tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19265997343557183102011-04-21T18:17:59.992-04:00Manderly-Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07324495086284995737noreply@blogger.comBlogger631100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1926599734355718310.post-68688886756648585492009-05-17T21:41:00.002-04:002009-05-17T22:29:51.933-04:00

I have been on a voyage of self-discovery. Where should I be focusing my energy? What am I good at? What do I enjoy? I tell people that I'm searching for my bliss. That usually gets a few eyebrow raises. None-the-less, I've continued on my path, with hills and plataues. Have I found my way? I have found an interesting path for now, and I'm good with that.A week or so back I was in my comfort zone

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I'm pleased to report that I have self-published my first sewing pattern! Actually, an "instructional", as there are no pattern pieces. I've developed an easy to read format, diagrams, special notes, terms and definitions, and skill levels. The first one which I've named on-the-Go Clutch was included in a kit with all the components to make it, and sold out of the shop I work at. First though

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What have the kitties been up to? Well...Sophia Loren has moved out of the bedroom closet! She now lives behind a stack of books under a table in the living room. It appears to be her way of being close by me. She is standing up to Max and Cleo a little more each day. She still hates them.Last night she came out and meowed until I petted her. She stood on the floor in front of the couch for an

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I had the most amazing dinner tonight! The main course was the Shrimp and Scallops Grand Marnier. Now, I totally savored this and thought about what I was tasting so I can try to recreate it one day. I brought home a huge doggy bag because the portion was huge! My interpretation - butter/lemon/garlic/Grand Marnier sauce. Light, not over done, buttery in texture.Scallops and shrimp tasted like

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I disapeared for a few weeks. I do that sometimes when I get really focussed. So what's new?I developed a pattern. Well, I call it an "instructional" because there are no pattern pieces, just the instructions regarding how to cut what. It is for a clutch I designed to work with a larger bag that a friend of mine developed. Kind of a companion piece. I've got a first update that needs to be done,

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Cleo has a definite morning routine. Most days it goes like this:Start Time, between 7 and 8am... Wake up, come bounding out to find me, hop across me (on sofa) to get to the window, look outside a while. Hop back across, eat, drink, cover the food dish so no one else can eat. Jump up and lay next to me for petting and chin scratches. Jump down, dash to bedroom to see if Sophia Loren, the new

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A friend of mine turned 40 this week. To celebrate, she lined up a limo to pick a few of her friends up and transport us to another friend's house for a party. What a great idea! No driving, no going out to a bar or restaraunt, just a relaxing evening.The limo did the pick ups and we had some champaigne on the way to the party. It was Jordon, and if you've never tried it, do so! A really yummy

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I was at the drugstore picking up a couple things, and thought to myself how lucky I was that there were only two people in line at the counter. The parking lot was full, where was everyone?As I stepped into line I "felt" someone fall in behind me. Soon after the clerk called for assistance. I turned around and there were 10 people behind me!The clerk looked at me and asked, "Where did they all

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I got my first haircut this week in seven months. Yes, SEVEN. Why? Quite simply, like many Americans, I've cut back.Tuesday however, I declared, MY HAIR NEEDS A BAILOUT! A few of my friends tried to tell me over the past few months, "There are some things a girl can't go without." OK, I admit, seven months may have been extreme.My stylist, the amazing Stacy, kindly squeezed me into her busy day.

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Hi all! I wanted to take a moment and brag on my shirt class! I taught the shirt pictured over two evenings at ye olde workplace. I went into the second class fearful we would never finish - we had the collar, sleeves, buttons, buttonholes, and hems to do. I knew the collar would take a long time, as I had done it in the sample, so I bounced it off a pal at work. She showed me the coolest trick,

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My birthday was Friday. Many calls and emails from friends and family. Even got some traditional paper cards, signed, mailed with a stamp! One was about the 7 menapausal dwarves, which made me laugh.Yes, I'm oh so lucky to have entered the wild world of peri-menapause symptoms in my VERY early 40's. Makes for some interesting days :-)Anyhow, I've had three birthday dinners in three days. All

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As concerned citizens I’m sure most of us at one time or another have been confronted with the question of lead poisoning. But have you asked yourself what your government is doing to protect your children from lead contained in toys? The answer? They're banning toys, taking books from schools and libraries, hurting low income families, killing entrepreneurial spirit and risking putting the

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Somehow, someway, Max and Cleo got their paws on the remote today. I came home to my television on the Spanish speaking news channel.I never knew that they were taking Spanish lessons! No wonder they ignore me, I'm talking to them in English :-)For those waiting to see what Ally-cat looks like, here she is. First, in her cat carrier (one of her happy places), looking quite P.O.'d. Second, when

