Friday morning dawned bright and my dad and I headed out to Estes Park, Colorado. Our destination was The Stanley Hotel. IYKYK. So way back in 1980 a little film called The Shining opened to mixed reviews. But today it is still regarded as one of the best horror movies of all time. We took The Shining Tour at The Stanley. Some people think that The Shining was filmed at The Stanley. Nope. Others thought that the video of the Torrances driving up to The Overlook Hotel fro

My hubby turned on the sprinkler system for our yard, as he does every year. All of my quilting supplies, fabric for sale (sort of) and everything to do with that is in the basement. I get the basement and he gets the garage. Fair, correct? So it's been a while since I've sold fabric in my shop. When I'm sewing I usually use an ironing station on the other side of the room and I take the same path all the time to get to it. Well, one day I was searching for a specific rul

You know, life can take you down some interesting paths. The relationship I have with my dad is one of those. A few years ago I never thought there would be a day when he was planning a trip to my house on his own and I would be excited about it. Let's hop in our DeLorean and take a trip back in time. You know how parents say they love their children equally and would never choose one over another? Well, if we're being honest, this is rarely true. I knew that I was my mom'

I woke up one morning with a crick in my neck. I experienced constant pain shooting down my right arm. I didn't know what was going on. On the 2nd day of this, I booked an appointment for a massage. (That was a story all on its own.) It didn't work. After another day of this, I took myself over to a chiropractor. I had never been to a chiropractor, but sat in his office with tears streaming down my face waiting for him to fix me. ​ ​He told me that from what I was desc

A couple of years ago I discovered Phosphor by Libs Elliott. I was completely in lurve with this collection and I still have a small...