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About me - Joan Hall

I am a daycare provider in a small town in Minnesota. I am married and have two children, a daughter who is 21 and a son who is 25.

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Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: My eBay experiences
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I think after first getting the internet I probably did what most people did. I searched my name to see how many times it was listed. I searched my hometown or friends' names. Of course it didn't take long for that to get boring. Somewhere along the way I typed in that now famous www.ebay.com. There was no going back after t... More..

Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: My greatest accomplishments
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I suppose we would all agree that it is very hard to rank our accomplishments. Some have earned great awards; some have run huge companies or volunteered in third world countries. Each of these people has every right to be proud of what they have accomplished. I think we have to look within ourselves to realize what really a... More..

Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: Why I sew
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I have been asked by many people why I sew. My usual response to those asking is that sewing relaxes me. When I am alone in my sewing room, I can get lost in my project and the world's problems do not exist for a little while. That alone is a good reason why I sew. Another reason I enjoy sewing is the huge satisfaction I get... More..

Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Friendship
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When I was a child, I never really had one best friend. I was a young girl living in a neighborhood full of boys. I was a tomboy and loved it. Being a tomboy is OK when you live and go to elementary school in a very small town with a population of about 500 people. The not-so-great side of our small town is that it did not h... More..

Home & Garden > Lawn How to get rid of creeping charlie in your lawn
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Last summer I began my war with creeping charlie in my back yard. Charlie loved it back there as the yard was very shaded. I tried killing it with a variety of weed killers with no luck. Like many people who found themselves losing this same battle I turned to a commander in chief....The World Wide Web. I was hoping to find ... More..

Hobbies & Games > Crafts (Other) Why make crafts for gifts?
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Each Christmas, my sisters-in-law and I exchange small, inexpensive gifts. The first years I would purchase candles and other gifts that fall into that "safe" category. After a few years I started sewing and crafting. My first gifts were very simple crafts. The ideas were often found at fabric store where they offer the "tak... More..

Hobbies & Games > Holiday Crafts Do-it-yourself Halloween decoration ideas
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I am a huge fan of decorating for holidays. For me, Halloween used to be just about putting out a few pumpkins or maybe a scarecrow made from old clothes. If you have been in a store at all lately, you will see that decorating for Halloween has gotten to be big business. I have to admit I do have some store-bought lighted fi... More..

Hobbies & Games > Yarn & Needle Crafts Great gift ideas for seamstresses
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There are so many gift ideas for those who sew, I often wonder why my husband and kids even have to ask me what I may want/need for Mothers Day, Christmas, birthdays etc. The problem is their lack of knowledge of sewing items so they are a bit intimidated by the huge selection offered in sewing stores. I cannot blame them be... More..

Hobbies & Games > Yarn & Needle Crafts Making a quilt from old T-shirts
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My daughter had been saving her t-shirts since she was 5. Needless to say, by the time she graduated from high school she had quite a pile. I had way too many t-shirts to try and pick and choose which ones would be left out, so I decided to make the quilt 2-sided. I could go on and give step-by-step instructions on how to go... More..

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