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Today I'm.....


...working in the loft on the Miss Olivia Paige pattern. At the moment I'm trying to decide on a color scheme for the illustrations. I love working on illustrations, it's one of my favorite parts, but I wish I had a buddy to chat with while I work today. Since all of this pretty weather hit my kids haven't been in the loft much so I've been entertaining myself with audio books. But audio books can only do so much! A couple of weekends ago my friend Lisa came down from Tennessee and we had so much fun talking. We sat on the front porch and rocked and talked, and talked and rocked.....it was so wonderful. Lisa, if you are reading this, let's do that again sometime. OK? I'll buy us a bag of that fancy flavored coffee and we will polish it off in one weekend! You can stay with us (not Rachel and Jake, because we are their older siblings so we win!) and it will be so much fun! And to you, my sweet blog buddies, why do we have to live so far away? I'm sure, if given the chance, that we could talk our way through a whole bag of flavored coffee too! LOL! Wouldn't it be awesome if we could build our own little neighborhood? I hope you are all having a beautiful Spring weekend! Back to work deciding on colors....
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Cindy said…
Sam...while we were chatting earlier I rocked Ean to sleep....now I'm sitting here waiting for him to wake up so we can get going on our errands. Too funny!!! I wish we lived next door to each other!!!
April 10, 2010 at 12:19 PM
Anonymous said…
Do you need testers? 'Cause once again you've made something I love. :)

I'd love to be your neighbor. We could talk homeschooling and spend the afternoons sewing. :)
April 10, 2010 at 5:37 PM
Debbie said…
Howdy Neighbor...Beautiful illustration by the way.
April 10, 2010 at 6:50 PM
Emma Anne said…
Just catching up on what I've missed over the last few days: I'm so glad they figured out what the infection was and that it can be fixed. I hope the medicines work quickly and with as little yucky feelings as possible! Your Easter pictures are sooooo cute! I just love the way the dresses turned out. And I love that fence too. Can't wait to see the new pattern.
April 10, 2010 at 10:20 PM
Anonymous said…
I love those kinda visits. A cup of coffee, lovely weather....ahh.
April 11, 2010 at 10:33 PM
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