In honor of breast cancer awareness month, my blog has gone pink for the month. I’m doing this for several reasons:

In memory of my cousin Patricia who died from breast cancer.
In memory of my dear friend Jerry who passed away earlier this year from breast cancer.
In honor of my friend Jennifer who is a [...]

Continue reading...

BeckySC over on the Let’s Stitch blog challenged all of us to pull out our oldest UFO this week and work on it. I actually have two UFO’s about the same age (both started within a two week period of Sept. 2005) that I’m hoping to work on this week.
The first is Celtic Christmas [...]

Continue reading...

As I posted earlier this week, my friend Tracy and I have decided to do a half marathon together next June. We’ve registered for the Rock n’ Roll Seattle Half Marathon. Tracy is going to walk it and I’m going to probably do a combination of walking & light jogging. Today starts [...]

Continue reading...

I know breast cancer awareness month doesn’t start for a few more days, so I’m a little early with this post. I just learned of a new type of breast cancer today that isn’t detected through looking for lumps via self-exam or by mammograms. This is an important enough issue, especially given I [...]

Continue reading...

I actually managed to stitch the 4 of the 6 hours for the Let’s Stitch Friday night Stitch-a-Thon (SAT). Woo Hoo! I don’t remember the last time I’ve done that much consecutive stitching at home. About the only time I sit & stitch for that long in a single sitting is when [...]

Continue reading...

50 Easy Ways to Cut 100 Calories
Lose Weight Without Deprivation
– By Emily Vale, Staff Writer
Cutting calories may seem like a daunting task, especially when you’re trying to cut hundreds of calories each day to lose the recommended 1-2 pounds per week. Will you go hungry? Will your meals taste like cardboard? Will you have to [...]

Continue reading...

Continue reading...

I’ve decided to work on my Trick or Treat fairy tonight for the Friday night Stitch-a-Thon with the Let’s Stitch blog group. I’m also probably going to work some on my exchange piece for the Autumn Fair & Square exchange, but I won’t be able to post photos of it.
Here’s my before [...]

Continue reading...

I was putting together a list of my WIPs for an intro post on the new Let’s Stitch blog. I figured since I went to all of the work to put it together that I would share it here as well.
I actually have 19 WIP’s right now, but really hope [...]

Continue reading...

As many of you know, I’ve been plagued with a nagging shoulder injury that had pretty much side-lined me from doing any training for my triathlon since I wasn’t able to swim on doctor’s orders. Well, there’s been a slight change in plans that will now let me race after all! Terri, with [...]

Continue reading...