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Once upon a time there was a cat named Cassie. She was the most stubborn cat ever to walk the earth. She once stayed under the bed for a week. Sadly she died two years ago, and was apparently reincarnated in a kitty named Ally.Day 7, Ally will not leave the bedroom. Rarely comes out from under the bed. When she does, she goes into the cat carrier next to the bed.She now permits Cleo to come and

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I don't know what happened here today when I was at work, but I witnessed a near miracle when I got home...Ally and Cleo sniffed each others faces! Ally still won't leave the bedroom, but she is much more tolerant tonight. I can't wait to see what happens tomorrow after work!I have to share a work story. A gal today was trying to install her old software on a new PC. Most required Vista

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Let's start with the new kitty update. She is out from under the bed, but she will not leave the bedroom. She spends a lot of time in her cat carrier, I guess that is her "happy place". She lets me pick her up and give her luvins, but she hisses and growls at Max and Cleo. They in turn are curious, but she won't let them anywhere near her. It's quite amusing!OK, time for the monthly Etsy Bloggers

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I'm sure that Ally has been in the bedroom now for a full 25 hours. I've seen her out from under the bed once, about an hour ago. She made it to the hallway before Cleo saw her and chased her back under the bed.Cleo goes in periodically to see if she is still there. She must be exhausted!Max is mostly ignoring her. Once in a while he checks things out, but mostly he's hangin' on the couch

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Aaaaahhhh the joys of introducing new kitties to a household.I carried in the cat-carrier with Ally inside, and let Max and Cleo sniff at it, her sniff at them.Instant growling, by Ally! Max and Cleo sat side by side, giving me a perplexed look, sniffed again (in unison), then turned to each other with looks on their faces that clearly said, "What the f@#* was that?"Cleo followed a safe distance

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As Max and Cleo lay sleeping in thier respective places, I am sitting here awaiting the arrival of the newest addition to the household. Ally, whose name reflects her being an alley cat, is at the vet being groomed, primped, and made all shiney and new, so that she can come live with us.Ally is the kitty of some little girls I know who had to find her a new home, and asked me to take her. How

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Happy Monday! I am posting this via my trusty Blackberry. Yes, my name is Penny and I am a Blackerry-a-holic.I have found that I can do most internet related things via Blackberry. I've become quite the Twitter person, I read blogs, check my favorite news sites, Google everything, email, research, update my blog...but I can't seem to log into Etsy. THAT makes me nuts!The only thing I'm not

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Way back in September I got this speeding ticket. I question it because I was cited for 10 over the speed limit, which is the next fine bracket, and I really don't think I was going that fast where they said I was. I don't believe I could have slowed for traffic at the intersection safely if I was going that fast. Also, it was a speed trap for a school zone. The sign for the zone only faces

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Greetings! A quick note to say that I have not had access to the internet in a while, so I'm slow on the postings. I am at a friend's place enjoying a glass of wine and using her laptop. Kitties are doing great, gearing up for the new kitty who should be arriving in the next few weeks. Heaven help us all! Max may never recover from another kitty invading his domain.I am working full time and

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Happy Sunday everyone. I hope all of you survived the holiday and are settling in to celebrate the coming new year. How many of you got new toys with which to create? I've seen on Twitter some sewing machines and a Cricut that Santa delivered across the land, oh the lucky folks with their new toys!I got my Janome Memory Craft 11000 serviced for Christmas. Once a year, servicing is a good thing.

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Greetings! This is Max and Cleo taking a moment out of our very busy schedules to wish you and yours all the holiday greetings that we could think of. We hope that everyone has a safe, happy holiday, whichever one you celebrate!We also wanted to share a photo that was sent to the mama yesterday. She showed it to us and said that this is why we don't get one of those pretty Christmas Trees are our

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Hello all! As a member of Etsy Bloggers Street Team, I must do three things each month. First, I must write a bit about the monthly featured blogger. You'll see a link each month to that shop on the right side of the screen. This month is Spotted Cow Soaps, handcrafted in the heart of Vermont. We're talking some of my favorite things here, with all handmade soaps, lotions, oils, scrubs, how

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Announcement: I am now on ArtFire! I have a small amount of merchandise available at my new ArtFire shop. Yes, I still have an Etsy shop as well. Those addresses are:www.manderlyrose.etsy.com www.manderlyrose.artfire.comI will be adding more merchandise to both after the first of the year. I have some new items I would like to bring in, and have just not had time to make up.I have lowered

