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  • Welcome to my blog!

    Hi! I'm Traci. I'm a Registered Nurse who loves quilting, knitting, cross stitch, and the great outdoors. In my pre-scrubs life, I owned Real Photography, and you can still see my old wedding and portrait photography site here .

    I've created a map that shows links to our camping/hiking/general family fun review posts that you can find here. It's pretty much the coolest thing on this site. Thanks, Google!

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Yearly Archives: 2010

a day in the life apron

I tracked down this ‘day in the life of a mom’ fabric like a dog tracking down a squirrel.  I was pretty much foaming at the mouth.  I love it.  I want to make my entire house out of it.  If you are a mom of a little boy, it will call to you like […]

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new look

Spent some time on a new look for the blog today.  I’d been waiting on my photography blog redesign before really going to town on this one, but I got antsy today for a change. I’m planning on a cute little sewing blog watermark and some sidebars with easy to access category links and other […]

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merry christmas to me!

I was stalking the UPS man pretty hard core yesterday, because I was expecting my very own SHERBET PIPS!!!!! I got a fat quarter pack and a layer cake because I knew I wouldn’t be able to cut into one without having the other.  (And a PS to Moda–fabric is hard enough to cut into […]

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Here’s a sticker for you, Mom. Because you’re great. Will, adorning me with a smiley face sticker after my workout.  I got two other stickers in the next five minutes—one for “being so good at your dances” and another “because I love you.” 

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