Ugh - baby morgan used to make the most wonderful fleeced baby blankets. I have a set (a mini-blanket and large blanket) for each of my three older boys (in aqua, baby blue, and white). Only they went out of business in 2002-2003. Now I’m trying to find a pink blanket and […]

This is just a general “I’m a worry-wort”
My paternal grandmother has type 1 diabetes. While that really isn’t that unusual - the strange thing is she wasn’t diagnosed until age 27-28 after a stillbirth. Now whether she had the condition earlier than that is unknown, but most people with type 1 diabetes are […]

I’ve been collecting american girl dolls since I was 9 years old. The year was 1988 and the company was Pleasant Company (founded by Pleasant Rowland) and did an excellent job of providing both a great toy and also teaching me a lot about history.
Fast forward to present day. Mattel bought the company […]

Because of the ongoing (for almost a year now…grrr) remodeling project I haven’t been able to use my sewing machines in a long time. The problem is the area of the basement I was using for sewing is now a huge mess. Sawdust from drilling holes, plumbing junk laying everywhere. Just nasty. […]

It’s not even really the software that gives me such headaches, it’s the hardware. I have another motherboard blowout (urgh) - I absolutely hate that. It’s always such a hard thing to test for, because I really don’t like to totally rip apart another functioning computer just to check on a broken one. […]