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March 22, 2015 Jen

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I made myself another bag last week, last possible minute. I finished it about 5 minutes before I left to pick up the kids at school to head downtown to see Hamilton! After a year and a half entering every day, I actually won the ticket lottery so one of my kids and I got to go to the Room Where it Happens. (Still entering every day so I can take the other kid.) We day in the 2nd row and had a wonderful time. Someone from the crew even gave my son prop papers from the show. I needed a decent sized bag so I could carry the noise blocking headphones and some other misc kid-support materials so of course I needed a new bag! The front is paper pieced design made with @modafabrics Grunge and pattern from @fandominstitches and the bag pattern is Out of Time Tote from @dogundermydesk with the zipper moved down slightly on the front to line up with the top of the star. Lining is music note fabric I’ve had for years and never knew what I’d use it for, and it ended up being perfect! #dogundermydesk #dogundermydeskpatterns #hamiltonchicago #theroomwhereithappens #fiscommunity #fandominstitches #hamiltonmusical

American Like Me: Reflections on Life Between Cultures by America Ferrera. This book is a collection of essays written by a wide assortment of Americans about their experiences of otherness in America. It should be an essential read for everyone. Each of these stories is different, personal and important. Some were born in the US of immigrant parents, some came here as children or teens, some are Native Americans trying to preserve their culture, every one of them is inspirational and should be heard. When so many see immigrants as a plight and a threat, it’s important to remember that they are people, with history, kids, families, dreams, who came here for opportunity and safety and freedom and a better life. This book made me laugh and cry, the stories are touching and honest, funny and thoughtful. It made me angry and embarrassed and also made me hopeful. We need to do better for all Americans, whether they came here recently or were here long before. 5/5 stars ⭐️ #18readingchallenge #justjoshinreads #2018readingchallenge #goodreads #readersofinstagram #readersofig #booksofinstagram #americanlikeme #immigrantswegetthejobdone

An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green. I finished this book in a single day, it was difficult to put down and grabbed my interest from the very beginning. The characters are deep and complex and the narrator, April May, is deeply, complexly flawed and frankly difficult to like. We meet her when she happens upon a 10-foot samurai-robot statue at 3 am, on her way home from a job she hates, and calls her college friend to come make a video of it. When she wakes up the next afternoon, she finds the video has gone viral and is a much bigger deal than just a cool statue and a goofy video. What follows is the improbable world she’s thrust into as social media sensation amid a global phenomenon. Her supporting cast of characters are all decent, intelligent, level-headed and pleasant, but go along with April’s endless string of poor decisions, self-aggrandizement and narcissism, and they all pay a price. I found the story interesting enough to read in a day, and the characters well-developed, but the plot just seemed implausible and somehow like I’d read it before. There were definite undertones of Ready Player One and other early adult interrelationship storylines which made it seem familiar. It’s a decent book and the writing is good, it reads like a conversation, even if the story is a little unbelievable and the main character repeatedly disappoints everyone in her life and you might actively root against her. 4/5 stars #18readingchallenge #justjoshinreads #2018readingchallenge #goodreads #readersofinstagram #readersofig #booksofinstagram #bookofthemonthclub

I love this North Pole fabric so much, it’s adorable. This is my fabric choice for the #oschristmasswap but I’m still deciding on a pattern. #swapaddict

Educated by Tara Westover. I feel like this book is going to take a while to process and will stick with me. It’s a personal memoir of growing up in a family of survivalists (that “homeschooled” but not really in any meaningful way) told by the daughter who left to go to college and earned a PhD from Cambridge. This is definitely a story about education and a world outside what we learn at home when we are young, but it’s basically turned up to 11 for her because her family was so closed off from the world. Her parents believed the government brainwashes people, modern medicine is designed to kill you, and frankly they had no regard for safety in any way. (How any of them survived at all is really something.) More than education, it’s a story of emotional control, abuse, and mental illness. It’s well-written and personal and the author explores her experiences and memories and perceptions openly. She was able to escape but it’s troubling to think of the siblings and their own children who are still in that situation. 5/5 stars ⭐️ #18readingchallenge #justjoshinreads #2018readingchallenge #goodreads #readersofinstagram #readersofig #booksofinstagram

My Harry Potter quilt came back from @quiltingbydavid and it looks amazing so today is binding day! #Projectofdoom #harrypotterquilt #jjpod18 #fandominstitches #fiscommunity #30blocksin30days #justjoshinquilts #quiltsofinstagram #jjquilts2018

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Harry Potter Hufflepuff House Fandom Cross-body Bag Zip and Go Hipster Fandom Purse - RTS Handmade Cute Custom Bag - Hogwarts by JustJoshinCreations
Be a Mermaid Style Cross-body Bag Zip and Go Hipster Fandom Purse - RTS Handmade Cute Custom Bag - by JustJoshinCreations
Fandom Characters Magnetic Needle Minders- Wonder Woman, Cat in the Hat, Harry Potter - Ready to Ship by JustJoshinCreations

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