I Knew There Must Be a Reason For January: Sewing and Creating

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I don’t like to wear skirts and dresses….they make me uncomfortable.  Oh, did I mention my lovely varicose veins that were bequeathed upon me by my fore-mothers??  Yeah, stick with the pants, Kelly. Most of the time, in fall and winter, you will find me in a comfortable pair of jeans and a knit sweater [...]

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I Knew There Must Be a Reason for January: Knitting and Crocheting

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“Hello, my name is Kelly and I’m afraid of knitting”….. That was my story just a few months ago.  Really???!!!  Afraid??!!  Of yarn?! Yep.  Scared me to death.  Not the yarn, per se, the potential for failure.  The very high likelihood that I could look “stupid” kept me from learning a skill that I really wanted to [...]

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Celebrate Winter: Books

Winter reading….I love it. Winter is the time to really get caught up on all that you love to read and to promote the love of reading to your kiddos.  Our family is made up of book lovers, for the most part.  A couple of the kids need a little more encouragement than others.  Nonetheless, [...]

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Enjoy Winter Birds

  Bird watching… I love it.   Slowly, but surely, I’m learning my native birds and understanding what they like to eat.  In Ohio, and in my humble feeders, we are seeing a few Chickadees.  They are very difficult to snap pictures of, they take off at the slightest movement.  I just love their little [...]

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Celebrate Winter: Playing in the Snow

Ephy wasn’t all that impressed with snow last year as he witnessed it for the first time. Actually, he isn’t too impressed this year either.  He doesn’t like the cold one bit.  The rest of the Morris kids LOVE the snow and will take any opportunity to go out and play. That really pleases me [...]

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Celebrate Winter: Hot Beverages

Hot beverages….there’s just nothing better on a cold winter day!  I love ‘em all, coffee, tea, hot chocolate and any variations of the afore mentioned. In my last post about coffee, I discussed the importance of a proper mug to drink it from.  A poor mug can completely ruin the entire coffee drinking experience, much [...]

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Celebrate Winter: Favorite Sweaters

It’s “Celebrate Winter Wednesday” with sweaters! I love sweaters and I long to wear them.  They give me such a warm and cuddley feeling. I’m not one to own a lot of clothes anymore, but when I find something I love, like a soft cotton sweater (on sale, of course!) I’ll buy two.  This snowman [...]

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Decorating for Winter

This was the night before Christmas this year in our family room!  There is just something magical about a Christmas tree…. Fast forward to the week after Christmas and the focal point of our family room looks pretty bare. I have 8×10 framed pictures of all the kids that I usually keep on the mantel, [...]

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Celebrate Winter

There’s something I’ve wondered about for many years now…why do so many people hate winter? Growing up in the South, my winters consisted of suffering through 70 degree weather and spending Christmas afternoons at the beach.  I didn’t see snow until I was a teenager.  One might think that growing up in warmth all year [...]

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