The girls are on their spring break so we took a few days in sunny Portugal. I wanted to spend a nature filled vacation instead of seeing a city this time. We went to the area called Algarve – it’s along the very bottom edge of Portugal. We spent our time hiking along beaches and…

This week I sewed all my blocks together and ordered some batting. I also sewed a row of squares all around the edge. They will wrap around the quilt to make a colorful edge on the back. Brian had a trip to the US so I had some fabric ordered there and Brian just brought…

We decided to take one last winter walk this weekend. We went to the same place as I showed in this post, but who would know it. We couldn’t see a thing! Riding on the gondola was erie – all we could see ahead and behind, above and below were the cables disappearing into the fog.…

Please do not leave me home alone with the double creme. – your jiggly-in-the-middle wife

This morning Bea left for her school ski trip. They left at 7:00 a.m. for 3 days in Davos and I expect she’s on the snowy slopes by now. Claire gets to go for a day trip tomorrow. They call it a snow day but instead of staying home because of snow it’s a day…