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Sashiko vs. DMC Gold: The Ultimate Embroidery Needle Showdown!

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Embroidery Needle Showdown: Sashiko (Lecien Japan) vs. DMC Gold Embroidery Needles Let’s talk embroidery needles. If you’ve ever fought with a flimsy, hard-to-thread needle that feels like it’s working against you rather than with you, you know that not all needles are created equal. I recently tested two highly rated contenders: And let’s just say—there was a clear winner. Sashiko Needles – By Lecien Japan 🏆 ⭐ 9.5/10 – Almost Perfect The moment I picked up these Japanese Sashiko needles,

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“The Plan of the Master Weaver” poem

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My wife brought this poem to my attention. It holds special meaning for her since she is a weaver. I feel similarly having watched her utilize her skills in working with a loom. The Plan of the Master Weaver My life is but a weaving Between the Lord and me, I may not choose the colors, He knows what they should be; For He can view the pattern Upon the upper side While I can see it only On this,

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Welcome to this world

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This week Samantha and I welcomed a beautiful baby girl into this world. She’s the most precious and adorable thing I’ve ever seen. You always hear “nothing can prepare you for having a baby”. I have to agree, because I’ve hardly ever had as exciting of a week as this week. Nothing could have prepared me for all the joy, concern and love that was involved with having a baby. This was just the first week, I can’t imagine all

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Culinary Delights

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When Samantha is cooking, she is usually too busy (or too covered in ingredients) to take photos of the process. So when I’m around, I try to snag a few photos of what’s cookin’. Here’s a sampling: Homemade Strawberry Shortcake Samantha’s desserts are always to die for, and this one was definitely not an exception! Stuffed Pepper Beginnings I’m not big on stuffed peppers, but these turned out to be AMAZING once Samantha finished with them :-).

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Outstanding Week

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Good work and good play This has been an outstanding week. One of my favorite weeks in a long time. Much of that is due to Samantha. She has been here working and playing alongside me. We’ve been accomplishing a lot and having a grand ol’ time doing it. Warning, there are a LOT of photos in the rest of this post! Top Search Terms:pixma 9000 (13)canon pixma 9000 (10)pixma 9000 mark ii (5)canon pixma 9000 example (3)ebay product photography

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A milestone for our solar powered home

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2009.09.04 updated with URLs for equipment (see bottom of post) Since we’ve been married, Samantha and I have lived off the grid. We don’t have any utility bills and we haven’t had a single power outage. However, today (September 3rd, 2000) still marks a big day for us in our off the grid living. Because today we connected our new batteries and solar setup to our house. We now have over 30x the electrical storage capacity! Energy during the day

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Work is done so it’s party time

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For the past week Samantha and I have been working hard in preparation for taking some time off to party. Now party time has arrived :-). We’re in Springfield now, I’m doing some final work from the comfort of our Honda Element and Samantha is getting ready to go hang out with Cheryl and Amy. Tomorrow I’m meeting up with some Drury buddies for lunch and then it is time to celebrate Kevin’s birthday in the evening (we’re going to

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