The Yellow Dog Project

Over the past couple of years we have adopted two shelter dogs. With a shelter dog with often come interesting quirks. 

For example- when we first got Annie she wouldn't eat unless one of us sat in the floor with her because she was afraid we would leave her and never come back. 

Both of our dogs have progressed so much , but they still have some difficult days.  Bandit has the most bad days.  In order to help our walks around the neighborhood go as smoothly as possible we tie a piece of yellow fabric to Bandit's leash so people understand to give her some extra space.

Learn more about the yellow dog project in my video.

My First Quilt

Craft and Harvest Festival

Superhero Day Wrap-Up

Weekend at the City

I've been visiting Silver Dollar City since I was 9 years old.  It is as near and dear to me as a second home or childhood friend!  Last month I got to take Jeremiah to SDC for his first time and we had a blast.  Here is a video showing some of the things we got to see and experience :)

My First Sewing Machine

I've mentioned on my history blog that this is a landmark year for the Singer Sewing Machine company. I myself own a few Singer sewing machines...and really like them.


Last night my mom came across my very first sewing machine in storage. It's a machine that I dearly loved and hoped had not been thrown out over the years. I remembered the sewing machine being white with clear blue areas...but had long since forgotten that it too was a Singer Sewing Machine.

I was probably somewhere between the ages of 7 and 9 when I was given this toy sewing machine. I used to get scraps of fabric from Mom, would sit down in my bedroom floor at the machine, put two together and sew several lines up, down and across until I thought it had enough stitching. Then start over with more pieces. I never mastered threading the machine so when the thread ran out I always had to have Mom come and rethread it (thankfully I've gotten over that...). Sadly after a decent amount of usage and a few fabric jams a plastic piece on the inside broke rendering the machine unusable.

I so glad to see my first sewing machine again. It’s really amazing how far I’ve come since the days of sewing on that machine in my bedroom floor!