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Tomatoes and peppers on their way

Posted in peppers, tomatoes on June 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The garden has been flourishing in the recent heat and humidity (as long as I remember to water it regularly!
There are *lots* of little peppers on our pepper plant.  I’m amazed that such a small plant can keep up with so many!
There are buds on nearly all of the tomato plants, and last time I [...]

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18-inch chop!

Posted in not about gardening on June 22, 2009 | 6 Comments »

All my life, I had waist-length hair:

That is, until Friday, June 19!

This 18-inch long ponytail is getting donated to Locks of Love.  I hope a little girl will be very happy with long hair again.
And I’m pretty happy with the final product of my haircut:

I didn’t tell anyone except Husband that I was doing this… [...]

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Buttonhole tutorial for the Baby Lock Ellure Plus

Posted in not about gardening, sewing on June 14, 2009 | 7 Comments »

At the end of May, Sew Mama Sew asked for volunteers to make a tutorial for using the buttonhole attachment on their sewing machine.  I haven’t had my machine for very long, but oh man oh man, do I love my buttonhole foot.  It’s seriously like magic.  So I volunteered, and here I am with [...]

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Photo update of the garden

Posted in herbs, nasturtiums, peas, peppers, strawberries, tomatoes on June 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »

The garden is doing well.  Above is a view of the whole thing…  I took some pictures this afternoon and last Sunday to share…  I’ll let the photos and their captions stand for themselves tonight.

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Thankful Thursday

Posted in Thankful Thursdays, not about gardening, peas, peppers, tomatoes on June 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

This week I am thankful for the productivity I have been having with my work.  Even though I got a cold from Husband, I was able to work 2 full days from home.  Husband figured out a way for me to hook up my work laptop to the TV at home so that I could [...]

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Sewing Machine Meme

Posted in not about gardening, sewing on June 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »

I’ve been enjoying the Sew, Mama, Sew! community recently.  June is Sewing Machine Month and I decided to fill out some of the Sewing Machine Meme questions:

What brand and model do you have? Baby Lock Ellure Plus
How long have you had it? My parents gave it to me as an early graduation gift over Thanksgiving [...]

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Stress-relief skirts

Posted in not about gardening, sewing on June 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »

When I get stressed out over my research and dissertation writing, I have to do something completely and utterly different for a while.  Sewing is great for that, because it completely takes over all my thought processes and gives me a break from quasars  
Needless to say, since I’m now in full dissertation [...]

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