Monthly Archives: August 2005

Sudberry House Visit

Posted on August 13, 2005 by Jenna Magee

Here’s my S.E.X. report from my visit to the Sudberry House garage sale last Saturday, in a nutshell: Spent $89 (before tax) on $470 worth of retail goods. Savings? $381; over 80% off of retail. Fun factor? PRICELESS! Purchased: Qty: … Continue reading →

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Catching Up and Summer Intern Exit

Posted on August 13, 2005 by Jenna Magee

Okay, let me try this again. I was quite a ways into this post when my touchpad started skipping all over the place and in an effort to reset it, I somehow lost the entire post. I’m not having good … Continue reading →

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Intern Project Finished!

Posted on August 12, 2005 by Jenna Magee

Okay, so I actually finished the stitching and cutting on Wednesday night, but I didn’t get it ironed, stitched to the bellpull hardware and scanned until Thursday night. Sue me, I’m slow. 🙂 I really rushed through this one pretty … Continue reading →

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Why Is It …. ?

Posted on August 11, 2005 by Jenna Magee

Why do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries are getting weak? Why do banks charge a fee on “insufficient funds” when they know there is not enough? Why does someone believe you when you … Continue reading →

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Familial Sadness

Posted on August 10, 2005 by Jenna Magee

I know I said that I wasn’t going to post anything intelligent today, but it’s a significant date which depresses me and I just can’t ignore it. Today is my brother’s birthday. One year ago today, I posted about finding … Continue reading →

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Stitching Blogger’s Question of the Week – 08/10/2005

Posted on August 10, 2005 by Jenna Magee

I’m successfully getting the Wednesday notices of the next Stitching Blogger’s Question, so I’m going to start trying to keep up with these from now on. This week’s question is: What do you do with the framed stitching that you … Continue reading →

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Late Night Stitching

Posted on August 9, 2005 by Jenna Magee

I’ve just spent the last 3 hours stitching the scotch stitch border on my rendition of Victoria Sampler’s Spring Banner for my intern. It looks lovely, but once again I find myself wondering if I’m truly that slow of a … Continue reading →

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Ode to Peter Jennings

Posted on August 8, 2005 by Jenna Magee

I was going to blog today about our trip to Connecticut this weekend, but in light of today’s startling news of the passing of ABC News anchor/icon Peter Jennings, I felt it inappropriate to banter about my own small triumphs. … Continue reading →

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We’re in Connecticut!

Posted on August 5, 2005 by Jenna Magee

We arrived a little after 3PM and were ravenous, so we immediately went to the hotel, checked in and went in search of some early dinner. When we came back from dinner, we read through some tourist information to see … Continue reading →

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Mystic, CT – Here We Come!

Posted on August 4, 2005 by Jenna Magee

We’re in south Jersey for the night to drop off the dog and get a little closer to CT to start. We’ll be leaving (hopefully) around 9 AM tomorrow and driving up to Mystic. Saturday morning we’re aiming to be … Continue reading →

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