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Damn But I Need A Party!

Apr 09, 2009 11 Comments

The last few months for my kids and I have been, how shall I put it, challenging???

Hopefully, within the next month, we will have officially changed our last name. Yeah, you know it’s been rough when your whole family feels the need for a major reboot.

Anyway, what I need from ya’ll is a good place for a gathering of twenty or thirty people of all ages where we can eat, celebrate our new last name, celebrate a new beginning, and not have to pay any kind of a fee up front to rent the space. Basically, a restaurant that could accommodate us without having us at a bunch of small tables, maybe just two or three?

Ideas?


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Sewing Stuff For Sale

Apr 06, 2009 7 Comments

A little spring cleaning never hurt anyone, right?

I have an old sewing machine (Sixties?) that is mounted in a cabinet, works, AND I have the owners manual! The cabinet is missing a drawer but otherwise is ok. I will sell it for $40.

I also have the following books for sale

Pretty Little Potholders-Lark Books hardcover $8.00
  
Fleecie Dolls-Fiona Goble $5.00
 
Making Vintage Bags-Emma Brennan softcover $8.00

Hip Handbags: Creating and Embellishing 40 Great Looking Bags-Valerie Van Arsdale Shrader hardcover $8.00

Designer Style Handbags-Sherri Haab softcover $8.00

Sew Many Bags, Sew Little Time: Over 30 Stylish Bags and Simple Accessories-Sally Southern softcover $8.00

Softies: Simple Instructions for 25 Plush Pals-Therese Laskey $10

Plush-O-Rama: Curious Creatures for Immature Adults-Linda Kopp $8.00

Make Your Own Clothes: 20 Custom Fit Patterns to Sew (Includes free pattern software)-Marie Clayton $5.00

*Vintage Vavoom (Lifestyle book with ideas for decorating with vintage furniture and household items. Great photos! Not a sewing/quilting book!) Hardcover $12.00

I’m also going to be cleaning out a lot of nice quilting fabrics. If you’re interested in looking,  let me know.

Call me at 525-0046 or drop me a line at [email protected]


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2009 YWCA/YSC Mother’s Day Walk/Run

Mar 09, 2009 3 Comments

25th Anniversary of the Mother\’s Day Walk/Run

To register for the 2009 Mother’s Day Walk/Run, visit our website at http://ywcaduluth.org


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2009 Mother’s Day Walk/Run Registration Open

Feb 23, 2009 2 Comments

YWCA Mother's Day Walk/Run

Online registration for the 25th anniversary Mother’s Day Walk/Run is now open at http://www.active.com/event_detail.cfm?event_id=1694010


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Victory Garden-Duluth Style

Feb 10, 2009 15 Comments

Life has somewhat hit the skids of late for me and as I contemplate the fact that I am too rich for food stamps but not sure how long I’ll be easily feeding myself and my two kids, I’m planning for the future. Or at least as far into the future as I can see, which will be summer and fall.

I am a home gardener and I’m thinking about looking into a plot at the community gardens for an even bigger harvest. Does anyone know the contact info for the community gardens on Arrowhead Rd?

Also, I ROCK at organizing things. Would there be any interest out there for home gardeners to get together and pool our resources and have our own little “barter” group of home grown veggies/fruit/eggs/honey/wild rice/what have you?

I envision people signing up to say that they would participate and letting me know what kind of produce they could contribute. It would depend on how many people are interested and what kind of things they could contribute as to how the next step would proceed. I have ideas there as well but would welcome anyone with experience in this sort of thing.

I participated in a CSA last year but this year, I just won’t be able to afford it. I’m hoping that this idea could be a local, organic, group idea for folks like me.

Please contact me at [email protected] if you are interested in getting on a list of possible participants! Thanks!


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