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Seth Grahame-Smith

Seth Grahame-Smith

I’d read really good reviews about the book “Pride and Prejudice and  Zombies” by Seth Grahame-Smith, and it is pretty hilarious.  Of course, it’s more funny if you know the story of P&P first...

Dan Brown

Dan Brown

I finished Dan Brown’s “The Lost Symbol” and I was very, very impressed. Of course, it was a thrilling, page-turning story. But it was the meticulous research that’s mind-blowing to me. While I was...

Memory Wire Bracelets

Memory Wire Bracelets

In the Creative Home Arts club magazine, there were some craft projects using memory wire to make bracelets.  I thought that looked like fun and wanted to try it (granted, I think alot of...

Locker Hooking

Locker Hooking

I bought this book through my crafting book club, and I can’t wait to try it.  Locker hooking is kinda the reverse of latch hooking (which I did as a teenager and I still...

Web Site Cleaning

Web Site Cleaning

Today I’m doing Fall cleaning on my websites. I have to check all the “shops” on my Favorite Online Shops blog and website. Some have changed shopping carts so the current links don’t work....

Afternoon Snacks

Afternoon Snacks

As I said in an earlier post, I’m a snackoholic, and I graze all through the day.  I tend to eat a smaller lunch, then have a snack in the afternoon to hold me...

Titania Hardie

Titania Hardie

My sister gave me this as a gift last Christmas, and I’ve just finished reading it now. It’s such fun – riddles within riddles. The descendants of John Dee pass down a secret from...

Basket for Basket Bingo (Part 2)

Basket for Basket Bingo (Part 2)

While I was in crochet basket mode, I thought I’d be really helpful and make a basket that could be used for a raffle prize at our upcoming bingo fundraiser. This basket is made...

Basket for Basket Bingo

Basket for Basket Bingo

The basket bingo is just a few days away and I’ve been assembling prizes for the “balloon burst”. I had a small silver-plated jewelry box and wanted to put it in a basket, but...

Cornelia Funke

Cornelia Funke

I’d been wanting to read the Inkheart trilogy by Cornelia Funke for ages, so I finally read Inkheart the other day.  While it was good and I’m kinda curious about what happens in the...