Archive for the Family Category

Through to the other side.

By Kimberly on October 20, 2023 / Cheeto, Family, Friends, Fun, Holiday, Home, Janome, Janome M7, Janome National Spokesperson, Janome_Cat, Mr. Kim, Rooville / 23 Comments

I can honestly say after 28 months, we’re through to the other side. Can you hear the sigh of pure relief? We are so full of gratitude, peacefulness and happiness. We’re through the hurdles and hardships, the seemingly endless packing/unpacking cycle of moving is complete, renovations are

An update: One step at a time

By Kimberly on April 13, 2023 / Blessings, Blizzard, Cabin, Cats, Family, Home, Hope / 86 Comments

For those who follow me on social media or here on my blog, you may have noticed it’s been a little quiet from our corner of the world in recent weeks. So many of you who have written, texted or emailed to check on us and I

The storms continue…..

By Kimberly on March 21, 2023 / Cabin, Family, Home / 51 Comments

Oh, how we appreciate the prayers and for so many of you reaching out regularly to check on us. Thank you. Prayers are coveted and we believe each and every one is heard! It is difficult to try to explain everything that has happened. We’ve gone from

Snowmageddon update: good news and bad news

By Kimberly on March 8, 2023 / Blessings, Blizzard, Cabin, Cats, Family, Home, Lake Arrowhead / 40 Comments

We sincerely want to thank you all — so many people have reached out through Messenger, texts and emails to check on us. Part of the reason for writing this update is to let you all know the status of things and how we are doing. Its

Blizzard of ’23

By Kimberly on February 25, 2023 / Blizzard, Cabin, Cats, Cheeto, Family, Soup, Winter / 25 Comments

Does anyone remember the blizzard of ’78? I was a freshman in high school and that blizzard shut down Northeastern Ohio for at least a week. We lost power and my folks did their best to keep our house somewhat warm by using the gas oven in

Closing the door

By Kimberly on February 15, 2023 / Alice Springs, Australia, Cabin, Family, Friends, Fun, Janome_Cat, Mr. Kim / 40 Comments

As of today, we have closed the door to a chapter in our lives and we’re looking forward to the future. Our time in Australia has come to an end, but we’ll look back with love for the kangaroos, fondness for brilliantly-colored sunsets, some challenges, and bittersweet

A holiday and more

By Kimberly on September 6, 2022 / Alice Springs, Australia, DONE BEFORE DINNER, Family, Friends, Holiday / 19 Comments

You may have noticed I haven’t been posting much on social media in the past couple of weeks, except for a few shared items (forwards) from other pages, and information about my latest DONE BEFORE DINNER PROJECT. (Be sure not to miss this one, we had lots

A long recap and first impressions

By Kimberly on May 10, 2022 / Alice Springs, Australia, Blessings, Cats, CM17, Family, Janome National Spokesperson, Janome_Cat / 83 Comments

This past month has been a whirlwind and I finally feel as if I’m coming up for air. So I invite you to pour yourself something to sip, find a comfy chair, and let’s catch up! Three weeks ago early on a Monday morning, I said goodbye

Australian Update

By Kimberly on January 14, 2022 / Alice Springs, Australia, Cabin, Down Under Quilts, Family, Holiday, Home, Momentum, ONE WORD, Shoo Fly Quilt / 30 Comments

Pour yourself a cup of tea and settle in for a newsy update… Many of you have been following our newest big adventure I first wrote about last summer. (In case you missed it, CLICK HERE.) Admittedly, my blog posts were rather sparse during the last quarter

Farewell 2021, hello 2022

By Kimberly on December 31, 2021 / Alice Springs, Family, Holiday, Home, Momentum, ONE WORD / 14 Comments

I’ve sat down to write a blog post dozens of times. I’ve written paragraphs, then deleted them and tried to write again. Always the same: I just couldn’t find the right words. I try to be very mindful when I do write a blog post, I never