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    Piecing together

    I had a mini meltdown this morning. As I gathered my supplies together to work more on my quilt, I started doing the math in my head. Queen size quilts, by the measurements I found here, should be 88×96. I thought surely I had purchased enough fabric. But as I…

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    Breakfast & Yarn

    Breakfast Sunday took a nice little break today. My incredibly thoughtful husband, knowing how much it means to me to have our weekly fare together and also knowing how miserable I’ve been the last few days, decided to take me out for breakfast. No pictures to share, though – I…

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    Comfort Foods

    Breakfast: Tea with honey and a piece of buttered toast. Second Breakfast: chicken noodle soup with homemade noodles. Yes, you read right. Second Breakfast. Apparently I’m a hobbit. Also, chicken noodle soup. For breakfast. With homemade noodles. I’m sick and cranky and it’s comfort food, so shut it. (That’s an…

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    Late night cravings

    NyQuil lies, y’all. LIES, I tell you. Here I am, exhausted, achy, congested, and absolutely miserable and all I want is a few nice, peaceful hours of sleep. But no. I’m awake. Wiiiiiiide awake. What’s a girl to do with zero energy late at night? Troll food recipes, of course. Which…

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    Shaping up

    It’s no lie that I tend to bite off more than I can chew. For someone who barely knows what she’s doing a queen sized quilt is probably a bit much.  Admittedly this quilt is basic. I lack patience for sewing a bunch of little squares together. And my previous…

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    Brownies

    Brownies. The trouble with them is that everyone has their own preferences, much like chocolate chip cookies. So when you go looking for a perfect recipe you can easily be disappointed. Everyone thinks that their recipe is the best. The perfect blend of blah blah blah. I’ve only tried brownies from…