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I’ve had it on my to do list to get to all the blog posts I owe from August on I’ve got 2 birthday parties, at least as many quilts, and a million other projects and recipes to share. Instead I’ll just go through my phone and show you what we’ve been doing via instagram. Honestly I just went through my photo stream and I haven’t even taken as many pictures as I normally do so you lucked out!     There has been knitting, lots, and lots of knitting. So much that I’ve also been hoarding yarn like it...

Sale Starts NOW Ends Tuesday 11/27/2012 That’s right because I’m in Birthday/Thanksgiving/Family Visiting Mode I’ve already added the coupon code PECANPIE30 for 30% OFF as active and they won’t expire until next 12:01 AM EST on Tuesday Novemeber 27. There are limited quantities of things like the Harvest Moon, Pumpkin Spice Latte, Cranberry Orange, Cranberry Fig, Frankincense & Myrrh and Candy Cane, so shop early if you want to make sure you get those items.Remember there are now two places to shop directly at Lana Bella and also on Etsy. Also in light of some of Etsy’s recent policy changes some items (like the Elderberry...

I know its been quiet and I owe you quite a few posts as to what has been going on, however Rory LOVES the Holiday Season. He was literally still in his halloween costume asking me how quickly I could get down the halloween stuff so he could start decorating for Christmas. To that 6 year old boy Christmas is a season from Nov 1-about Feb 1 when he starts preparing for his March Birthday. To him Christmas includes the Festival of St Nick, St Lucy Day, Hanukkah and all 12 days of Christmas. He tells us all the time...

Today is my 10th Anniversary. Its been 10 years since that morning my husband and I got in my car (running late because I couldn’t get my hair just right) and drove from my apartment in Springfield, MA up to Brattleboro, VT to get married. In jeans and a grey sweater and a thumb ring to make it official and keep it a secret while we planned a wedding. Along the way I also got pulled over for speeding. When I was asked what my hurry was by the police officer I excitedly said I was late for my own...

One morning a little over a week ago I started a load of laundry unfortunately the washer wouldn’t drain at all. The pump didn’t even seem to be making any noise at all and we had just cleaned the icky drain thingy, so we knew that wasn’t it. Steve went and looked up the washer part and we found we could order a new one but because our washer is over 7 years old it would take a couple of WEEKS to get the part in. NO WAY!! I still had a little wiggle room on the emergency credit card, after...