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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: September 2010

4 years ago.  I realized this week that when Will was Ellie’s age, he was crawling and pulling up.  Ellie looked like she’d crawl early, then decided she was perfectly happy just rolling everywhere. (And doesn’t this picture totally look like a fat Ellie?!)

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Our house is boring. Will.  Who spends a great deal of time discussing whether or not his house is boring or “the neighborhood friends’ house” is “cool yet.”  The 6 year old next door is to thank for this.  He has told Will on numerous occasions that our house is “cool” and his is “boring” […]

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two cups of tea and a 10 minute nap later… I’ll say something nice about Will.  One of my favorite of his phrases is “nice and cozy and snuggly.”  He says it so nicely, too.  Just hearing him say it makes me want to take a nap.  (Although that doesn’t say much.  At this point […]

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oooh–pretty

I love ripping out pages from Pottery Barn catalogs as inspiration for future quilts (especially the kids stuff–they have such adorable applique quilts).  I love this color combo:

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Is having one of those days of limited patience where I desperately wish Will didn’t have to say “Mommy?” requiring a “what?” before he says whatever it is he wants to say every 2 minutes.  Who else would he be talking to?!  I’m right here—just SAY WHATEVER NONSENSE YOU WANT TO SAY.  Because it’s all […]

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up next – a tablecloth for the kitchen table

A couple of weeks ago I recovered our disgusting kitchen chairs in this cute oilcloth stripe I found at our cute local store.  I’ve been so happy with them, but finding a tablecloth to match has been a little tricky.  I found one at Target that works okay, but there was definitely room for improvement.  […]

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