- The good thing about teaching online is I can work when I am in Florida
- The bad thing about teaching online is that I am working when I am in Florida
- Full-time this visit
- Might be reviewing that for next year
- Great visit with the son's future in-laws over Easter
- He has brought new friends into our lives
- Made a Slip on Suzie once I realized it was not summer in Maryland
- Made two standard sized muslins for the flower girl dresses
- This way I can try them on four little girls and see how the basic pattern needs to be adjusted
- Let's have a shout out for public libraries
- I belong here and they are amazing
- Where else in life are there so many super helpful people trying to give you a good time for free?
- Moved RV parks
- From the golf cart crowd to the bike riding crowd
- More room to spread out
- More our crowd
- Becoming friends with my dad's best friend
- Weird stuff happens as you move along
- Amazing how many things don't matter anymore
- Was decided in DC that I will be wearing merlot to the wedding
- As in fabric not being sloppy with the drinks
- I can do that
- Lady in G Street most helpful
- Going for a long skirt thing and a beaded/lacey top
- That way my head won't explode with the fitting
- No point in having a mother-of-the-groom with an exploded head
- Everyone else is taking dancing lessons for the reception
- My chances of getting the husband to do that are slim to none
- He is of the generation of men who think dancing has to do with facial expression not foot placement
- I usually disguise my rhythm by dancing with the kids
- Those four flower girls are going to come in handy
- Folks will just think I am an ace grandmother
- Corelle dishes are unbreakable until they break
- Then we are talking a million shatters
- Started on a second crochet top
- Just got to watch the how to sew it up video
- Still snowing at home
- Not here
- Off I go
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- Barbara
- I am a mother, a grandmother, and a teacher. But whatever happens in my life, I keep sewing. I have worked as a political communicator and now as a teacher in my formal life. I have also written extensively on sewing. I have been a frequent contributor and contributing editor of Threads magazine and the Australian magazine Dressmaking with Stitches. My book Sew.. the garment-making book of knowledge was published in May 2018 and is available for pre-order from Amazon
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