25 March 2008
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In Little Miss Sunshine, LOL, Random, T-Rex
March went zinging by in a whirl of wedding-dress-making and craft-show-creating. Two more new things in 2008. And now I’m working on a third – talking at a break out session for a one day mini-conference. It’s been a loooong time since I’ve talked in front of people. Now I feel like I’ve got to [...]
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05 March 2008
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In Uncategorized
For some reason as I was driving to JoAnn to help my wedding dress friend attempt to exchange one of the fabrics for her dress (a great story for another time), I couldn’t help thinking about Marchocolate. In the town I grew up in, we had a legendary restaurant called Kewpie. Their logo and mascot [...]
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cherry pie, chocolate silk pie, grease, hamburgers, kewpie, lima, memories, ohio, pie, reminiscing
03 March 2008
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In sewing
After my terrible nightmare last week, I cut out the muslin for my friend’s wedding dress and had it assembled in one evening. Then I had to wait. She was out of town and couldn’t come try it on until tonight. Fortunately, I haven’t had any more wedding dress nightmares in the mean time! And [...]
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bride, dreams, new things in '08, princess seams, sewing, wedding dress
02 March 2008
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In Story Girl
Early January my sister-in-law called me while she and her husband were cooking meals for the entire month of January. My mother-in-law had given her an old copy of the book Once A Month Cooking. I had heard of the concept before, not only from my mother-in-law, but I’m quite sure I heard the author’s [...]
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freezer meals, meal prep, once a month cooking, time savers
01 March 2008
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In Story Girl
Right before the holidays The Narrator and I ate at a Brazilian steak house for his company Christmas party. The restaurant had continuous table service. When you wanted to continue eating meat you turned your little round card to green. When you needed a break, you turned the card to red. All night long the [...]
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