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Bless my heart! I QUIT!!!  NO MORE TAX PREP for this year!!! So the score is IRS a bajillion and me negative thousands. I’m not going to go on a rant. Well maybe a small one. Except I [...]

I am definitely old enough to know better. Mercy! I have started many reupholstering projects through the years. I should know from past experiences I CANNOT reupholster anything! Like the mess I [...]

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, [...]

Who knew playing the piano could be so much fun? Most every Sunday morning, Ronald and I lead a singing session with the residents of the assisted living facility where Mom spent her last days. [...]

It’s been a trying day, but I did find out what I DO NOT want to be when I grow up – a reupholstery person. There’s a lot to be said about trying things outside one’s [...]

By golly! If my sons-in-law can watch videos to learn to make amazing projects, I can watch a few You Tubes and fix my sewing machine! Right? Wrong. Sometimes, I think I have more skill than I [...]

There have been several reminders of my mother these last few weeks. I’ve been sitting still enough to watch my electronic picture frame that shows many pictures of Mama from the last five [...]

The other day I wrote a blog about being too old for LEGOs. Today’s blog is about being too young. While we were visiting Missy and her family these last few days, Ronald and I got to [...]

I guess I wasn’t thinking too much or remembering too accurately. The last time I got into one of these projects – mercy! Before Christmas I ordered yards of material from Spoonflower [...]

This is a true Kara Beth katharsis! ‘I Gar-0n-Tee You!’ was the catch phrase of Justin Wilson, a funny Cajun chef on TV around the time Julia Child had her show. I am absconding the [...]