Tag: life

  • here’s the story.

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    (the Broken Sugar Bowl block for the Farmer’s Wife Quilt-a-Long) ~ * ~ Why oh why is it so hard for me to blog regularly??? ~ * ~ So …  as I said in the last post …  lots happening here at chez moi.  Let’s see if I can give you the cliffsnotes version!  (do…

  • hitting the reset button.

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    Jessica
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    Happy summertime everyone! Is it brutally hot and humid where you are? Because it sure is here! We venture outside to water the garden and the flowers and then hightail it back into our air conditioned home. It’s unfortunate … we have a great yard and live in a nice wooded country area … but…

  • Sewing in the sunshine.

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    I am not a morning person. At all. At all at all. I wish I was … mornings are peaceful and fresh and quiet. Contemplative. A new beginning. But me in the morning? Um … not exactly that picturesque. Think crazy frizzy hair and bumbling around until a caffeine IV has been installed. One of…

  • Goodness how time flies!!

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    Jessica
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    Why do I struggle so much with blogging? I’ve always kept a journal … but it seems that I have a mental block when it comes to electronically chronicling life. Things are busy and bustling in the Spellman household. In addition to daily life (that I never seem to catch up with! Laundry! Cleaning! Everything…

  • Messy.

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    Jessica
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    While writing this post, I would reread it and wonder if I should post it. I mean, I know my close friends and family know I’m neurotic but, this is laying things pretty bare. That’s a scary thing … and I’m pretty embarrassed by my list of anxieties and worries and perceived inadequacies. But, maybe…

  • weekend.

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    praise the good Lord,  i felt so much better this weekend!!!  i am really so very thankful.  i spent all last night and almost all of today in the sewing room.  i also had a helper much of the day … the house isn’t a wreck,  i sewed,  i slept in …  i am getting…

  • Life?

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    It’s 1am and my vacation is rapidly coming to a close. It was fabulous. Truly fabulous. I sewed and read and slept and spent lots of time home with my little family. I finished a few works-in-progress and started a few new projects. I cooked dinner almost every night. I kept the house {moderately} clean.…

  • a fall week off.

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    Jessica
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    i am off this week from work … and i am having the best time!!!   i’m cooking dinner every night … spending time with each of my furbabies … and doing a whole lotta sewing! :)  it’s my perfect week! we were in lancaster over the weekend … and i visited some awesome quilt…

  • life.

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    Jessica
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    Greetings!! It’s been awhile … Sorry about that. Life just seems to speed up and whiz by me sometimes. But! Here I am with an update and some pictures … And blogging from my phone no less! How thoroughly modern of me, huh? ;-) So first … Suckasunny Day! It was a success! Rain held…

  • today.

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    Jessica
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    today i want to be different. i want to be more patient.  have more smiles for people.  let God’s love really shine through me. even though i would REALLY rather stay in my home, creating and drinking coffee and talking to my furbabies, my husband, my family and no one else, i have a responsibility…