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.
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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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Pre-Fair Saturday – Fireworks
The Saturday before fair was the 4th of July Fireworks. The fireworks went really well, and I got to have both blackberry and banana ice cream. The fireworks were beautiful, too.
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Post-Fair Apocalypse
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
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
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
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
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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Our Magical Future Theatre
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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Caturday with Bonnie
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
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
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
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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