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You have just got to try this easy dip the next time someone tells you that you can bring an appetizer to a pot luck.  It is cheap, goes together in an instant, and everyone loves it.  Especially teenagers.  It tastes just like pizza, really. Pepperoni Pizza Dip 8 oz. cream cheese, softened ½ cup […]

 istockphoto Do you have a breakfast ritual?  Do you have a designated place to eat breakfast?  Do you bother with breakfast at all? Diet experts say that eating breakfast is important for a number of reasons.  It keeps you from snacking during the day, since you feel fuller.  The breakfast habit gives you energy and […]

After seeing my post yesterday and the GLORIOUS Fruit Pizza that Andrea made, it is time to come down to Earth.  To my world. This is what I served to my family this evening. I am just so sorry to inflict this image on you, but I just need to humble myself a bit.  I […]

Kelly over at Charming Chatter is hosting a Quilt Club this summer.  Click on the link on my left side bar and go check out what her proposal is in detail.  To summarize, the Charming Girls' Quilt Club is a group that vows to finish one UFO per month this summer.  If you finish a […]

As it is my birthday month, the presents are still trickling in.  You just never know what will appear in the mailbox!  The glory you see in the picture above was sent to me by my friend Lisa of Stashmaster.  The very latest Sturbridge Village collection "Greens", 19 gorgeous Civil War prints designed by Judie […]

For someone who has decided that less fanfare is better than more when it comes to her birthday, a certain person may have celebrated a bit more than necessary this weekend.  It started out low key at the beginning of the weekend, but the party with the family on Sunday sort of did me in.  […]

Sometimes it is very handy to make more quilts than I know what to do with.  I made this top back in April, 2007.  I had it quilted by the fabulous folks at Prairie Queens, and then packed it in tissue and put it away.  Sometimes I make quilts just because I love the fabrics […]

Lucky me, I had two half days off this weekend, and managed to finish the cutting of the Prairie Paisley fabric for the challenge Lisa and I are doing this month.  She posted a picture of this same exact amount of progress on May 27, but I think she has been out-sewing me and has […]

From time to time, my friend Lisa and I like to work on the same project. She works on hers in Washington, and I work on mine here in California.  We call it a Challenge, but the challenge part is that we encourage each other to keep plugging away at the quilt, and to make […]

Activity:  My favorite activity lately is sleeping.  I have been working every day between my two jobs and the next day off in sight is Monday.  I didn't think working retail was all that physically demanding, but standing on your feet for six hours straight, bored out of your mind really wears a person out.  […]