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Swapland, NJ

The swap is coming together! I’m still waiting for about 15 packages, but I thought I should get started sorting, and assigning. Packages have all arrived here from those who have been visiting the Flickr group and telling me which sheets they like, so it seemed like those people would be the logical place to [...]

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So what if they’re weeds?

Have I mentioned how much I like spring? I think I appreciate it more every year, as I grow to dislike winter at a similar rate. After a long cold spell, nothing invigorates me more than being able to throw open all of the windows and feel the lovely warm breeze on my skin. It’s [...]

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Don’t hate me because I’m prolific

Remember those “Don’t hate me because I’m beautiful” ads? I remembered the phrase, but couldn’t for the life of me remember the product. (It was Pantene. Gotta love google.) It amuses me that advertisements can be so effective at getting into your brain that you’ll remember their taglines twenty years after the fact, but at [...]

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Try not to panic

There’s been a terrible development in my kitchen. The box of Dr. Pepper? It’s empty. I peered inside, felt around with my hand, picked it up and shook it. Confirmed. We are all out of Dr. Pepper. Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! I’m going to try to soldier on, and finish this post without my fizzy brown companion, but [...]

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I’ve been thinking…

Dangerous I know But really quickly, since I’m about to head off to spend the day with my mother and my nephews, I wanted to point you to an idea I had last night. Penny emailed me a picture of the skirt she made using the tutorial I wrote, and it occurred to me that [...]

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