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Beginning today, I will provide tips and techniques for a variety of things "creative" on Sundays. Why? Knowledge is Power :-) I'm calling them Sunday Studio Tips, and I'm including a picture of my studio (before I loaded it up with all my stuff) so you can see where I work, (when I'm not working of course!) I love the pink and black. I worked with the nice man at the Benjamin Moore counter for

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Who out there still has way too much sewing/crafting/creating to do in preparation for the holidays? ME TOO!My stomach decided to boycott the rest of my body over the weekend. It came on slowly beginning on Sunday, and by Monday night I was just plain miserable. Really slowed me down, although I did try to get some things done. Now I have all this catching up to do. I think it was brought on by

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Had dinner at a friend's house last night. She has two dogs, one a Jack Russell named Lucy. Quite a character. Races around, so much energy. Through the course of the evening, dogs went out a few times, normal. At one point we realized, Lucy wasn't in the house. Uh oh...Checked out back, no Lucy. There was however, the slimmest chance she could have gotten out under the gate. So we

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I got to use the Baby Lock 6 needle embroidery machine today. SOOO diferent from my Janome 11000. I got lots of threading practice, what with 15 color changes and all! Each machine has its own personality, each its own little process to follow. I growled at it, I snarled at it, I whined, but I eventually got the tea towel embroidered with a Christmas motif. Whew!I hope to own one someday, it

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Or not...actually, I work on Wednesday, nothing to wild about that. I need to pick some fabrics for my samples soon, for classes that I'm teaching after the first of the year. I'm going to teach a basic men's shirt class (very cool Kwik Sew pattern, looks like a bowling shirt), One Seam Pants (no side seam, an amazing pattern by Louise Cutting), a "green" grocery market bag, and the Sophia Bag

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Greetings! The holiday weekend is over! I will be notifying blog giveaway winners shortly, yay for the folks who entered! I got so caught up in making key tags this weekend, I even made a new one for me. Yup, I gotta cool key tag.I made a new banner tonight, I kind of like it. IF I were to put up my Christmas tree and and all the accompaniments, it would be quite Victorian looking, with beads,

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FREE SHIPPING ALL ITEMS IN MY SHOP THROUGH MIDNIGHT ET TONIGHT!Blog giveaway, drop a note, enter to win a key tag! Winners will be contacted this week.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Happy Monday. Always a Manic Monday (still love that song after all these years). I get to go to the post office today to mail key tags! Thanksgiving shoppers were kind to me, have a few to go out. They are fun to

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FREE SHIPPING on all items in my Etsy shop, plus doing a blog giveaway.Drop a comment if you'd like to be in the running for a personalized Key Tag. I'll contact winners next week to determine thier "personalization". They are great tags, acrylic, personalized to suit you!Free Shipping and Blog Giveaway end at MIDNIGHT MONDAY DECEMBER 1, 2008~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Happy Sunday!

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Free Shipping on all items in my shop through Cyber Monday. Key Tag Giveaway! Drop a comment, five lucky people will get their choice of a key tag or bag tag, personalized of course!I read an article about a stampede at a Wal-Mart in Long Island which resulted in a man losing his life this morning. I have to wonder, how many other stores did that happen at this Black Friday? So terribly sad that

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Greetings this Thanksgiving evening! Now that we are all full of turkey, potatoes, gravy, veggies, sweet potatoes, pie, it's time to think about shopping! Tomorrow is Black Friday, how are you spending it? Avoid the lines and the early wake up calls, and shop on line at my Etsy shop!Now through midnight Monday you will receive FREE SHIPPING on all items in my shop. Would you like a custom key tag

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I will be offering free shipping on all items in my shop beginning at 12:01am Thursday November 27, and ending at midnight on Monday December 1. I will also be giving away a key tag a day between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday. That's FIVE key tags looking for a new home! To participate, please leave a comment on my blog on those days, and I'll pull names out of a hat...or a knitted cap :-) I will

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So much to do! I was attacked by the nasty cold thing floating around, am finally feeling on the upside of that. Alas, not much has gotten done, and I have to come up with something to take to Thanksgiving dinner. Not a clue what I'll do. I can't believe it's already Thanksgiving week!Kitties have loved that I've not been well, they lay on and around me while I rest. Sometimes they use me as a

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The mama is still recovering from The Biggest Loser. She has taken to yelling at the TV on Tuesday nights. I always know it's Tuesday by her yelling things like "arg the blue team!". I am usually trying to sleep on the couch when she is doing this. Last night she kept disrupting me, and even Cleo had to move from the back of the couch to the other room. This of course made me happy, as I prefer

