The Communique Layout

Popularized by Rhonda Dort, who uses the layout in her classes, the Communique Quilt Layout works for both featuring large fabric and panel pieces, as well as a basis for multiple block designs.

About Me

Welcome to Mouse in My Pocket! I'm Andrea, a web developer living in rural America with her husband and daughter. I'm excited to share my life with you as I explore some of the great things about living in the middle of nowhere.  Be sure to check out the blog below to see a few of the things that are speaking to me right now.

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On the Blog

Post-Fair Apocalypse

By Andrea | July 11, 2010

It’s been a very long, but good week at the Gibson County Fair.  Yesterday was the final day of the 7 day event, which really started 2 days early for me with the Queen Contest and Fireworks.  I had a blast this year, as always, but I can wait another year to do it again. …

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Carnie Wars

By Andrea | July 6, 2010

As many of your already know, I am a volunteer at the Gibson County Fair.  I am the fair’s official photographer, and also help announce many of the fair events.  Of course, the real fun comes after all of the fair-goers have gone home. We are currently at war with the Carnies.  On Sunday night,…

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Oldies but Goodies

By Andrea | July 2, 2010

My best friend from high school, Kayci, gave me some old photos from high school.  I finally got some time to post some of them online. The fist photo I came across worth posting was a photo of my friend Maria, an exchange student from Germany, and me at her graduation.  Maria was great fun,…

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Ginger Squash Muffins

By Andrea | July 1, 2010

It’s time to bake for the fair.  Open class exhibits have to be turned in on Saturday morning, and I don’t think I’ll have time to bake anything tomorrow night, since I’m working the queen contest with Dave.  I got a photo printed off for the photography contest and I made some quick bread tonight. …

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Night Off

By Andrea | July 1, 2010

I’ve got the night off from rehearsals tonight, which is great.  I’m working on catching up.  I got a lot of work done for Broadway Title’s new website today.  They have a domain name now, BroadwayTitleInc.net and the base of the site is up and running.   I just need to get some more content from them…

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Busy Bees

By Andrea | June 30, 2010

Stephen Covey said “We may be very busy, we may be very efficient, but we will also be truly effective only when we begin with the end in mind.”  Anymore, I’m not sure when the end will be.  The Theatre Company is keeping me very busy with print and web projects.  I’ve made a logo…

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Our Magical Future Theatre

By Andrea | June 28, 2010

I’ve been spending a lot of time lately working on things for the Gibson County Theatre Company.  I ended up spending almost my entire weekend at GCTC productions, rehearsals and workdays. On Friday night, I handled ticket sales for the GCTC Drama Camp production of Willy Wonka.  That was a lot of fun.  After the…

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Bonnie

Caturday with Bonnie

By Andrea | June 26, 2010

Bonnie is our cat.  She’s a pretty exciting cat, so for something fun, I thought I would write down a few of her adventures.  First you should know that I’m pretty sure she thinks she is a dog, because she follows people around everywhere. Bonnie came to live with Matt and I last summer along…

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Maple Glazed Chicken

By Andrea | June 23, 2010

This recipe for Maple Glazed Chicken came from the Disney Family Cookbook.  It’s one of my favorite ways to have chicken, assuming I get the chicken cooked thoroughly.  That seems to be my biggest problem.  I guess I really should follow instructions and only use fully thawed chicken (meaning defrosting the chicken in the microwave…

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Howling Moon

By Andrea | June 23, 2010

There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls.  Last night was one of those nights.  I got home from my full day of work, photo shoots, and rehearsal; and wanted to make some updates to one of the websites I host.  Enter the WordPress 3.0 update.  It’s a nice quick…

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Banana Oatmeal Cookies

By Andrea | June 23, 2010

This is a cookie recipe that I got from my grandmother. They are a great way to use over-ripe bananas, and they’re so good I’ve been known to “waste” bananas so I can make them. Ingredients 1 1/2 cup flour 1 cup sugar 1/2 t baking soda 1 t salt 1/4 t nutmeg 3/4 t…

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Photo Shoot in a Dress

By Andrea | June 22, 2010

Never wear a dress to a photo shoot.  That was the first lesson I learned today.  It was a cute dress, and I looked nice at work, but man…. I should have made time to go home and change between events.  Wearing a dress makes it very difficult to crawl around for floor level shots.…

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