tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962536163958131662024-03-05T05:17:18.899-08:00Nordic FlickaTheTaffshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03596300745361600605noreply@blogger.comBlogger151125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196253616395813166.post-10612259484683553192015-01-14T13:15:00.001-08:002015-01-14T13:15:22.093-08:00Right now<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaY5Xb_B5fXacQNT9nNQIwmwusFwnvUnZ7YZPzjQuSjse8Ua_pmRyIvYAcVbZpVlN5CVQRToj528E5Qv3dsTwAppH8odu2yPmqpqwHiB_y19bLZqKMeOD6GaNZ-nbr-dyOrXKZBrhjxZY/s640/blogger-image--960961326.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaY5Xb_B5fXacQNT9nNQIwmwusFwnvUnZ7YZPzjQuSjse8Ua_pmRyIvYAcVbZpVlN5CVQRToj528E5Qv3dsTwAppH8odu2yPmqpqwHiB_y19bLZqKMeOD6GaNZ-nbr-dyOrXKZBrhjxZY/s640/blogger-image--960961326.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Snuggling this baby (who has a runny nose)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAgNjXOS0sxr6F2h0SO4XkNWCh4eQnw5KBA8NX10OZPsKoKEUkjejUIVN-7q_JL5iOoXenySkR5uVp_FGZJb4n86INOIjAbPyBX-1vEFlSkfh043Rb7RP35yYikurtJu0lWkcvN1ggbSo/s640/blogger-image-1156581508.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAgNjXOS0sxr6F2h0SO4XkNWCh4eQnw5KBA8NX10OZPsKoKEUkjejUIVN-7q_JL5iOoXenySkR5uVp_FGZJb4n86INOIjAbPyBX-1vEFlSkfh043Rb7RP35yYikurtJu0lWkcvN1ggbSo/s640/blogger-image-1156581508.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">After school playing</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGjphagqZYbSayJmcm9pt-UlF3QiwPb2NctZ68z2uJeu_kY7Bz0T_wPkmLONNJemcWnzCzU3VSHr8oSU-aR-szhv_K0bISfjJVeaDOcqYClK5yO-eGYBJ9_VMi6Fep0Ixe2PDCzd-GAD0/s640/blogger-image--1879848376.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGjphagqZYbSayJmcm9pt-UlF3QiwPb2NctZ68z2uJeu_kY7Bz0T_wPkmLONNJemcWnzCzU3VSHr8oSU-aR-szhv_K0bISfjJVeaDOcqYClK5yO-eGYBJ9_VMi6Fep0Ixe2PDCzd-GAD0/s640/blogger-image--1879848376.jpg"></a></div>And a little bit of napping </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><br></div>TheTaffshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03596300745361600605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196253616395813166.post-86326433917394323012014-09-12T19:11:00.001-07:002014-09-12T19:11:51.244-07:00Finished!<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGQ0r34C3HFM-6Sx3Rjo3Y-WVU0hkIIZ1s6Wh6GuIs0dOTIqsSeX8fCuTumM-Lic3bJF_VM0ibq8cPsgNQCzyiLmAR1JhpuArCazdBPMmu6lyGfh-Vc90lExUyIV_wtNwPgZjxNKPau20/s640/blogger-image--1570188398.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGQ0r34C3HFM-6Sx3Rjo3Y-WVU0hkIIZ1s6Wh6GuIs0dOTIqsSeX8fCuTumM-Lic3bJF_VM0ibq8cPsgNQCzyiLmAR1JhpuArCazdBPMmu6lyGfh-Vc90lExUyIV_wtNwPgZjxNKPau20/s640/blogger-image--1570188398.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">All my boys have a special quilt from Mama and today I finally finished little T's! I started it just a month or so before he was born and I'm so happy to finally finish it and be able to snuggle him in it. I love how it turned out. So so soft kinky on the back and silky satin binding for my little finger sucker to hold.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We're on the road for a weekend in Yosemite but I'll be sure to update and link up with the different fabrics I used when we get back Monday. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOX0kkoJ8hFTCPRXtpij8X_VZLmaeWgqqzNcyfAeYaksvSMFzog8X9-Xz7t_KQeOkXjfn78iXHT0VMjrMlZEdZgteoUk4XHFDSbOYAH8Lgo7f2-8tP3gm20x2pRq9t5Hz7aus3T-Ua2tw/s640/blogger-image-259848577.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOX0kkoJ8hFTCPRXtpij8X_VZLmaeWgqqzNcyfAeYaksvSMFzog8X9-Xz7t_KQeOkXjfn78iXHT0VMjrMlZEdZgteoUk4XHFDSbOYAH8Lgo7f2-8tP3gm20x2pRq9t5Hz7aus3T-Ua2tw/s640/blogger-image-259848577.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div>TheTaffshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03596300745361600605noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196253616395813166.post-72234767429787820382014-09-05T15:06:00.002-07:002014-09-05T15:06:43.259-07:00fabric in the mail<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A happy little box was waiting for me on the doorstep when I arrived home from picking the kiddos up from school. I ordered the chevron minky on purpose because its going to be the backing for little T's baby quilt and the others because, well, it added up to $35 on fabric.com and then I got free shipping so it just made sense to get them too. You know what I mean. I am in LOVE with these little farm prints and the Heather Ross print is getting squirreled away for a granny square quilt I've had in my head for awhile.</div>
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fabric: <a href="https://www.fabric.com/buy/0328474/minky-cuddle-mini-chevron-topaz-snow">Minky cuddle mini chevron in Topaz/Snow</a> (which is on sale now!- unfortunately was not when I bought it a week ago, blerg)</div>
