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Actually the news is from Friday. My baby brother finally got a kidney transplant!!!! Whoo Hoo!!! This is me and Rob. He’s been on dialysis for more than five years, and from experience, I know that dialysis is actually hell. It’s hard on patients and makes you tired, miserable, and yes, I know it’s life …
Prologue to the story: When we were in China, Katja and I took our kids (the ones that were in China!) to a shopping center with the intention of looking at silk. Now, I never buy silk here in the States so finding out they originally wanted something like $100/meter nearly knocked me over. In …
I have always love vintage clothing, especially the WWII era. If you have seen any of my pictures from recent Readers’ Luncheons, which I post on Facebook, you know that I’m all about the clothes. Well, a while back I bought a pattern for a 40s era Swing Dress from Sense & Sensibility patterns. I’m …
On 10 November 2012, HeartLA is having its Annual Readers’ Luncheon – Fall into Romance with Heather Graham. Every year, I’m the hostess of the luncheon, mainly because I’m the only one who actually LOVES speaking on front of people. Anyway, last year I wore a kind of steampunk thing, a long skirt I made …
Some of my friends know that I love to sew. I mean, LOVE to sew. I had actually forgotten how much until this weekend. Our house has this HUGE rec room (30 x 24) and roughly half of is has been taken over by my craft stuff. This includes an old dining room table I …
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