Giraffe Dreams

If you read this blog at all, you know I'm a Democrat. Have been a Democrat all my life. Today I am sooo happy! Obama was re-elected, a...

I got on a roll, making more Barbie clothes. It was sort of fun! I also ordered a few outfits from E-bay. I should have a decent number of o...

I decided to make some Barbie Doll clothes. Our neighborhood social service agency to whom we (at church) give Christmas gifts, asked for Ba...

This week's book is Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins. It's the second book in the Hunger Games trilogy. I liked it better than the ...

mine is #330... just in case you were wondering. It's almost but not yet time to vote for president here in the USofA, but anyone in t...

A month ago my family and I visited the town where we kids grew up, re-connected with several old friends and toured the town. We had soooo ...

My SIL sent me two verbs. She is not a quilter and hadn't even used her sewing machine in a long time, but she felt inspired to add to m...

It's time for the Bloggers' Quilt Festival! I am participating again! This week, through the end of October, take some time to follo...

The Weird Sisters with whom I am most familiar I just finished reading The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown. This was a gift from my sister ...

Whew! Another year, another church turkey dinner and boutique done. It's always pretty exhausting. But fun, too. Friend B. and I run t...

Remember the Mail Art project that was going on at Prison Library Project? It is a fundraiser for the program that sends books to prison inm...

Saturday is a great day, even when one is retired. It means the rest of the world is off, too, such as husbands and friends. (Thank you to t...

Author, Ernest Gaines A Gathering of Old Men by Ernest Gaines is an excellent book. It takes place in Louisiana. I am not going to tell y...

The last couple of posts I wrote were dumb. I deleted them. Sometimes I write stuff and then after it's up for a day or two I think, ...

I got a couple more verbs. Thanks, Heidi and Kathy!! One came from Germany, and one from Belgium. I love the international additions to my q...

My post title sounds funny if you don't know that "Canada" is the name of a book by Richard Ford. I finally finished it today...

It's Friday afternoon.. I was hoping I would have finished my book by now. After finding intermittent 5-minute spurts in which to read ...

I have been away -- busy having a BLAST! This is my first time to sit down and relax in almost a week. I've been having fun, so I'm ...