Crafting Coziness, One Stitch at a Time

I'm honestly not sure where a whole month went, but here we are! After the cat cafe visit, we went to the beach. Let me share some photos... There was a pink full moon and the beach was so bright at night! We watched the sun set every night from different places on the island. Another sunset. The four of us! This was my favorite sunset - we walked to the end of the island for an unobstructed view. We came back and you know all the stuff that you put off, plus everything that'

Yesterday we spent the morning with some friends at the park, then we headed to a cat cafe. They had 12 kitties and I got my fix of petting cats. I would love to have put a couple of them in my pockets and brought them home. The sun was a coveted spot in the cafe. The black and white one is called SassyTina. I didn't get "sass" from her. Gabi - tiny but sweet. I probably pet her the most. This one was enjoying her time in the sun This cat was conked out until it was time for

Over the years I have tried, off and on, to piece together what happened and where everything went so wrong. For a number of years I was too busy with babies, then toddlers, then homeschooling to really research, dig into my family tree, or write down my story. But I picked it up again in November of 2022 when I joined Ancestry.com . I didn’t make the jump to taking a DNA test but I spent days researching and building my family tree.  And it was fascinating! On the first day