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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 .

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Yearly Archives: 2010

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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a baby quilt for my four daughters

I finished this quilt in 2001, in my senior year of high school.  I had been collecting fat quarters in these pastels for a while and I remember being totally over-the-moon that I used up almost every scrap.  I was sure that I was going to grow up and have four girls, and that this […]

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Will has friends over.  I love that he’s not too old to come to me for a hug when his feelings are hurt.  In a few years I know if I even LOOK at him he’ll be all “MAAHHHM.  Stop.  Embarrassing.  Me.”

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