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<DIV align=center><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>You just need to use this</FONT> <FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>url on picture</FONT> <FONT face=Tahoma size=2>to get visit our store</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2 color="#767612">but the pattern is still available.<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=right>seriously though, my closest friends are: fun, real and honest, good, entertaining, in love with life, a little crazy, down to earth, deep, and incapable of bs.</DIV>
<DIV align=right><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2 color="#301E7B">and then, suddenly and to my surprise, i met and married the man i had no idea i was dreaming of. but he was perfect for me. and better than anything i had imagined or sought after before.<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left>(but honestly, i don't snack alot. when you eat so much protein you don't get hungry as often through the day)</DIV>
<DIV align=right><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2 color="#42554F">it was the first time i realized that things don't always go how you think they will. and that it all can turn out better than you imagined.<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center>but we feel more blessed and amazed than ever at life's unexpected twists and turns. and how happy we are that there is a loving heavenly father that understands the little picture we have in our minds for our lives, and gently and lovingly helps us change our vision to a masterpiece. i really love life. </DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2 color="#537030">project 31 is rolling along. i have donations for every single item i need for the 31 newborn kits and lots of fabric donations and i will sew until there are 31 baby quilts too! thank you SO much, i was overwhelmed by the awesome response. packages are starting to arrive! i will be sure to post some pictures when i get it all together and ready to take to the humanitarian center. my heart is happy.<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left>Buoy pa</DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2 color="#492359">from brora<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=right>do you have to be obsessed with yarn and needles and hooks like i am to think that is the most inviting little space you've ever seen? </DIV>
<DIV align=right><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2 color="#524A44">when cate is too scared to go downstairs, penny will go with her and everything is all right. she lets cate dress her up for weddings or try to ride her or pull her by the tail almost daily. and even knowing the torture she will soon endure, she gets so excited when cate gets home from school.<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center>guess what i finally put in the shop?</DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2 color="#2F643B">what do you look for in a best friend?<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left>i'm just obsessed with him. </DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2 color="#43586F">what i'm listening to this morning...again.<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=right>all day the kids hung out at that corner, played on that grass, got drinks out of that hose, went through the secret passage way in the juniper bushes, and only left the area to go "around the block" over and over again. sometimes it was on bikes with banana seats, sometimes roller skates, sometimes big wheels, sometimes walking, even occasionally on skateboards with cardboard boxes on them (our "cars"). </DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2 color="#3D6C3D">i spent a few hours organizing my yarn and needles into that armoire. <BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=right>and then i found myself a mother. funny, i thought i'd teach awhile longer and have grant all to myself and save some money. </DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2 color="#522F7A">i think they are so cute. i love her litte handwriting. and she is beyond excited to pass them out. some other projects she and i looked at but didn't get around to (of course) from martha (of course):<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=right>plan to be surprised.</DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2 color="#107042">goal: peaceful nights, productive days<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center>where are neighborhoods like that anymore? with bushes big enough to hide in? and kids that go around the block together all afternoon? and normal sized houses? and the old winkfields next door? ok, i don't need the winkfields. but i'd sure love to give my kids the rest.</DIV>
<DIV align=right><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2 color="#16587F">ready to share the love.<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center>i am determined!</DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2 color="#581019">again, happy things.<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=right>cate: (incredulously) what? were you a child of adam and eve?</DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2 color="#63703D">all the sudden i'm 30. i thought i'd be driving a mini van full of kids and happily decorating my own home. but life has shown me again that i am not in control. and as i wait for more children and a sense of being settled, <BR></FONT></DIV>
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