One Little, Two Little, Three Little Inchies!

I hate shopping. My mom knows this and would set me up in the dressing room and bring outfits for me to try on. Her famous saying when I would look at something and turn my nose up was, "You can't tell what that looks like on the hanger! Try it on before you say no!" She was usually right. Instead of saying "no" to the dress, I said "no" to the sketch. Honestly, I would have skipped right over...

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How Does Your Garden Grow?

I'm not the gardener, my husband is. I appreciate it and will help pick vegetables and water plants, but the only thing I can keep alive is ivy. Wait! I have a poinsettia at work that I have kept alive for a year and a half. It looks kinda puny though. I'd rather arrange the patio furniture, paint the garden signs, and lie in the hammock after all the work is done!This is the extent of my gardening...

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♫Keep Your Eye on the Grand Ol' Flag!♫

July 4th, the birth of American Independence... Fireworks, parades, BBQ, watermelon, homemade ice cream, APPLE PIE! Here's a card to commemorate the day![caption id="attachment_2011" align="alignnone" width="5472"] Club Scrap card stock, stamps and stencil. [/caption][gallery ids="2012,2013,2014" type="slideshow"]“The foundation of American life rests upon the home and the family.” ~ Herbert...

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Life is like a bowl full of cherries.

Cherries make me think of my grandparents. My Papaw LOVED cherries...fresh cherries (especially Bing cherries), cherry pie, cherry ice cream, and chocolate covered cherries! They took me to Europe when I was 17 and Papaw would always recruit me to help find a street vendor who sold fresh cherries on our adventures. I was introduced to author Erma Bombeck by my Memaw who had a dog eared copy of...

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