What to do with quilt strings?

| March 2, 2008

There are many things that one can do with strings of material. Thanks to my friend’s, (Sheddy) recommendation, I was inspired by the many creative scrappy quilts designed by Bonnie Hunter (shown on her QUILTVILLE.COM site) so I decided that I would just have to make a few heart string blocks with some of my left over scraps […]

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Feb 29th is coming

| February 27, 2008

I am a substitute teacher for elementary and middle schools here in VA.  Every day is an adventure – and one day in elementary school tends to be MORE eventful than a week (or month?) of teaching at the university level!  🙂 Yesterday I pointed out to the fifth graders that soon it will be […]

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My California Family

| February 24, 2008

Grandma Shirley with James and Shirley Anne I left my heart in………well, not San Francisco (in case you know those lyrics!)….in Lake Forest and Corona Del Mar, California…..home of my soon to be famous family…after I indulge myself with a little grandmotherly blogging.  I had fun with my kids and eleven of my grandangels.    So being a proud […]

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HAVE AN AMATIVE VALENTINE’S DAY 2008

| February 14, 2008

I hope everyone has an AMATIVE day…. and a HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY too!   I am leaving for Las Vegas in a minute – and will be meeting my daughter-in-law, Lil, there.   I am just SO EXCITED.  We will spend the night in Vegas and then drive to CA in the morning.   I can’t […]

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Cooper Wants an X-Box for his Birthday

| February 4, 2008

  Four-year-old Cooper (pictured above with Poppa Greg) told us tonight that he told his friend, David (at preschool) that he wanted an X-BOX for his 5th birthday and that David could get that for him. His parents (Greg and Christi) EXPLAINED to Cooper that David wouldn’t be able to buy him an X-BOX because David didn’t […]

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