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Suitcase display.

A look inside my sewing room: I had OODLES of fabric, notions and patterns. I also had OODLES of old suitcases. What better way to store all of my lovelies than in my suitcase collection? I attached bookshelf brackets to the wall and simply slid the suitcases onto the brackets. They are secure and easy to access. Every time I walk into the sewing room I smile and become filled with inspiration.

Fantastic thank you to all stay at home moms.

4.2 Earthquake

So the other day, we had a 4.2 earthquake with an epicenter a few miles from our house. The house was grumbling and making all sorts of weird noises. Since our bedroom is technically on the third story and is anchored down by our deck on stilts, I think we really get a good feel to what an earthquake is capable of. A few days later I was trying to put on my favorite jeans fresh from the dryer. I stood there with the tight denim clinging to my thighs...... that's when I started to jump and pull, jump and pull. Lo and behold, the same thrashing about on our third story was taking place, the same noises, the exact same shaking of the lamp. I surmised that I replicate a 4.2 earthquake when trying to shimmy into jeans that don't fit.

Feeling swiney

Well, well, here I sit all broken hearted, full of snot and my family departed.  How can it be! I can't be sick already. The kids have only been in school a week.  The bright side is that Jeremy took the kids to church so I could stay at home in my beastly pajamas.  Nobody wants to be around the scary looking lady who looks so sad and drippy.  I was able to sit down, un-interrupted and do a little reading about the upcoming H1N1 virus. Swine is easier to say, but really what IS the swine flu? If I were a pig farmer, I would be offended too.  So, in researching I found out something...... Prevention is key and prevention consists of WASHING YOUR HANDS more. Wow. I thought I was pretty good at always wiping my shopping cart down with the sanitizing cloths (I even carry a can of Lysol, purse size), using my knuckles for everything that my finger tip used to be used for and in general avoiding anyone who looked as though they were going to sneeze, including my cute 2 year old nephew.  Well, I'll give it a try. Wash my hands more.  I guess if the kids get sick then they should stay in their rooms until fever has subsided for 24 hours.... wish that could be the case for me.  P.S., if anyone is going to use my keyboard after this, please wash your hands.

TheOliveBlossom is blossoming

Greetings. I suppose since it is 2009, I really should come up to speed with how people are generally communicating.  I however will always be a letter writer, pen to paper that is. Diaries, letter updates and to-do lists will always be for me, as long as pen and paper still exist, written with pen and paper.  I have come around to putting my check book away and only traveling with debt card because of those pesky commercials that show how life is easily working in such a fine tune way, until the dope with the check book mucks it up.  For those with the time to sit down and take a break while reading the droning from me, might hopefully get a laugh at the very least. Surely nobody will be printing this out and tucking it away for future reads ;)  Here is my only warning, I was never a grammatically correct writer. I probably never will be.  I am edu-macated, I just never took the time to memorize what Mrs. Stanton tried to teach me.  My professors either over-looked it, or sent it back inked up for correction.  It's easy to change was to were when it is pointed out with red ink. Anyhow, I usually find humor in most anything, I'm somewhat cynical, very opinionated and I'll do anything to make someone laugh. Even at the cost of my dignity.