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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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Yearly Archives: 2011

careers

Will wants to be a farmer when he grows up.  This is the first time (that I remember) that he’s really settled onto an idea of what he wants to be.  He’s really excited about making vegetables and selling them to people.  Of course, he’s also entirely certain of the idea that he wants Ellie […]

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in the last twelve months

We have had two car crashes and two hospital visits in an ambulance.  From four separate occurrences.  I attempted to do battle with a curb today.  So upset with myself.  It snowed a decent amount last night, but Woodmen was completely clear and I’d been cruising on it for 15 minutes and was just totally […]

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christmas towels

These stay put towels are a huge hit.  That post has been on pinterest more than any of my other posts!!  (Which cracks me up because the tutorial isn’t even mine!) I made a couple for Christmas gifts and I just love how they came out!  (All of the towels are from Target.)  For the […]

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a christmas quilt a decade in the making

This one was officially in the realm of the UFOs.  Occasional sightings were made in the last decade of this project, a log cabin quilt I started in the final month of my senior year of high school, but for one reason or another, it would always find its way back to a drawer. In […]

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Today we went to Eddie Bauer in Briargate.  The last time we were there was with Granny and Poppa.  So we walk in the door to the shop and Ellie starts shouting at the top of her lungs “GRANNY!”  “POPPA!” as if they have simply been stuck in the checkout line for the last two […]

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The look Nic gave me at dinner today when I was describing what exactly is involved when an OB strips someone’s membranes makes me think that when I’m an L&D nurse I won’t be allowed to talk about work while he’s eating…

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