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Taking Notion

10/25/2013

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The first thing I said in the beekeeping class where I met my husband, Robert, was that I wanted a farm.   He called my bluff and I immediately admitted that I really just wanted a petting zoo.  Turns out when you get the farmer you also get the farm.

After starting a non profit, a career at a Fortune 10 company, devoting my life to Jesus & discount shopping, I am now learning to be a farm girl…and a wife.  Everything changed this year but there are still a few constants… I love water & wakeboarding, I think in movie quotes, and my ability to laugh at myself has proved to be my greatest asset. 

I’ve been tempted to share a blog for a while but I always get stuck at the subject line.  Do I write about my new found farm life, beekeeping, discount finds, random thoughts, or married life?  I believe blog etiquette is to stick to one subject, unfortunately focus has never been my strong suite.  Therefore, I decided on an all-encompassing subject with help from a very important place; Granny’s sewing room.  

Robert’s grandma was 95 when she passed away, the sweetest lady.  As her house was cleaned out I was busy moving just about everything from the Goodwill pile to my jeep…especially the sewing room.  Granny raised four kids, she was a busy lady, and very selfless; the sewing room was obviously her alone time, her space.  I learned so much about her from that room…and salvaged so many memories, buttons, quilt blocks, patterns, journals, notion after notion.

And then…there it was…notions. 

Our American Heritage Dictionary defines a notion as:

Notion:
  1. A general impression or feeling
  2. A view; conception; theory
  3. Intention or inclination 
  4. Small items for household and clothing use such as needles, buttons, thread, and ribbons

It’s time we share some notions at Sew & Water…this is where I will throw in some thoughts, what we’re learning and what’s coming out of our beautiful mess of a life and mess of a sewing room.

Thanks for caring enough to have read this much of it already…will do my best not to disappoint.

Warmly,
Erin

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    This is where I {erin} will throw in some thoughts, what we’re learning and what’s coming out of our beautiful mess of a life and mess of a sewing room.

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