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Don't you hate it when you are minding your own business and you start to hear that the toilet hasn't stopped filling, and then you realize that you are really hearing water hitting the floor because the toilet hasn't stopped running? Yes, my toilet tank overflowed. Not the bowl, no, I'm special. The tank! There I stood, pulling the stopper up to re-flush (over and over), trying to bail water

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Thursday. Not an exciting day of the week. In between the middle and the end. For me it's all about ER, Ugly Betty, CSI, and Grey's. One of the best nights on television. They all get recorded on the dvr, then I watch them later. My sewing class went well. I love seeing the fabrics people pick out, I feel like they are windows to a persons personality. We had some amazing combinations. I

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I've spent the morning in the forums, tweeting, ok, reading tweets, and reading blogs. I got some feedback on my wedding hanky pics, and was able to squeak out a couple picture updates. I like the blue background. I'll fiddle with black also, but alas, the morning is gone and I must get to work! I am going in later today as I'm teaching my first official sewing class tonight. I have my outline

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Without giving away the ending so as not to spoil it for anyone, I just have to get this off my chest. I do not like the Blue Team. I take that back, I don't like most of the Blue Team. I missed the episode where Phil apparently pushed their buttons and they decided to get rid of him, so I don't really get that whole animosity thing. I truly hope that they are not as they are portrayed. I

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Happy Monday! It was so nice out last night that I opened a window to enjoy the cool air all night long...and woke this morning with the most hillacious sinus/migraine, and completely congested. I wonder what wonderful pollen is floating around out there? I'm basically allergic to everything that grows. Grass, trees, flowers, molds, dogs, kitties...yes, kitties. Living with severe allergies

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If it's Sunday, it's catch-up-on-things-that-have-not-gotten-done-this-week day. AND...spend quality time with the kitties day! Yes, they do demand their quality time...Today's To-Do list includes...- Trim the kitties nails. They are way too long, and my furniture is way to pretty. May need to sit on them, I hate trimming their nails... Max, 6 years old, Sealpoint Siamese with the cutest white

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I have worked hard all week at the new job. I like it, great people, tons of fabric, wonderful sewing/quilting/embroidery machines and sergers to drool over. Yesterday I got to learn how to use the mac-daddy Babylock...Elegante machine, yes, I pretty sure it was that one! It's so different from my mac-daddy Janome 11000. We stitched out an amazingly digitized zebra design, hanging out on the

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I actually dozed off on Election night, before all the projections were done. I awoke in time to hear CNN declare a presidential winner. I'm glad I woke up, I would have hated to miss that! I watched the speeches and am now getting ready to go back to sleep. An early election night for a change. I mean, living in Florida, I really didn't know what to anticipate...So here are my thoughts on

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OK, I totally forgot about daylight savings time. Last night I wondered when it started getting dark so early. Tonight I realized it's very early and I'm suddenly sitting in the dark. My clock is my cable box, my watch is my cell phone, and all those plus my computer automatically updated. I suppose I need to watch the news once in a while or something...

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I've not gotten a lot done today. I was off today, so I slept a lot (still recovering from my first Saturday at new job), and I did a little laundry, worked on some knitting, played with the kitties.Tried to take new product pics but...batteries died. This is SO not good. My camera just goes through them like kids eat candy, or kitties eat their food. I'm not sure why. I never have enough on hand

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I decided last minute to join my friends for Halloween. I was driving home from work and just decided that would be more fun than going home and pretending I wasn't home because I had no candy to give out. I know, I'm bad, but it was a busy week!As is the tradition, we all met at someones house for pizza and beverages, took a group pic of the kids, and then set out. The men stayed behind to give

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Where has the month gone? It's nearly November! I'm sitting here in a COOL home, yes, we finally have a cool snap. In fact, my heater clicked on very early this morning. Considering I have it set for 65, I suppose I'm glad it did. The a/c has not run for almost three days. THAT's amazing. I posted my first knitting pattern to Etsy last night. I developed it last year as a Christmas gift

Manderly-Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07324495086284995737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1926599734355718310.post-68613240439387837742008-10-26T19:29:00.004-04:002008-10-26T21:14:34.883-04:00

I may have almost caught up on my sleep. Some say you can, some say you can't, but I like to think I can. My body feels better, that's for darn sure. Sundays tend to be "all about me". I sleep in if I feel like it, I may not get dressed in a timely manner, I may not even brush my hair if I don't have to leave the house. The kitties like their quality time with me, and I tend to do things that I

