tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-112574148677008442024-02-18T21:59:24.391-05:002 SistersandmeWe are 2 sisters and a mom who love to make stuff and collect stuff!Vickiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14248273923526177796noreply@blogger.comBlogger320125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11257414867700844.post-91938206265641195082015-07-06T17:21:00.000-04:002015-07-06T17:21:22.490-04:00Finding Memories!!!I know it's been a while but here I am again and again without a picture! <br />
Anyway, I have been cleaning, organizing, donating and finding memories! Do you ever do that when you clean! Pick up something and it instantly takes you back? Well, for off and on these past few months I have. I would love to say none made me sad but I can't. You see Lilli is gonna be 18 and a senior very soon! Then there is college.....ugh! I am getting way ahead of myself I know but time flies, doesn't it?! <br />
When I found the bookmark she made with Hope on it, I cried. Just thinking of all the books I read to her and all the books she read to me!! WoW!!! Then there are all the Christmas ornaments we made, a button off of her favorite cardigan and a special I love you Mom note for just because! Oh how it all tugs at my heart and the tears just fall! Anyway, I have to be happy and blessed because God chose me to be her Mom and for that I will always be thankful! I know that she knows she will always be my little girl no matter where she lives or what she does with her life and I will always be her Mom matter what! My love for her will never end and those memories will always be deep within my heart!!!<br />
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Wherever you are and whatever you are doing I hope you have a wonderfully happy day!<br />
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I have been ushering out the coziness of winter to let in the cool breezes of spring! Otherwise none as Spring Cleaning, yay!!! Anyway, I found a small little book by Debbie Mumm called A Little Book of Blessings, that I completely forgot about. Ugh... I fell in love with it the first time I read it and I used to read a page or two out of it everyday until I put it away that is. Since I found it I thought I would share one of my favorites today!<br />
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The word which God has written on the brow of every man is hope.<br />
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Well, I hope it brightens your day as it has mine!<br />
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Wherever you are Whatever you are doing I hope you have a wonderfully happy day full of hope!<br />
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<br />Vickiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14248273923526177796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11257414867700844.post-6313301815368703742014-09-24T14:12:00.001-04:002014-09-24T14:12:28.376-04:00Yay! Third day in a row!Another day without a picture. I am going to have to do better! However, this is the third day in a row that I've posted!<br />
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I didn't get to bake yesterday. Sad I know. I am going to have to put that off until tomorrow now!<br />
I got wrapped up in cleaning. How terrible is that?! I would rather do anything than clean! I swear! Anyway, it isn't going to get done, if I don't do it, right?!<br />
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I did get to play with some fabric with my cleaning! Love that! After I get my bedroom done I have to work on my sewing room! Why is it everybody puts everything in my sewing room and on top of my cutting table? Ugh!!!<br />
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Another beautiful day here in Indiana! You can see forever blue!!! I love it for now but can't wait until winter, snowflakes, snowmen and Christmas!!!<br />
Well, I best get back to my cleaning!<br />
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Wherever you are Whatever you are doing I hope you have a wonderful day!<br />
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Vickiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14248273923526177796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11257414867700844.post-8379317499263399572014-09-23T11:29:00.001-04:002014-09-23T11:30:12.460-04:00Again about FALL!!!I really hate to post without pictures again today but I'm gonna! We really celebrated the first day of fall with just the right kind of food! We had chili! Yum! For dessert we had pumpkin pudding! I know you have to be surprised about that one, don't ya?!!! I made the pudding and let it set up. I crushed up some gingersnap cookies and layered them with the pudding in individual bowls and topped them off with some Cool Whip! They were great! I am going to bake cookies with my pudding today. Just don't know what kind yet!! There are quite a few to pick from! Just guessing I will probably bake the ones with chocolate chips!! How could I resist the chocolate?!!!<br />
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Vickiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14248273923526177796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11257414867700844.post-50957230856876198052014-09-22T15:03:00.000-04:002014-09-22T15:03:48.987-04:00HAPPY FALL!!!I know this is a long overdue post and I'm so sorry it is without a picture but it is the first day of fall so I wanted to post!<br />
