The Sewing Mom

I’ll never forget the morning of 9/11. As I was getting my daughter ready to catch the bus for one of her first days of kindergarten, I was horrified as I watched the television and saw an airplane fly into the second World Trade Center tower. Today is a day that will never be forgotten and in honor this day, please watch this video.

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Tags: 9/11, anthem, national anthem

What do you think of when you hear “Cartier”? Personally, I think of jewelry, diamonds, rubies, emeralds, gold, you name it, Cartier designs with it and it always turns into something beautiful. When my husband thinks of Cartier, he thinks immediately of watches.

If I won the lottery, I’d be purchasing this watch for my husband for our upcoming wedding anniversary. Isn’t it beautiful? This Cartier Pasha watch has an 18K rose gold casing set with diamonds and a brown leather strap. My husband would be thrilled to add this watch to his watch collection and I would be thrilled if I could give it to him!

Did you know that the House of Cartier was founded in 1847? The founder, Louis-François Cartier, was a master jeweler to the crowned heads of Europe. He became known for designing pieces with elegance and fine craftsmanship. The tradition was continued with Cartier watches.

I recently asked my husband how many watches he owned.  I was very surprised when he told me 12 or 13!  I thought he owned 4 or 5.  While they’re definitely not in the price range of the Cartier watches, they’re not inexpensive watches either.  He enjoys the antique watches and those with automatic movement.  He recently acquired a box that holds a watch and regularly rotates to keep the watch movements in action.  One of these days I hope to find a way for him to have all of his watches on display, they are all beautiful and deserve that.

Tags: cartier, watches

Texas is under severe weather alerts and keeping a weather eye on Hurricane Ike, currently in the Gulf of Mexico.

Ike will more than likely make landfall sometime early Saturday morning and then move quickly north covering most of East Texas, including the Dallas area.  While Ike is expected to weaken to a tropical storm as it moves across land, but Dallas can expect 4-6 inches or more of rainful, gusty winds and toranadoes may develop.  We may expect sustained winds of anywhere from 30-50 mph.

Needless to say, we will be battening down the hatches and pulling in all of the patio furniture.  We are receiving direction to tie down or put away anything that is not permanently attached.  Right now, we are definitley experiencing the calm before the storm.

Tags: Dallas, hurricane, Ike, weather