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<p style="text-align:left;">Yo! I&#8217;ve been cashing in on some serious summer yarn sales myself, so I decided to throw a party at <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5452732">my Etsy shop</a> to <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">entice </span>thank all my lovely customers &#8230; AND &#8230; to celebrate little Willie&#8217;s supporting role in <a href="http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=53337">helpinghandscrafts&#8217; &#8220;Christmas in July&#8221; Treasury</a> on Etsy. So honored! </p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Here&#8217;s how the sale goes: For every two dog sweater patterns you purchase, you get a third pattern of your choice free.  Easy.  The sale will last throughout the month of July.  And, says Willie, &#8220;You can never get started too early on those labor-intensive but so precious Christmas sweaters for your best friend! Me, I just enjoy lolling about in the air-conditioning in my favorite summer-wear.&#8221;</p>
<p>(I&#8217;ll be adding another new sweater to the bunch over on Etsy tomorrow.  It&#8217;s all finished, photographed and written up.  Just have to type it in and get it posted.)</p>
<h4>I Can See Clearly Now </h4>
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<p>This is the new me, as opposed to the old me, the glasses-wearing me.  No, I didn&#8217;t get Lasik surgery.  I had cataracts removed from both eyes, the left on May 14 and the right on June 4.  I went from being legally blind in my left eye to being 20/20 in that one and 20/25 in the other.  Of course, I still have to wear reading glasses, and that is a total pain.  I get my final check-up on both eyes next week, and I&#8217;m kind of hoping the doctor tells me I could see even better with glasses, so I can go back to my trademark &#8217;50s cat-eyes.  But it is absolutely wonderful to see everything again without a frame around it, to drive at night, to go to the movies without glasses, to wear eye makeup.  The procedule was <em>nothing.</em>  If you&#8217;re thinking of doing it, go for it.</p>
<h4 style="text-align:left;">Peaches &#8216;n&#8217; Cream  </h4>
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<p style="text-align:left;">Here&#8217;s what&#8217;s on our plates lately ~ the best <a href="http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&amp;recipe_id=257827">peach cobbler</a> in the world, straight from Southern Living, of course. In summertime, I can&#8217;t resist those peachy peaches, so I make this yummy dessert often. Last week April and I made the first cobbler of the season, and when it came out of the oven, piping hot and smelling like heaven, we three devoured the whole thing before bedtime.</p>
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