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I slept a record 11 hours last night! OK, some may think that foolish, some may ask why that's a big deal. Sleep is a big deal to me. I've been getting less and less of it lately, so last night when I was dozing off at 7pm, I just gave into it. I missed NCIS, I missed The Biggest Loser, but I feel so GREAT this morning! I did wake about 2am, but fell back to sleep soon after. That too is a

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I was taught to never discuss religion, salary, or politics. For the most part, I live by that. It is rare that I'll get into a discussion with anyone, as I have a beleif system, it works for me, and I feel it's personal. I also don't like to be saved or converted, so those are the topics I steer away from. Until today.May I just say that I am OVER this whole political season? I think it's

Manderly-Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07324495086284995737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1926599734355718310.post-27306160188927349742008-10-18T08:42:00.004-04:002008-10-18T08:53:14.956-04:00

My head is still exploding. I had the pleasure of going to the Kaffe Fassett lecture last night. Two hours of Kaffe, photos of his work and inspirations, and him just telling us what he does. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. I held back the ooooos and aaahhhhs as I didn't think that was appropriate, but it was like watching fireworks or something. I love people who are not afraid of color. My spare bedroom (I

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These days, I try to spend Halloween with my friends. They live in a great neighborhood, and the parents and kids there get together for pizza (and beer) and then head out for group trick-or-treating (with a wagon holding an ice chest of beer). We walk for a few hours, watch the kids do their thing, visit, it's a whole lot of fun. Plus, I don't have to give out candy at my house. So much pressure

Manderly-Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07324495086284995737noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1926599734355718310.post-79636519997871489502008-10-14T19:50:00.008-04:002008-10-14T20:24:17.550-04:00

Hi all, happy Tuesday! It is mid-October, and it was STILL in the upper 80's today. While I LOVE living in Florida, it is this time of year that I begin to hope for one or two cool evenings that only Fall can bring. I'm thinking fall is going to skip over us this year, and we'll be sitting pool side at Thanksgiving again. Don't get me wrong, that's actually fun. I'm sure it will cool off

Manderly-Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07324495086284995737noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1926599734355718310.post-1482658516792386532008-10-12T09:42:00.010-04:002008-10-12T10:36:19.373-04:00

Last night I was catching up with programs recorded on my DVR, and I watched the Oprah show from a week or two back that had Christina Applegate on talking about her breast cancer, as well as other guests that have been impacted by the disease. I had to cry a few times, as the people and the stories never cease to touch me. I did volunteer work for our local Race for the Cure some years back, and

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These days I am repeating the mantra "I'm very lucky, there are people in this world with bigger problems than I have." I think it's true, we can have a huge ole pitty party, or we can be thankful for what we have and what is working, and remember that there is ALWAYS someone with bigger fish to fry. I know a couple people who have had a week...a week I don't know how I would handle in thier

Manderly-Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07324495086284995737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1926599734355718310.post-78871787339904966852008-10-03T08:07:00.005-04:002008-10-03T08:12:47.500-04:00

yay! I figured out how to put mini Etsy on my blog. OK, many of you may be shaking your heads saying "who doesn't know that???" I confess to being a newbie at most of this stuff. I've not had time to be creative this week, as I've been working at my favorite yarn shop extra hours. It's so nice there, all that wonderful yarn, so many patterns, so many talented customers. The owner is a dear

Manderly-Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07324495086284995737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1926599734355718310.post-9354136980375938972008-10-01T09:24:00.006-04:002008-10-01T09:57:59.382-04:00

I've been "tagged" by akeepersjackpot, a fellow Etsy shop keeper. The name of the game is to learn about people, so I need to list six things about myself...and I need to tag five others. I shall randomly choose them from the etsy bloggers...Please take a few minutes to visit these shops, they have some cool stuff! At some point I'll learn how to do mini shops, but for now, take my word on it

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Big day! This afternoon I finished a light box of sorts that I've been working on, so that I could take better photos of the things I'm posting on Etsy. Cleo, ever the helpful kitty, immediatly jumped in the lightbox. What followed was a variety of poses, her cleaning herself all all the wrong places, and basic intrusion on my photography time. I would toss her out, she'd jump back in, and so

Manderly-Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07324495086284995737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1926599734355718310.post-45064970074760213222008-09-26T21:21:00.015-04:002008-09-28T19:58:49.644-04:00

I decided to start a blog to keep in touch with folks interested in manderly rose. It's a little shop on Etsy that sells some fun and unique things.I have spent the past few months fine tuning what I might sell, designing the perfect solutions, and in some cases, giving friends some of my prototypes to test in the form of birthday and graduation gifts :-) This weekend I'll be posting my first

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