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A few months ago I was in my local quilt shop and came across this fabric. I had been looking for some fabric to make the special "auntie Tyra" quilt for one my my bestie's new baby and when I set eyes on this fabric I fell hard in love with it.</div>
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It also inspired me to go out and buy myself a ruffler foot for my birthday. It is so fun let me tell you.</div>
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The fabric design is a log cabin quilt pattern without all the sewing. I loved it.</div>
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But there was also this fabulous yellow fabric that I couldn't say no to. </div>
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The final product for my friend's baby will have minky on the back but I wanted to quilt it up just to see it together. So I'm calling this a mini quilt and a doll quilt and <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/128255596/mini-quilt">putting it in my etsy shop.</a></div>
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<br />TheTaffshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03596300745361600605noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196253616395813166.post-70344034789231400002013-03-08T10:22:00.000-08:002013-03-08T10:22:33.004-08:00baby changing pad {for the shop}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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When C was born I made a changing pad out of oil cloth and liked it so much I made a few more in my shop. A few weeks ago my kindergarten teacher emailed me with the exciting news she was going to be a new grandma and she wanted me to make something for her to bring to the shower.</div>
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I had an <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/65525772/for-babychanging-pad?">extra one</a> from back when I made my own that was still in my shop but she was looking for something more pink/brown so <a href="http://nordicflicka.blogspot.com/2013/02/on-friday-i-went-to-my-local-harts.html">off to the fabric store</a> I went.</div>
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Now that its been five years since my brand new mom self made that first one, I've learned a few things about toting diapers around. There were some things about the original design that I thought needed a little improvement on so instead of rolling it, I had it fold up and added a belt around it instead of a tie to keep it together. This also allowed it to keep a spare dipe and wipes all there together in once convenient pouch.</div>
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TheTaffshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03596300745361600605noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196253616395813166.post-8459225181929626102013-02-27T16:59:00.000-08:002013-02-27T16:59:15.426-08:00Bread {Part II}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today I tried out one of my pre-mixed breads and it turned out great! I was worried that since the ingredients would be mixed up and out of order it might get messed up but it turned out perfectly.<br />
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Set it on your wheat bread setting and bingo! You've got fresh bread!</div>
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Pretty much my favorite thing in the world these days is a slice of honey oat and wheat bread toasted with butter and honey after I've put the kids to bed for the night.</div>
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So lately I'v been working toward changing the way I buy and cook food for the fam. I am trying to move toward cleaner, simpler and more local food. I'm a firm believer in planning meals and keeping things really simple in an effort to keep my sanity with three littles around the house while I'm trying to cook as well as watching the old food budget.</div>
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One of the things I've been doing is to cook my own bread. Bread is easy but can be time consuming, unless you are me and have a bread maker. I keep my bread maker on my counter and make a new, fresh loaf most days. I used to just use it to make the dough and then cooked the bread in my oven but then I have to be home and tend it and lets be honest, with the three little ones around here we've got a go go schedule and I forget about things like bread rising in the oven.</div>
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So I thought I'd streamline the process and premix my dry ingredients. I'd had these old yogurt containers and they seemed like the perfect size.</div>
