The Sewing Mom

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Cryo-Cell International. All opinions are 100% mine.

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I get asked many times “where did you get you sewing skills?” Well, I really believe I inherited many of my skills from my mom! You see, we grew up watching her sew, whether she was making our clothes, clothes for our dolls, or piecing quilts.

As we all got married and went our own way, we have always remained close and we discovered several years ago that we all have a love for fabric and for creating things with it. We have even been know to head of to parts unknown, just to track down a new quilt shop or attend a quilt show!

Here is a shot of my mom, the leader of this quilting group, my sisters Karen and Grace. This was one get together I didn’t make it too, but they are showing off the tabletoppers/wallhangings they made.

So you see, I really do think the sewing gene ran in the family!

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Ramblers Way. All opinions are 100% mine.

My husband’s primary reason for moving to Texas that he has repeated to me over and over again for the last 3 years is that he HATES the cold weather of the midwest. Well dear, maybe you haven’t noticed, but our temperatures here in Dallas have really been struggling lately to get above the freezing mark and it’s downright cold!

It’s so dang cold in fact, I’m sleeping at night on flannel sheets, wearing fleece pajamas and layered on top with 3 quilts. Tomorrow’s high temperature is supposed to be reached at midnight (tonight) and will only go down from there with windchills causing it to feel like it’s in the teens in the morning when my daughter has to stand outside at the school bus stop.

Now we moved south to get AWAY from the frigid temperatures, so I also gave away most of our winter clothing. Once my daughter had grown out of her winter coat, we never bothered to replace it. After all, it’s not supposed to be this cold here! We are setting records now!

I’m seriously going to have to do some emergency warm clothes shopping and I’m definitely checking out the wonderful and comfortable clothing line at Ramblers Way. Now, this isn’t your mother’s wool clothing. Remember that old wool? Itchy, itchy, itchy! There really is no other way to describe it! Even when I used to own wool pants that were nicely lined, I could still feel the itch!

Ramblers Way creates versatile, comfortable wool clothing that you’d swear wasn’t wool. It comes from Rambouillet and is some of the finest wool in this country. Their clothes are all natural and pre-washed so they arrive ready to wear. Most importantly, they are SOFT and comfortable. It will definitely make you re-imagine wool!

Well, now that I’ve created my shopping list, I’m headed outside to make sure our outdoor pipes are covered so they don’t freeze overnight. Stay warm everybody!

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of LG Chocolate Touch. All opinions are 100% mine.

When we moved to Texas almost 3 years ago, we opted to not get a land line phone. My husband and I both had cell phones that we used for most everything anyway and our internet was high speed, not dial up, so we didn’t see the need. Of course, that also meant that I would either have to share my cell phone with my then 11 year old daughter, or get her one of her own. I waited for a few months, sharing, then opted to get her her own!

She started with an LG Chocolate and loved it. It was the perfect size for her and did pretty much everything she wanted it to do. That is, until a few months ago when it was stolen from her while she was at the mall. She really liked that phone and we’ve had a difficult time finding a comparable replacement for it. She did pick one eventually, but I know she’s had problems with it and even had to have it replaced once because it quit working. Her old Chocolate never had any problems, very reliable.

So, we’re still always on the lookout for the latest phones. Of course now that she is 13, it’s important to have a cell phone that has other features, especially texting capability. She also likes to take pictures with her phone to send to her friends back in Illinois, so that’s an important feature to her. She uses the computer for all her social media, but I know she’d think it was cool if she could also take care of all of that right on her cell phone too.

So, I now see the LG Chocolate Touch has come out. It’s completely restyled from her old LG Chocolate, which I’m not sure if she likes the new look. I do know that she would love all the things that it can do. Seriously, the LG Chocolate Touch has Dolby Mobile technology for crystal-clear sound quality and a One-touch Social Network Message Key for easy use of Mobile Blogging (Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, etc), she uses Facebook. It takes pictures or video and is its own music player, so no more hauling around the old iPod which she uses on the school bus to drown out the noise of all the other kids!

She has to wait a bit until she’s eligible for a new phone, but I’m due now, so maybe I’ll just have to look into this sweet little phone for myself!

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I wish you all a very Merry Christmas! May you all have safe travels and spend time with your loved ones, sharing in His love.