The Joys of Caravaning

I took a nice weekend and "penciled myself in" to the diaries of my mates A and K who had purchased a caravan during the winter. I have been looking forward to this weekend ever since. Many Friday's I get reports from A that the caravan is being prepped for a weekend of merry making. It was to much fun to be missed and I had to get on board (not a great space coaster, but something similar -

Ah the Things I have Forgotten

Someone once said "I have forgotten more things than you ever knew." Or something to that effect. It was a movie, of course, and the line has always stuck in my mind. Why random lines from movies stick, when other things such as paying bills, where I put the car keys, birthdays, and just about everything else falls into that random black hole void in my head is unknown. I do realize that I

Old School Fridays: Rock Songs

The theme for Old School Fridays this week is rock songs. My selection is by a band that caused eyebrows to arch when they came on the scene in the late 1980s... the Black rock combo Living Colour. Although Chuck Berry and Little Richard helped lay the groundwork for rock and roll in the 1950s, the advent of soul music saw the number of Black rockers dwindle (Jimi Hendrix being one of the rare

Toby Keith Enlightens Us With His Thoughts On the Black Community

During a July 30th 2008 interview on Glenn Beck's radio show, country singer Toby Keith gave his thoughts on how he thinks the Black community views Barack Obama. Below is a transcript of that portion of the interview. You can also listen to it in the You Tube player below. For those who want to read the complete transcript, where Keith discusses a variety of other topics, click here.TOBY: The

Flannel Receiving Blankets

My really cool serger has this great little stitch called a rolled hem. It looks like this (red stitching):Sharlene gave me this great idea to use this fabulous little stitch to make flannel recieving blankets with two pieces of flannel. These are two I made for my sister, Lexie and her baby, Jaxon. They are super easy, and turned out really cute!

Chenille Volcano!

Okay, so Stephanie asked where I got all of the vintage chenille fabric for the quilts that I have made. Well. . . my girls call it their "volcano", as it is currently residing in their bedroom. And no, there is not just one pile of these huge chenille bedspreads, and not two either, but three piles all over my house! They are huge and messy and I am in the process of downsizing my collection (

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