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I wish everybody a happy fall full of pumpkins, a yard full of leaves and of course a basket full of apples mixed with lots of cool autumn days and very chilly nights! Yes I love fall! Maybe not as much as winter but it is a very close second!<br />
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I love to bake everything fall! Apples are my favorite fruit in the fall! They are delicious almost anyway you want to cook them, bake them or just plain eat them down to the core!<br />
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However, something has caught my attention last fall and this fall! It's Jello brand pumpkin pudding!<br />
Last fall I looked and looked for this pudding and never could find it. When I say looked for I mean it. We must have looked at every store imaginable but this elusive pudding was no where to be bought! This year I was noticing a trend when I started to look for it. I was looking in all Indiana stores! It hit me like a tree full of acorns falling on my head!!!! LOOK in another state! So that's exactly what I did! I found it yesterday in Ohio!! YaY! I must have looked like a kook trying to get my cart loaded with pumpkin pudding! No one was stopping me and I'm not kidding! After I get my cart loaded Lilli asked me, "mom are you sure you don't want anymore?" I said, "haha I think I have enough, thank you!" <br />
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Pumpkin is also one of my favorite fall foods and I can't wait to try this pudding! I have been reading lots of blog posts and noticing recipes on <a href="http://pinterest.com/" target="_blank">pinterest.com</a>! I'm sure you know what we will be eating for the rest of fall! I can't wait!!! <br />
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Wherever you are whatever you are doing I wish you a fabulous fall!!<br />
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<br />Vickiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14248273923526177796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11257414867700844.post-35981809268098204962014-04-23T16:46:00.000-04:002014-04-23T16:47:08.431-04:00Two Wonderful Causes<div style="text-align: center;">
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I have a couple great causes to post about today! I have really missed my blog and all the good my friends do! Anyway, Kelly over at <a href="http://ihaveanotion.blogspot.com/2014/04/got-sec-make-tote.html">IHAN</a> had a great post about MJ and her totes! Please go and read it and see if I am right, it is a great cause!</div>
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Vickiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14248273923526177796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11257414867700844.post-66452057098189618672014-04-22T23:58:00.000-04:002014-04-22T23:58:21.520-04:00Is anybody out there?!I know it's been forever but I really want to start posting again! I would like to make it an everyday habit. It seems that time goes so fast and the day is gone before I know it. <br />
Anyway, I hope everyone had a great Easter and you all are having a happy spring! We are! <br />
Gayle is good! She is now 33! I can't believe it. Lilli is now 16! We are still homeschooling. YAY! She is still on the fence about driving, though. I will let her make her own mind up on that one.<br />
We had a long, snowy and cold winter, which didn't disappoint me any! I know you all think I am crazy but I love it! <br />
I am going to be a great aunt for the 3rd time! I am so excited!!!!! I don't know if that makes me old or not but I don't care! Maybe if it was my 3rd grandchild I would be old. The baby is due in October which happens to be my birthday month. The due date is October 15 which means the baby would have to wait an extra 12 days. That would be unfair to mommy, I think. Well, as we all know babies come when they are ready, so we will see!<br />
Sad to say I haven't really been making anything lately. My organizational skills have left me. How sad is that. I am trying to get organized so that I have more time to start making stuff again, a lot of stuff!!! I really do miss it! I am so much happier when I make stuff, aren't you?!<br />
I have been on pinterest a lot, probably too much. I have been making recipes like mad off of there! There are so many great ones! There is so much inspiration on there, too! It's a great place!<br />
I am helping put together our 35th class reunion. Maybe that should make me feel old, I'm not sure. It's always fun looking people up finding out where they are and what they are doing! <br />
I haven't put any new pictures on here forever so I will leave you with a picture of my sweet boy cat Kiki. He is going to be 16 this year! Lilli used to dress him up in sunglasses and a boa! Adorable!<br />
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VickieVickiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14248273923526177796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11257414867700844.post-4876785899190331512013-06-30T21:09:00.001-04:002013-06-30T21:09:43.665-04:00Follow Me On Bloglovin'! <a href="http://www.bloglovin.com/blog/6824595/?claim=m9f587zrsj8">Follow my blog with Bloglovin</a>Vickiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14248273923526177796noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11257414867700844.post-67604976357885224132012-12-30T22:41:00.001-05:002012-12-30T22:41:26.631-05:00HAPPY NEW YEAR!<div style="text-align: center;">
