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Cute as a…..

…..button M & M! Look what the UPS man just delivered? Aren’t they adorably cute (not to mention, delicious)? I couldn’t be more tickled with how they turned out. I’ve never ordered personalized M & Ms before! And yes, that is actually a photo of the quilt

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A tea fit for a

Diva! The invitation read “Come join us for tea, dahling.” My sweet friends from our little neighborhood quilting group, Laura and Jan, had invited me to a Diva Tea. How intriguing! I couldn’t wait. The invitation also asked me to bring a new pair of flip flops

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Closing a chapter

My husband and I traveled back to Ohio recently to clean and close our home there. It is vacant now. Our lovely tenants have moved away, and we have it on the market to sell. As we began our trip to “get the job done,” I was

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Birthday boy

Sweet Super 16 Guess what I was doing 16 years ago this very morning at 10:25am? Becoming a Mom. Could it be possible the sweet little guy I brought home from the hospital is 16 today? (Sigh.) To celebrate, that big 16 year old invited a few friends

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Blushing again

Someone sent me a lovely email this morning saying she saw me featured in the July issue of the EQ Newsletter. Click here to see it. Thank you, Penny, and all the amazing, super-talented folks at the Electric Quilt Company for featuring me and my book, Jelly Roll

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Tuffy says……

“Follow me, or else.” And believe me, you don’t want to mess with the Tufster. (Around here, we have to call him ‘Sir Hod.’) I’ve always secretly admired those blogs who have “followers” with regular readers featured in a little box on the side of their posts. So

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The phrase of the day is…..

“Its almost not raining.” I said that in the car yesterday and it seemed funny at the time. I don’t know. Maybe it was one of those “you had to be there” moments. I realize the rainy season in Florida begins in June, however, enough already. Rain

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