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Bless my heart! Last year I cross-stitched five angel ornaments to give as gifts to some special people who had touched my life. If you read last year’s posts from the fall, you will see [...]

Though I’m far from finished, The Christmas Decorating Kickoff has begun. And I have several really good excuses to justify my actions. It’s getting darker earlier. I moved my chair [...]

It’s been a minute since I wrote a blog … sixteen days to be exact. Ronald and I have been working our tails off all this time. Too bad my backside isn’t getting the memo that [...]

It’s officially the Christmas season. Of course, my decorations have been up since September. Though much simpler than years past, I still have the basics – crèches, lights, angels, [...]

In my case, technically blogging is usually a direct result of my bloopering. Which is probably due to a basic flaw in my character. Following a recipe or sewing instructions is way too boring [...]

The other day, a young man came to the door. He was wearing a Highline lanyard and ID. As I am very pleased with my Highline internet, I invited him in to rest a minute and cool off. We chatted a [...]

The image above is a little set of angels that was my grandmother’s. MeMaw had all sorts of knick-knacks, and I got this one. Year after year, I have glued various parts back onto the [...]

As I offered my oldest grandson some of my angels as part of my Swedish Death Purge, Wes set me straight. ‘Grammie, you know your angels are nothing like real ones! We’d all be scared [...]

Music has always been an important part of our lives, especially at Christmas. In my childhood, we would gather around with me on the piano and my brothers on guitars and sing Christmas carols. [...]

Bless her heart! My little angel doesn’t match one single thing in my house! She clashes with everything! But isn’t she cute? I stitched the angel years ago and just can’t bear [...]