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Wherever you are Whatever you are doing I hope you have a very happy, safe and blessed New Year!!</div>
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Vickiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14248273923526177796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11257414867700844.post-83186649711861962952012-12-25T08:54:00.001-05:002012-12-25T08:55:52.435-05:00Christmas Time<div style="text-align: center;">
MERRY MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!</div>
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Wherever you are Whatever you are doing I hope you have a wonderfully Merry Christmas!</div>
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Vickiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14248273923526177796noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11257414867700844.post-48645304540793790682012-12-21T12:31:00.001-05:002012-12-21T12:32:18.577-05:00Winter is here!!!<div style="text-align: center;">
HAPPY WINTER!!</div>
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Finally, the first day of winter is here! I can't tell you how excited I am!</div>
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<br />Vickiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14248273923526177796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11257414867700844.post-59723318066999378682012-10-31T08:39:00.000-04:002012-10-31T08:39:15.096-04:00Life's Adventure!I have been away for a long time it seems! It has been an adventure for sure! <div>
Life is and adventure, don't you think?! It has been very crazy here. We have been remodeling...ugh! We have had lots of company! Out of town company which is always good to have and we love to see everybody. We have had some family reunions, lots and lots of birthday celebrations! That's right Gayle is now 31 and Lilli is now 15. Can I just say that time goes tooo fast. I have never seen time go as fast as this year has gone! We had my birthday, my mom and niece's birthday! My best friend's birthday! I mean the list goes on and on! With Gayle it is so much easier to have everyone here! Thank goodness everyone will accommodate us! </div>
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I have been on pinterest alot. I was going to give it up but decided to take the time to see where every repin came from, I don't comment anymore, I don't pin any pictures unless I know it is okay and I love it more than ever now! My friend's daughter and I cook lots of things from pinterest and we are always sharing! In fact, she baked my birthday cake from there! It was fabulous!</div>
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I have been making lots of things! My bff loves everything handmade! I just made her a wreath with their last name initials. They were wood and I painted them, covered the fronts with paper and glittered the edges! I used burlap, muslin flowers with pearl centers on a grapevine wreath! It turned out very pretty!</div>
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Hi there! I hope everyone is having a great spring! I can't believe spring has sprung and we only had 9 inches of snow. What an awful winter. I mean when you can hang clothes on the line in February in Indiana there is a problem with the weather! We have been mowing the yard for over a month. Ugh... Now we have had a cool spell with the tempature in the 30's at night. I'm so happy I haven't planted my garden and flowers. I can't wait for it, though. I mean if it's gonna be spring I might as well get excited about it! In fact, I am learning to love dandelions with their brilliant yellow color and their simplicity! They are wonderful! My two new favorite things for this spring are swinging in the tree swing and making dandelion wishes!</div>
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On to what I have been making! My niece's boyfriend's sister had a baby boy not long ago and they did his room in giraffes. I used to make these for my friends years ago. Isn't he adorable?!! It's from a Country Stitches pattern, Two by Two by Brenda Gervais. Love him!</div>
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I love this magazine! Do you have it? I was at a Kroger store in Greenville back in March. The cashier said they had just put it out 4 days earlier and they only had one left! Lucky me!<br />
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I have had this line of fabric, Birchtree Lane from <a href="http://www.connectingthreads.com/">Connecting Threads</a> for almost a year, and decided I just had to use it! Well I did! I made the table runner from the book! As you can see I actually made 3! I have to order some yardage to finish the back! I don't have enough to finish the backs even if I piece it! <br />
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Oh, and don't you just love the colors in this quilt top?!!! It is Riviera from Connecting Threads! I have had this line for at least 2 years! It is so colorful! I had just enough for this big log cabin block, from the magazine, for the front, back, and binding! <br />
