Category: Friendship

  I have a good friend who is my best shopping buddy.  We love to talk on the phone about the latest fashion trends, the gorgeous out-of-our-budget purse we are coveting, and the sensational End Of Season Shoe Sale at Macy's.  We talk every week, see each other often, and enjoy seeing one another look […]

I have to be one of the most fortunate people in Blogland.  Through blogging over the past year and a half, I have made some truly fabulous friends all over the world.  Imagine my astonishment when I opened my front door and discovered this package that had traveled all the way from Australia!  My friend […]

This little doll is Katy:  dancer, swimmer, artist, kindergartner and grandaughter of Perry.  Katy also has Cystic Fibrosis.  There is a raffle going on right now to raise money for research to find a cure for this presently incurable disease.  Your contribution would be so helpful to Katy and children like her.  Please go to […]

Miss Jean, from In the Garden with Miss Jean tagged me to play a new Meme game.  The idea is to come up with a six word quote that would serve as your memoir.  This was harder than I thought it would be! istockphoto How about this quote from Helen Keller?  "I never fight–except against […]

As you know, I had a blog give away a week ago, and Susan of Blackberry Creek was the winner.  I am embarrassed to say that I have not yet put her quilt "Blogging Friendship" in the mail, because I am still sewing on the binding.  Bad Nicole.  I will get it done in the […]

Well, girlfriends, the past year has been interesting, to say the least!  As of today, February 12, 2008, I have been blogging for one year.  220 posts!  My deepest gratitude to you all for sticking by me!  So much has happened to me in the last year, I hardly know where to start.  I had […]

Ding Dong.  Ding Dong.  Well, it wasn’t the postman, it was the Fed Ex guy, but he did ring twice.  When I went to the door, he was staggering under the weight of a gigantic and heavy cardboard box that said JJill on the sides.  Hmmm, I don’t remember ordering anything from JJill, but hey, […]

My mailbox had a fun little treat for me last week.  I have to walk a block down my street to get to my mailbox, so sometimes, especially if I am out and about or otherwise occupied, I don’t check it every day.  Imagine my delight when I finally went to unload its bulging contents […]

I have been blogging since this past February—not a very long time really.  Over these six months however, I have made some truly wonderful blogging friends.  One of them, Mary Wood, who lives in Australia, is a regular commenter on my posts.  We have corresponded through email and have developed a blogging friendship.  I have […]