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The Latest Update
It seems like just yesterday that I made my 2025 to-do list and now it is already time to report on my progress during the first three...
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A Celebratory Cruise
How do you celebrate 40 years of friendship? By going on a cruise to the Bahamas of course! We did just that last week and spent six days...
Feb 173 min read
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The Latest To-Do List
It’s January and that means that it is time to look back at 2024 and see what was accomplished from the to-do list. Which projects were...
Jan 214 min read
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Final Finishes
The last three months of 2024 have been particularly busy for us. We enjoyed family gatherings for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and my...
Dec 31, 20243 min read
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Perfect Projects
Besides quilting I have always enjoyed doing counted cross-stitch. I love when the design comes to life on the blank Aida cloth and the...
Dec 3, 20243 min read
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A Quartet of Quilts
The Forest Acres Quilting Club was once again honored to be a part of the Veteran’s Day assembly at Freeman Public Schools on Monday,...
Nov 12, 20243 min read
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Astounding Accomplishments
Time once again to check in and see what has been happening in the Hottovy household recently. We traveled to Breckenridge in July for...
Oct 22, 20243 min read
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Incredible Italian Adventure, Part Five
The final stop on our Italy trip was Rome where we spent three nights and two full days. And they were very full days! After dinner on...
Sep 27, 20243 min read
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Incredible Italian Adventure, Part Four
As I mentioned in my last blog post, we enjoyed the small towns in Italy much more than the larger ones. Lucky for us the next several...
Sep 9, 20243 min read
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Incredible Italian Adventure, Part Three
Two weeks after we returned from Italy last spring Tom asked when we were going back! While we probably won’t be doing that any time soon...
Aug 19, 20243 min read
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A Memorable Evening
The Forest Acres Quilting Club had the honor of awarding a Quilt of Valor to Jeffrey Zajicek of Beatrice on June 27, 2024. It was a...
Jul 29, 20243 min read
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A Memorable Few Months
It is July already! I’m not sure how that happened but there sure has been a lot of activity in the Hottovy household during the past...
Jul 2, 20243 min read
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A Powerful Program
It was another beautiful morning on May 27th for the annual Memorial Day service at the Highland Cemetery in Adams. The program began...
Jun 11, 20243 min read
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Incredible Italian Adventure, Part Two
Tom and I have been spending some time organizing our pictures from our 15-day trip to Italy - 1500 of them between Tom, me, and the...
May 19, 20243 min read
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Incredible Italian Adventure, Part One
On Thursday, February 22nd, Tom and I boarded a plane in Omaha and flew across the big pond to Italy - via Minneapolis and Amsterdam....
Apr 29, 20244 min read
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Adequate Accomplishments
The first three months of 2024 have flown by which means it is time to revisit my to-do list to see if I have accomplished anything in...
Apr 8, 20243 min read
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Swoon-Worthy
If you have been following my blog then you know that I have been working for awhile on the Swoon pattern by Camille Roskelly. Since I...
Mar 18, 20243 min read
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One Outstanding Adventure, Part Two
Last fall I posted a blog about the first day of our two-day trip to the northeast part of our state and promised that I would post about...
Feb 19, 20243 min read
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An Extraordinary Evening
The Forest Acres Quilting Club was honored to award two Quilts of Valor on the evening of February 8, 2024 in the basement of the...
Feb 11, 20243 min read
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The Latest List
It is time once again to look back on the to-do list for 2023 and see what was (or was not!) accomplished. Of the eleven projects with...
Jan 20, 20244 min read
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