Archive for the Fun Category

California living

By Kimberly on September 20, 2018 / Cabin, Family, Fun / 9 Comments

Before we moved to California, my husband used to tell me, “you can swim at the beach in the morning and ski in the mountains in the evening.” Of course I couldn’t quite wrap my mind around this concept. Until now. And now that we’ve completed our

A special weekend, travel, and more

By Kimberly on September 17, 2018 / Cousins, Craftsy, Family, FREE Pattern, Friends, Fun, Sewing Friends, SOLID-ISH, Solidish, Timeless Treasures, Timeless Treasures Fabrics / 9 Comments

The birthday Wow! The past couple of weeks have flown by! I can’t believe we’re already in mid-September with the fall season fast approaching. Since I blogged last time, I celebrated a quiet but lovely birthday with my sweetheart who treated me to a fabulous dinner out

Run away

By Kimberly on July 16, 2018 / Blessings, Family, Fun, Holiday, Travel and teaching, Uncategorized / 20 Comments

My husband came home from work and since it was a slow week at the office, his boss told him he could take a couple days off following the July 4th holiday. He whispered in my ear, “Run away with me.” “Are you kidding me?” I gasped!

Adventures in lemonade

By Kimberly on June 7, 2018 / Friends, Fun / 3 Comments

Everyone knows the saying, “When life gives you lemons….” …make lemonade. Today, the little Meyer lemon tree in our front yard gave me a gift. Lemons. Eleven of them. And I shared some with our dear neighbors and new friends, CL and Judi. It was warm and

Catching up with a dear friend

By Kimberly on March 21, 2018 / Friends, Fun / 3 Comments

A few weeks ago I had the good fortune to get together with Sue Nickles at Road to California. We spent an afternoon and evening together which was great fun! She also brought a surprise for me: two completed Trip Around the World quilt tops made

Time to savor

By Kimberly on December 13, 2017 / Family, Friends, Fun, Holiday / 4 Comments

Last year my teaching and travel schedule had me running right up until the end of the year. This year, I planned some much needed “down time” following the marathon of teaching at the International Quilt Festival in Houston in late October/early November. With our partial transition

The winner of the Solid-ish bundle is……

By Kimberly on October 9, 2017 / Blog Contest, Fun, Giveaway, Solidish, Timeless Treasures / 2 Comments

Thanks to everyone who took the time to leave a comment about Solid-ish on my last post. If you haven’t heard the news about my new fabric line by Timeless Treasures Fabrics, simply CLICK HERE. I thoroughly enjoyed reading every comment and I think I’ll tally