Heart of Fire An Immigrant Daughter’s Story by Mazie K Hirono United States Senator ISBN: 978-1-984-88160-1 Mazie tells of her childhood with memories going back to the age of 3. At the age of 9 her mother left Japan and brought her and the older brother to Hawaii. She knew no English when coming to…
Online Earnings January 2026
Each month I will share where I have been paid online. This is not just on the computer, but also with apps on my phone. Some sites also have apps that go with them. Please right click to open any links in a new tab or window so that you don’t lose your place here…
WIP Wednesday–The Dress
Most blogs that I link to are all about quilting or sewing. My apologies as this week I only have one picture. It’s the finished crocheted dress. I could have taken a picture of my desk cleared for sandwiching, or the backing that is now on the ironing board to be pressed, but decided not…
WIP Wednesday–Request
I got a request. I will write more about that later in the post with a picture. This request is top priority for me right now. I didn’t get any more work done on the hand sewn quilt. I made this my list last week: Please right click to open any links in a new…
WIP Wednesday–Better Late than Not at All
I started getting ready for this post yesterday then got sidetracked by my money making efforts. I really didn’t want to miss a week, so here I am posting it on Thursday. Here is my list from last week: Please right click to open any links in a new tab or window so that you…
WIP Wednesday–Blues
Blue is the color of the month with the Super Scrappy challenge. This year I’m going to try to make it through the whole year of colors. More on this later in the post. Last week’s list: Please right click to open any links in a new tab or window so that you don’t lose…
WIP Wednesday–To-Do’s
Last week’s to-do’s: Please right click to open any links in a new tab or window so that you don’t lose your place here on my blog. Thanks! At home I stuck to working on making the plastic canvas blocks. I need to take some more yarn home from here. I have my whole cubby…
WIP Wednesday–Farewell 2025 Hello 2026
I had some good titles in my mind, get in front of the laptop and couldn’t remember them. It’s been a couple weeks, maybe even 3 weeks, since my last post. I was so busy with the holiday, both activities and getting my gifts done. I am really in hopes that 2026 brings me doing…
WIP Wednesday–Busy Weekends
Last weekend I helped pack cookies, breads, etc for the United Women of Faith bakesale. Jordan and Zephaniah had dress rehearsal for the Christmas program. The program was at the early service Sunday morning. Friday evening Zephaniah played with fire and set our bedroom on fire. Sigh…..add that to the chaos! Fast thought of our…
WIP Wednesday–11 More Bags Complete
I finished 11 more of the fabric gift bags over the long holiday weekend. This brings my total to 14 and I have 11 more to make. My list from last week: Please right click to open any links in a new tab or window so that you don’t lose your place here on my…
