Author Archives: Jenna Magee

About Jenna Magee

IT professional, needleworker, editor/proofreader, author, singer, musician.

Familial Sadness

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

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

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

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!

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!

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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Best Out of Office Replies

I am currently out at a job interview and will reply to you if I fail to get the position. Be prepared for my mood. You are receiving this automatic notification because I am out of the office. If I … Continue reading

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Wet Willies

Did I get your attention with that subject? I just had to start off with that because I managed to accidentally gave myself a wet willy while I was doing dishes tonight. Hey, I had an itch in my ear … Continue reading

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Ouch!

Um… yeah, it’s official. Thursday night’s driving range outing has now caught up with both of us. Actually, it started last night, with numerous muscles in my back and shoulders starting to stiffen up. Today’s shower helped the situation a … Continue reading

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Exercise and Pet Peeves

No, I’m not talking about stitching as exercise. 🙂 Terry and I went to the driving range last night for an hour. Since it’s been probably 9 months or more since I last hit a golf ball, I had pretty … Continue reading

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