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Lots of Thoughts - Dec 3, 2017

It's been forever since I've had time to blog...............I want to, but I rarely have the extra time to actually put my thoughts on paper.  That creative writer in me cries, and the angry advocate rages at all the missed opportunities to vocalize concerns.  Sometimes, I try to placate these two, but emotions are so often impossible to quell with sentiment. American society is in a state of flux - it's horrible.  Even now, as I have chili in the crockpot and pumpkin roasting in the oven to make some pumpkin butter tomorrow, my mind wants desperately to take some time and process out all the thoughts jumbled in there. First..........I am utterly disappointed in the NFL and the players for their spoiled sense of superiority and entitlement.  If the non-white players feel exploited, then stop taking the millions of dollars in pay and instead turn that money over to causes.  It is the greed of the franchise and the owners that has created the situation, not th...

Shabby Chic Bib Necklace

Bib necklaces seem to be popular right now, and a simple search will yield several blogs, websites, etc sporting photos of some finished products.  I, of course, always want to make it for myself, so I have been looking around for examples and products.  I finally settled on a pattern I liked.  My ideal is a combination of the three pictures shown here.  I have already mastered making the flowers, so I just need to work on assembling. Since I finished graduate school, it seems all I want to do is make up for lost time and to craft, craft, craft.  I am finishing up the new chair cushions for my wicker chairs today, too.  I have made a couple of halter re-fashions, and I have my pattern ready to make some shopping bags since Austin is gonna be a plastic bag free city by 2013.  My true goal is to build my etsy.com store, but I have some reservations, fear maybe, that nothing really sells there.  All fear aside!!  Think this should become...