A blog reader asked if I would do an update on my cat adventures. So, here it is. For those of you who missed the original blog post, you can find it HERE. The long story short is that our town has LOTS of feral cats. Being I work at the vet clinic, have a …
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read moreMy daughter Kalissa and I haven’t done a lot of stuff together lately. I was hanging out with Jerry or she was working. Our schedules just didn’t click. Finally, last Saturday our schedules clicked. We decided to make a quick trip down to the Amish and hit up the bent and dent grocery stores…but more …
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read moreI had big plans to sew a lot this weekend but that didn’t happen. I did get my grandson Jasper’s quilt finished though. Here it is finished at the longarm and ready for binding. I got it bound, pictures taken of the finish, and packaged up ready for the mail with the hope it will …
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read moreIf you’ve been a long time blog reader you know that my family has a picnic each year at Pilot Knob State Park in Iowa. It’s near Forest City Iowa and is a lovely place. You might remember that some time ago I stitched a sampler honoring my grandparents on my Dad’s side of the …
read moreI’ve had the longest stretch of busy days that I’ve had in quite a while. It all started last week on Wednesday after work. My daughter Kalissa and her husband, Craig were taking a bit of vacation time. They like to go to Crosby, MN, and take in some biking trails. I was on tap …
read moreI forgot to share some family fun photos from a bit ago. I thought I would share them today. Kayla came for a visit. It’s hard. I don’t see her as much now that I work and she moved to an administrative job at her school. It was good to see her and Jasper. She …
read moreI’ve become the cat lady. It’s strange that it would ever happen but alas, it has. I’ve turned into the crazy old cat lady. Let me explain. In our little town of 250 or so people, we have a cat problem. A long time ago a couple of cats were in town. They weren’t spayed …
read moreAs many of you know back in June of 2019 my husband died after a short battle with lung cancer. I spent four years trying to figure life out without him and over the last year have finally gotten to a place where I feel good and have started dating. The guy in my life …
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read moreThursday I went to the Mayo Clinic again. Yes, it’s been almost 6 months since I’ve been treated for my latest cancer scare. Back in March I went through Redifferientation Treatment and had a large dose of Radioactive Iodine in hopes of pushing my cancer off. I’m to the point that cancer will always be …
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read moreToday I normally have a “what I was working on” post but I didn’t get in the sewing room much…at least not enough to write a blog post about. The cross-stitch retreat got me behind there. So, I’m popping this post in instead. I had Tuesday off last week. Typically Thursdays are my day off …
read moreThe 4th of July was a bit of a miserable day. My daughter Kalissa and her family were planning a 4th of July party that we intended on going to…but it rained. Rather than do nothing, we ended up at my house for lunch and family time. It did rain on and off. During the …
read moreI thought I would write a little catch up blog to fill you in on some of the happenings around here. I have gotten a few emails…asking about the weather and flooding in my area. Here is one from Sherry B. She writes:“Jo, how are things where you live? We are hearing about a lot …
read moreMy daughter Kalissa was playing on the computer trying to design a few new T-shirts that she would list for sale. She sent me a couple of designs and asked what I thought about them. Well, of course, I liked them. She ended up sending a few of the designs for printing just to see …
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read moreI’ve been doing a little online shopping recently…. My living room needed a new rug. My dogs and foster dogs had pretty much ruined my old one. It was hard to clean anymore so I decided to toss it out and shop for a new one. If you know me at all, me and rug …
read moreOkay blog readers…I need some help. I’m on new ground and have no idea what terminology I am supposed to be using in my life. For starters, last week Jerry (If you missed the blog post, I am dating a guy named Jerry. You can read about it HERE) and I went to two graduation …
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read moreA couple of weeks ago I had lunch with my friend Barb and the neighbor lady Janice. After lunch, Janice invited us over to her house. Janice lives kitty corner in my back yard. She built a house there about two years ago and I have never seen the inside before. Oh my. Her house …
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read moreThis is quick story but a cute one… Friday I was at the vet office working. Fridays are notoriously busy. People fill more prescriptions that day. More boarding dogs come in. In general, there are more appointments too. I work at the reception desk with a guy named Tim. He is top ten awesome at …
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read moreFive years ago on this day, my husband passed away. Five years. The first year was so hard…thing after, thing after, thing happened to make it the worst year of my life. It took five years for the memories to not all look like this… So many of the memories were of Kramer sick and …
read moreI punched in for the work the other day and the app told me it was my nine-month anniversary of working at the vet clinic. WOW. As they say, time flies when you’re having fun. Things at the vet clinic have continued to go well for me. I think I’m finally hitting my stride. I …
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read moreThursday was a fun-filled day. School was out here and the kids were on their first day of summer vacation. My daughter, Kalissa, needed some help with the kids and Thursday is my day off work so I volunteered. Then I told my daughter Kelli and she came over with her kiddos and then I …
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