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    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 .

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Monthly Archives: January 2011

to make his mommy smile

So I know you’re here for the fabric pictures not gratuitous stories about my wee ones, but seriously, this has to be blogged.  I had totally forgotten about it, but was downloading a memory card today and found these pictures and my heart went all melty. As we were putting away Christmas ornaments the day […]

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wip: sherbet pips quilt–all 20 blocks!

This week is a light sewing week for me.  I had a bunch of accounting and editing to do on the work front, and on a personal front, we bought a car, Ellie’s first birthday party is Saturday, and my sister-in-law and brother-in-law will also be visiting. I did finish up the blocks for the […]

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Oh Eloise, you’re fired. Will, exasperated with Ellie while they were playing.

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Will is pushing Ellie around in a laundry hamper making train noises while I work up the energy to make dinner…it’s like American Childhood Cliches over here.

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I had no idea how often I say the word ‘jerk’ until I heard Will say it to Nic during game smack-talk the other day.  I was all “where on EARTH did he get that?!” and then I heard myself say it about once an hour and realized.  Oh.  It’s me.  Better jerk than douche […]

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