End of August Sewing/Craft room update…

Just a short snippit today... I'm slowly chipping away at the piles o' stuff up in my sewing/craft room and progress IS being made! I had previously set up two tables (inherited from my mother-in-law) butted together in the center of this half of the room to make up the core of my work island. As you can …

End of August update on MILLIE!

For those who haven’t been following along, Millicent the Magnificent Mystery Mule is the smaller or our two rescued Molly Mules. She had a cancerous Mast Cell Tumor surgically removed by Dr. Cal Davis at Reata Equine Hospital on Tuesday, July 15. Originally it was believed that she would be staying at their facility for …

A Hoarder’s HORROR STORY continues…

Okay, so if you missed my previous post, I'm a HOARDER... not just of fabric, either, but of many types of craft supplies... I've come to the conclusion that not only do I suffer from "Fornow Syndrome", but also "Someday Syndrome"!!! Sadly, the two ailments are commonly found together in almost all cases of those …

Hoarder of SEW much more than just FABRIC!

In attempting to get started on my project for the WICKED Blog HOP that I signed up for I'm now having to face the reality that I'm a hoarder of SEW much more than just FABRIC!!! I'm a hoarder, period... Here is photographic evidence of what my once beautiful sewing/craft room - Hubby now calls …

MISSING since 1945!

My uncle, Berhardt Herman Adolf Bober was born in Berlin, Germany on January 12, 1936. He has been MISSING since late January 1945! This is the story of how he became one of the Lost Children shortly after turning nine years old... In an attempt to keep them safe from the intense bombing during WWII, most children were sent …

Upcoming WICKED blog HOP!

Sew we quilt has a WICKED Halloween themed blog HOP coming up in October and I've decided to sign up! I haven't been assigned a date for my post, yet, but I'm SEW excited to be participating because this will be my very first blog HOP ever! I hope you will all join in. I asked for …

Living on the Historic Bankhead Highway

Many people have never heard of the Bankhead Highway... Before 2007 we were among them! When we first saw photos of this old farm house (while looking for houses in Texas via the Internet) we were intrigued by the beautiful BRICK ROAD. A little research and we soon discovered that what is now a humble reminder …

Millicent’s Tumor Removal… PROGRESS REPORT!

WARNING! If you are sqeamish, don't look at the photos...After having a large Mast Cell Tumor removed, Millie came home from the hospital last Monday. She ended up staying quite a bit LONGER than expected because her stitches didn't hold. Sadly, this is quite common in equines! Originally we thought she would be there for 3-5 days, but …