tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-217549222011-04-21T14:42:10.696-04:00This is my personal blog. Comments on whatever strikes my interest will be found here. Yes, I am a quilter!Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06484905712791595947noreply@blogger.comBlogger101100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21754922.post-24835190860473532682008-09-29T09:49:00.002-04:002008-09-29T10:19:35.989-04:00

First, I really need to sound off on this whole "hockeymom" and lipstick bs. I am a mom whose son happens to be a hockey player. I am not a Pitt Bull in Lipstick -- never have been and never will be. In fact. I've known some moms of hockey players who I would call pitt bulls, and they were so obnoxious they were banned from the rink. I've also known football moms, soccer moms, cheerleader moms

Quiltsrwarmnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21754922.post-81019922460422320592008-05-14T09:24:00.002-04:002008-05-14T09:31:28.426-04:00

If anyone has ever messed with grapevines, you'll understand what I write. We have two long rows of vines, some for the table, some for wine. None have been trellised, yet. Now with the growing season gearing up, those plants are just going nuts! We have vines EVERYWHERE! And little clusters of grapes at every node. I swear, everything just popped double time this year -- double the flowers on

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Well, I've decided I need a job and the kids need to get back into school. I really enjoyed the challenges provided by homeschooling, but I've missed adult contact terribly. In a rural area, I've found that the lack of age-appropriate activities (most activities take place after public school lets out or focuses on the pre-school set) within a short driving distance makes it very difficult and

Quiltsrwarmnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21754922.post-54600008109271575282007-12-24T10:31:00.000-05:002007-12-24T10:48:34.514-05:00

I looked over this blog and realized that I haven't been keeping up with it -- only two posts this entire year! Egad!Wine UpdateI have four varieties going at the moment:Organic StrawberryOrganic PeachBlueberry Mead (another batch -- yum!)Wild Black Cherry/Chokecherry/Elderberry6 gallons of blueberry will be started soon....I can't wait to try them next year! I was bummed we couldn't do a

Quiltsrwarmnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21754922.post-5767440637624922072007-11-03T20:12:00.000-04:002007-11-04T00:08:23.975-04:00

General Goat CommentaryPeeeyewww! Imagine the smell of a buck in rut -- I'm talking about a male goat, mind you. If you've never had the pleasure of being in the company of a buck goat getting himself all gussied-up for his does, you haven't missed much. Unless you like watching a goat pee on his own face, lick it, rub it on his legs... Ugh! For some reason, the doe-ladies love the buck's stench,

Quiltsrwarmnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21754922.post-36633329184339663632007-09-20T09:07:00.000-04:002007-09-30T00:09:50.077-04:00

Phew! I hadn't realized that it has been more than a year since I last posted to my personal blog! Wow... Not that many people read it, but it is fun to write and good exercise for my fingers.I am a winemaker, I make wines mostly out of oddball fruits because I don't have access to organic wine grapes in my area. I'm working on growing them, but the deer love the vines, too! Blueberry wine is my

Quiltsrwarmnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21754922.post-1140038873548377352006-02-15T16:25:00.000-05:002006-11-13T23:33:18.374-05:00

Well, the white cat my dog almost ate ended up adopting a neighbor... :) I was pleased to hear she found a home. We think she may have been dumped because she's used to being indoors, prefers to eat out of a bowl, and loves people. Definitely not feral. Too bad people care so little for their pets that they feel they can just dump them in the country for other folks to take care of.

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I've discovered knitting... I'd love to quilt, but I need a sewing room for that and it is way in the future. So, smaller scale projects are what I'm working on, now, and I finished my first hat. My husband calls it my seaweed hat (funky lime/green fuzzy yarn), but I love it! My kids have even been inspired to knit... I need to add a couple of inches to the bottom of my hat, though, I started

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Well, I think I've recovered enough from this episode that I can type! I was working on my other blogs when I heard my dog just yelp like she was being dragged off the porch. Our dog is a large dog, 80lbs., and stays outside with roaming rights (we live in the middle of a lot of land, lots of space for her). So, thinking I might be dealing with another dog or coyote, I, of course, opened the

Quiltsrwarmnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21754922.post-1138715072493642072006-01-31T08:41:00.000-05:002006-11-13T23:33:17.796-05:00

Ok, now I'm a blog addict, officially... It has only been two days since I started up two blogs and I can't get enough of them! What is the draw to putting your own thoughts on monitor and letting the world view them? I think it must be the thrill of control -- OK, now I have my OWN bulletin board, I have the power to control content on that bulletin board, hail the almighty keyboard! :)

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