MrsJ

@SophiaMorros (5044)

Belews Creek, North Carolina

Joined myLot 6 years ago

A former homeschooling Mom of four grown and graduated progeny. I am costumer for a community theatre. I sew, quilt and have been known to play with Lego.

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MrsJ's Discussions

That was Enough

MrsJ @SophiaMorros (5044) • Belews Creek, North Carolina 23 Oct 23

On Saturday my second son and I hit the road to go leaf peeping and spend a bit of time with my second daughter. We drove the three and half hours to the western part of the state and spent the day enjoying the gorgeous weather....

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RIP Mr Turkey

MrsJ @SophiaMorros (5044) • Belews Creek, North Carolina 18 Oct 23

February 17th I found this guy casually putzing around my deck. I marvelled at the anomaly and took a few photos. We’ve seen flocks of hens stroll through the neighbourhood pretty frequently over the years, but we had never seen...

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Even When Everything Changes, Some Things Stay the Same

MrsJ @SophiaMorros (5044) • Belews Creek, North Carolina 17 Oct 23

The last few years have been filled with changes. Seasons of life have come to an end and other seasons have begun. For many years my life revolved around raising and educating my children. My goal was to launch them into...

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It is a Subtle Reminder

MrsJ @SophiaMorros (5044) • Belews Creek, North Carolina 11 Mar 22

That was the intended purpose of this project. It will be hung where I will see it frequently. It is a subtle reminder of the horror story that is unfolding in Ukraine. It is a subtle reminder to be grateful for what I have. It...

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The Backstory

MrsJ @SophiaMorros (5044) • Belews Creek, North Carolina 9 Mar 22

Sometimes life just doesn’t go as planned and the past week or so has been a stellar example. My schedule has been turned upside down and nothing has gone quite the way I expected or wanted it to. Oh well, that’s life...

quilt

quilting

projects

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Finally!

MrsJ @SophiaMorros (5044) • Belews Creek, North Carolina 2 Mar 22

It has happened. For the first time in two years, I have travelled further than just up and down the stairs. I was beginning to think that MrsJ was using me as a hostage for some nefarious plan of hers. Yesterday, I got to...

emmetts adventures

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Playing Hooky

MrsJ @SophiaMorros (5044) • Belews Creek, North Carolina 1 Mar 22

My daughter works retail and her “weekend” days are Sunday and Tuesday and she works evenings. Because of her schedule, it is hard for her to find time to hang out with people who work more traditional hours. My job is pretty...

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The Whole Top!

MrsJ @SophiaMorros (5044) • Belews Creek, North Carolina 28 Feb 22

Finally, a day that was dry enough to spread out the quilt top I finished last week and get a photo of it. Unfortunately, it isn’t a particularly good photo. The quilt is too large to be able to see the details and for some...

quilt

quilting

projects

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The Day is Done and so am I!

MrsJ @SophiaMorros (5044) • Belews Creek, North Carolina 27 Feb 22

Today was not a particularly relaxing day. I spent the morning cuddling with babies in the nursery at church. From there I went straight to work the box office for a performance at our community theatre. Once the till and tickets...

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She's a Hoarder!!!!

MrsJ @SophiaMorros (5044) • Belews Creek, North Carolina 26 Feb 22

MrsJ didn’t manage to get a post written yesterday and it does not look like she will succeed today so it falls to me to make sure her account here stays active. I have to tell you all, she has a problem. A SERIOUS problem. On...

emmetts adventures

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Cutting it a Little Close

MrsJ @SophiaMorros (5044) • Belews Creek, North Carolina 24 Feb 22

I just finished piecing a quilt top that will be a wedding gift for friends late next month. I didn’t measure my fabric beforehand, I didn’t cut all of my pieces out before I started. I didn’t even have a final plan for the quilt...

quilt

wedding gift

algebra

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Little Surprises

MrsJ @SophiaMorros (5044) • Belews Creek, North Carolina 23 Feb 22

Every year I watch my daffodils push up through the ground. They have been growing slowly for a few weeks and there are a few that are flowering. Most still have some growing to do. …and then there are the crocuses. I watch for...

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Proud Mom!

MrsJ @SophiaMorros (5044) • Belews Creek, North Carolina 22 Feb 22

If I didn’t know better I would say that my daughter was born with a pencil in her hand (she was not. Trust me; I was there.) She has always been a doodler and her drawing abilities surpassed mine by the time she was three years...

art

artist

daughter

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Herding Butterflies

MrsJ @SophiaMorros (5044) • Belews Creek, North Carolina 21 Feb 22

Between other tasks, I have been working to assemble the hourglass blocks that you see in the photo into larger blocks that are supposed to look like flying butterflies. The tricky bit (for me at least) is following the...

quilting

rhododendrontrail

butterflies

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Oh, the Indignity!

MrsJ @SophiaMorros (5044) • Belews Creek, North Carolina 20 Feb 22

I realize that I am small and that my bed is soft and squishy. However, choosing to use me as a pincushion is a bit rich. Unfortunately, that is what my quality of life has deteriorated to. Like everyone else, I can blame COVID...

emmetts adventures

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Still Spinning Plates

MrsJ @SophiaMorros (5044) • Belews Creek, North Carolina 19 Feb 22

Those of you who have known me for a while might remember that I used to use the moniker Platespinner. Back when my children were young and I was trying to home school them and keep up with all my other obligations I saw a video...

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Oops!

MrsJ @SophiaMorros (5044) • Belews Creek, North Carolina 18 Feb 22

My son got married on October 11, 2020, and he and his wife received the wedding gift that I made for them on their first anniversary. Yes, I am a bit slow, but this is a queen size quilt that I quilted by hand. Theoretically, I...

quilt

wedding gift

error

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It's a Stupid Watch

MrsJ @SophiaMorros (5044) • Belews Creek, North Carolina 17 Feb 22

Hey, Mom! Do you want my old smartwatch? That’s what my son asked me several months ago. And I said yes. I have not worn a watch consistently for many years and I’ve enjoyed being able to tell the time with just a quick glance...

sleep

smart watch

technology

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That's Just Silly!

MrsJ @SophiaMorros (5044) • Belews Creek, North Carolina 16 Feb 22

There are two German-based grocery chains in our region. Both of them carry economically priced groceries and both of them have what I refer to as treasure sections. You never know what you might find in the treasure section and...

vacuum cleaner

treasure

grocery store

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Too Pretty to Use

MrsJ @SophiaMorros (5044) • Belews Creek, North Carolina 15 Feb 22

For Christmas this past year my artist-daughter gave me some beautiful, hand-painted wine glasses. She knows I enjoy a glass of wine and she knows that I love her artwork. Unfortunately, I have a conundrum. I don’t want to use...

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