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I am also working on the zippered bag from the magazine! It is going to match a tote that I have already finished! When I get the bag done, I will post a picture of both!<br />
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Wherever you are whatever you are doing I hope you have a wonderful day full of dandelion wishes!<br />
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WHEREVER YOU ARE WHATEVER YOU ARE DOING I HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFULLY HAPPY EASTER!!!</div>Vickiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14248273923526177796noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11257414867700844.post-23034050369017589012012-02-15T06:38:00.000-05:002012-02-15T06:38:04.658-05:00It's a Giveaway!!!No, I'm afraid not here but Pam over at<a href="http://www.mamaspark.blogspot.com/"> Mama Spark's World </a>is having a 1000th post giveaway! Some really great fabric! So go help her celebrate and see if you can be a winner!<br />
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<br />Vickiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14248273923526177796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11257414867700844.post-34349238724523349062012-02-03T07:26:00.000-05:002012-02-03T07:26:01.398-05:00It's been awhile...Hi there! I know it has been a long time since I posted but here I am! Sad to say without pictures!<br />
Anyway, I am going to be a great Aunt again! I can't tell you how excited we all are about that! My niece is in the hospital as I post this! We will be having a boy, his name will be Dade Eli! Da is the first 2 letters of his dad's name and de is the first 2 letters of his mom's and big sister's name! Can't wait to hold him!<br />
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As I'm sure everyone know's this is Super Bowl Sunday! YAY! It is really exciting to have it played right here in Indiana, though it would have been more exciting had it been the Colts playing, but we can't have everything, right? Go GIANTS!!!!!!!<br />
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I have been organizing and re-organizing and happy to say I should be able to make my way to the sewing machine this weekend. I can't tell you how excited I am about that. I have things lined up to get done!<br />
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I have also been on Pinterest! Have you been there? Love it! What else can I say about that site! It's fabulous!<br />
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Winter here has been awful. I am so sad that it has been so warm and hardly no snow. Boo hoo....<br />
None in the forecast either. It's to hit 58 today and 40's all next week. What is up with that?! We will be mowing and planting the garden in March at this rate!!!<br />
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I've alot to get done before tonight so I will be back, hopefully sooner than later!<br />
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Wherever you are whatever you are doing I hope you have a wonderfully happy day and a Super weekend!<br />
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What would New Year's Eve be without a festive outfit?!!!</div>
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Kiki(our boy cat) is ready to party!!</div>
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So here's saying goodbye to 2011 and hello 2012!</div>
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My you all be blessed with a Safe, Happy & Healthy New Year!</div>
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Wherever you are whatever you are doing I hope you have a wonderfully Happy New Year!</div>
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ps...The ornament is handmade by my SS!! Thank you again!</div>Vickiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14248273923526177796noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11257414867700844.post-59855707495690227492011-12-18T17:04:00.000-05:002011-12-18T20:07:02.898-05:00HO! HO! HO! My SSS has arrived!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Ho! Ho! Ho! Santa arrived at my house yesterday! I was so excited! I received 2 boxes! I will post about the other tomorrow! Anyway, my SSS came in this box taped together with very cheery tape!</div>
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I finally got it open! Isn't that the sweetest gift tag?! Look at those presents under there!</div>
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There were penguin socks, my favorite! Paper strips to make a paper garland! An owl tablet! You know I adore owls, don't you? I love fabric and look, 8 fat quarters! I already know what I am going to make with 3 of them! There's that sweet box again!</div>
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And don't you just love the homemade Christmas ornament?!!! I do! It's wonderful!</div>
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Thank you so much to my SS Santa! You were so thoughtful with all of my gifts!</div>
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Your box seriously brightened my day! </div>
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Wherever you are whatever you are doing I hope you are having a wonderfully happy day!</div>
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Vickie</div>
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