On this very day in 2007 our daughter married a wonderful man.
On this very day in 1974 I married a wonderful man.
On this very day in 1950 my mother married a wonderful man.
On this very day in 1921 my mother’s mother married a wonderful man.
Happy 6th, 39th, 63rd, and 92nd Anniversary to us!
I may be in the market for a new sewing machine.
I plan to do some quilting as well as home decor and some clothing. The machine I have now is designed for occasional and light sewing though I’ve done some extensive sewing projects in the past several years. It’s just not keeping up with the demands I’m placing on it. Mostly because it’s not designed to.
I want to machine quilt twin-sized (or larger) quilts, which are a bit larger than the 15 x 24 inch items I’ve been doing.
For all you quilters (or non-quilters) out there: What sewing machine do you use or would recommend for machine quilting? Pros and cons?
West Virginia is 150 years old today!
Take Me Home Country Roads
Almost heaven, West Virginia
Blue ridge mountains
Shenandoah river –
Life is old there
Older than the trees
Younger than the mountains
Growin’ like a breeze
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain momma
Take me home, country roads
All my memories gathered round her Miners lady, stranger to blue water
Dark and dusty, painted on the sky
Misty taste of moonshine
Teardrops in my eye
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain momma
Take me home, country roads
I hear her voice
In the mornin’ hour she calls me
The radio reminds me of my home far away
And drivin’ down the road I get a feelin’
That I should have been home yesterday, yesterday
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain momma
Take me home, country roads
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain momma
Take me home, country roads
Take me home, now country roads
Take me home, now country roads
Words and music by Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert and John Denver
My Sunday routine usually includes a trip to the market right after church. Yesterday was no different. One item on my shopping list was a five-pound bag of sugar.
Mr. Aitch and I don’t use a lot of sugar so five pounds will last us for a very long time. I have been keeping our hummingbird feeder full on a regular basis so I’ve been using more now.
When I didn’t have enough to make more nectar, I had to buy some.
My sugar jar holds five pounds of sugar. Exactly.
Yes, I know it says “BIRD SEED” but it holds my sugar. Always did.
The bag was empty but the jar wasn’t full.
The five-pound bag was really a FOUR-pound bag. It is marked on the bag but I wasn’t paying attention to it as that’s the “size” bag I always buy though I usually buy the generic store brand.
They got me this time. Next time I’ll check the actual ounces or pounds before I think I’m getting a bargain.
So this marketing strategy has been around awhile.
I noticed it with ice cream several years ago. The company kept the price the same but instead of buying a half-gallon of ice cream (2 quarts), it’s now 1.5 quarts. The packaging is just a bit smaller.
But the same price.
Knitting In Flashes 