trip to Lancaster, PA with my family. I walked through store after store of Amish treasures – colorful quilts, pillows, wall hangings and other fabric crafts. I was first attracted to the colors and styles. But then, when I really LOOKED at a quilt or pillow, I thought to myself,…