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This is my 1,oooth post.



This is one of my favourite customers.

Never underestimate an Urban Prairie Girl, right, Sheriff?

Where Are You Going, My Little One?

Sometimes I just don't believe how beautiful you are, child.

Oh yeah, there you are.... :P ♥

Speedy Movie Review

This film is very special. I highly recommend it.
Have a lovely day.

Remembering Melanie

Thank you, Melanie - thanks for connecting, and thanks for enriching my life. May you rest in peace. May your dear friends and family find peace and comfort in all of the memories you gave them. And thank you for touching my life - there was nothing virtual about the way you enriched my life.
Mark Leslie

Thank you, Mark, for having the words to say that do not come easy for some. Thank you for sharing this with us.

Mrs. Nesbitt, You Will Be Missed ♥

Lately, I have been absolutely impressed and fullfilled by the response of our online community when another blogger was in financial need for medical bills. Many of us who have never met in real life, banded together and raised 1,500.00 for our dear online friend. I am so touched, and thank you all who responded either with cash, or support in other ways. We have really made a difference to someone we have never met in real life, but have come to really care about.
Now today, I have learned that we have lost one of our own, our Stealth Bombshell, our Melanie, and my Mrs. Nesbitt. Melanie and I had a long time running joke about meeting one day to have darjeeling together....we called each other Mrs. Nesbitt. We would go on and on about that scene in Toy Story where Buzz becomes punch drunk on tea after failing at his super hero skills.
Melanie, you were a super hero, a super mom, a super friend, a lovely spirit, a beautiful soul, and you will be missed. I do not know how your short life ended, but I know I will remember you.
Love you, Mrs. Nesbitt, get the darjeeling ready, I'll meet you in heaven one day, and we will finally have tea. Rest well.
♥♥
Melanie

Oops! I forgot I had a blog!

Random googleage, I have no idea...

236India

Th' Neighbors

2D People Are The Best!

Where would we all be without the special friendships that we have made online? Thank you for being you! Thank you for opening your heart, and trusting others. Thank you for coming together when another friend is in need, we totally rock, people!
Have a Lovely Day!

Happy 23rd Anniversary, Mr Ratburn! ♥

Hee hee, one of my favorite Flintstones scenes of all time! Enjoy, and please sing along, if you dare!

Happy Anniversary
Happy Anniversary
Happy Anniversary
Haaappy Anniversary

Pour a cheerful toast and fill it
Happy Anniversary
But be careful you don't spill it
Happy Anniversary

Ooooo Happy Anniversary
Happy Anniversary
Happy Anniversary
Haaappy Anniversary

(Fred and Wilma Talking)

Ooooo Happy Anniversary
Happy Anniversary
Happy Anniversary
Haaappy Anniversary

(Fred Talking)

Happy she and happy he
They're both as happy as can be
Celebrating merrily
their happy anniversary

(Fred and Wilma Talking)

Ooooo Happy Anniversary
Happy Anniversary
Happy Anniversary
Haaappy Anniversary

(Fred Talking)

Ooooo Happy Anniversary
Happy Anniversary
Happy Anniversary
Haaappy Anniversary

We now state emphatically
its happy anniversary
Not another day could be
a happy anniversary

Ooooo Happy Anniversary
Happy Anniversary
Happy Anniversary
Happy (slow)
Happy (slow)
Happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy (fast)
Anniversary!!!
♥♥~Happy Anniversary, Mr Ratburn~ ♥♥

Run Wild N Free Oaty Sue.....

My beautiful Oaty has died. She had kidney disease. It happened so fast we can barely believe it's real. Oaty was only 7 years old.

The first time I ever saw her, she looked up at LR and I with those giant green eyes, began purring immediately, plopped to the ground, rolled over on her back, all the while giving us that beautiful stare! We had to have her after that.
She really enjoyed her orchard life, hunting and frollicking, and cuddling with us.
Thank you, Oaty Sue, for sharing your short life with us. We will love you always.

PS BLOGGER YOU SUCK

It's Just Clothing, Afterall...

Just thought I'd remind you all, never lock the seamstresses exit door!

I'm an Auntie!

Rufus Wainwright and Lorca Cohen give birth to rock royalty

Oh my, I am so excited to learn that Rufus and Lorca, the daughter of Leonard Cohen, and lifelong friend of Rufus, have had a baby together! Yes, it's true, Rufus is gay, and he and his partner Jorn and Lorca will all raise the baby girl, named Viva Katherine together...

So cool! Cant wait to see if she looks like Rufus or Leonard! LOL
Hee hee!
Congratulations, Rufus, Jorn, Lorca, and Grandpa Leonard!

Textile Addiction Satisfied.....For Awhile Anyway!

This is about half of my stash! LOL I am in heaven, people!

Oh boy, am I having fun! I hope you are all well, and have a lovely day.

An Expert In Chapati Making

I hope you will enjoy the talents of these expert chapati makers.
Have a Lovely Day.

Namaste

India New Years 2011

Goa 2011

Well, what do you know, I am home now. My eighth visit to India was a very rich and intense time for me. I left just two days after Gary returned from being with his family as his sister passed away from a long battle with cancer. There was barely enough time to swallow that, let alone celebrate holidays and get ready for India as well.Naaz, Myself and Mommy.
This was my second time in India being completely alone. Yet not alone, because I enjoyed spending time with my lovely friends Mir, Waseem, and Naaz and Mommy in Bangalore, and also the Goel family in Bangalore, who are my fabric people. I have to admit, I can barely handle the growth that Bangalore has experienced since my first visit in 2002. I think I have finally resigned myself to the fact that I won't ever be able to bear living in a city as chaotic as Bangalore has become. I am officially over that plan.Zapping mosquitos is so much fun with you Mir!
We interrupt this blog post for this commercial message from Urban Prairie Girl.
Now ladies and gents, I have returned from India with treasures so lovely, you cannot believe! A fine selection of 100% cotton hand block printed Jaipuri bedspreads, and 61 hand picked Kashmiri shawls from Jamawar Art Emporium, Bangalore.
I also have purchased 300 pounds of Indian Kalamkari cotton, and I cannot wait to start sewing.
Ok, so let's talk about Goa. Let's just say, I am amazed how much whiskey I can consume if I am careful! Lordy be, I can put it back. And, I was proud to be told, after only the second day, that I was "brownin' up nicely, luv!" Having a tan is too much fun! This year, I spent some time with some pals I have met in past years, and also met quite a few very lovely new folks as well.
After a week in Goa, I was off to Delhi to get my bedspread stash, and visit my pals, Manjul and Sanjay Sharma at Rikhi Ram Music. Gary was ever so pleased with the swarsangam that I brought back for him from Sanjays handmade collection. Of course my trip to India would not be complete without getting the hennaed hands and feet in Pahar Ganj. But of course.
Such a good trip, I cannot wait to return. Hee hee!
And finally, do you want to see what they play before every movie in India? I think it's pretty cool, check it out. Have a lovely day.