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On Friday I went to my local Harts Fabric to check out what they had in the way of oil cloth for a custom order. I was amazed at the beautiful selection they had! I hadn't expected it! All the sudden my head started spinning with ideas for things I didn't even know I needed oil cloth for. REALLY trying to not buy supplies for projects until I can actually start on those projects which is annoying since I've got a bit of a line up of things that need to be done. Maybe its just the motivation I need to move through the queue!</div>
TheTaffshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03596300745361600605noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196253616395813166.post-33207129399525222352013-02-15T16:13:00.000-08:002013-02-15T16:13:03.066-08:00afternooning<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">we've spent our quiet time with the doors open, enjoying the breeze and smell of outside. I looked over today from my perch in the kitchen and saw all four of my little charges together, enjoying their quiet in their own ways.</span></div>
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More lucky stars. I got the file for the February block again that I accidentally deleted so I can make another one. I think I'm definitely going to do two blocks of each star so I can have a bigger quilt. I LOVE these blocks and I think I am now sufficiently addicted to foundation piecing.</div>
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I joined up with Don't Call Me Betsy's Lucky Stars block of the month club. I've been intrigued and totally intimidated by all the foundation piecing I've seen around the quilty blogosphere in the last year or two and finally decided to just jump in and give it a whirl. I figured a block of the month club would be a good way to try it out. And I love it!</div>
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Here is the third block I've done. Each block seems to take me about two hours. I'm tempted to make two of each months' blocks to finish up with a nice sized quilt at the end of it all. I've noticed we have an abundance of lap sized quilts and a shortage of snuggle up sized ones so I've been trying to get to some larger quilt projects. I did a custom quilting job for a friend and did a quilt that was the largest I've done on my little Bernina 440QE to date and it went really well. So well I'm less concerned with saving up my big quilts for our yearly trip up to Washington where I can rent long arm time.</div>
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TheTaffshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03596300745361600605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196253616395813166.post-55599347347219537592013-01-16T18:01:00.001-08:002013-01-16T18:02:07.217-08:00packing up the last of christmas<br />
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I have seen <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/28217935137004095/">this </a>about a million places on Pinterest and today I thought I might give it a try. Sort of a little time capsel to keep around of all our friends through the years. Or it might just be one more thing I'm storing that I really don't need to. </div>
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TheTaffshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03596300745361600605noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196253616395813166.post-77944883575674033922012-12-12T08:22:00.001-08:002012-12-12T09:29:46.757-08:00Breaking out the Silhouette! (finally)Last year for Christmas my super rad sister-in-law planted a bug in my mom's ear that I might enjoy a Silhouette. And then Christmas morning came and I opened it up and freaked out, I was so excited. I had so many ideas and things I wanted to make with it but it took a few months to get a computer that I could use it with and then there was the craziness that was a new baby's arrival and our summer vacation and so on. And I still hadn't used it! Till last night. I got the kids to bed and brought it all downstairs to sit by the Christmas tree and figure it all out with a couple episodes of Foyle's War in the background. It was fun and oh so addicting. I finally fumbled into bed about 1:30 am (!!!!???) with two projects that had been jingling around in my head since I got my Cameo and heard of chalkboard vinyl. <br />
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And I've been wanting to do a little thing like this over our big family picture in our entryway for pretty much as long as we've had a big family picture in our entryway. I still have two little flourishes I want to put on either side of the lettering but the learning curve of working with the vinyl pretty much used up the small amount of black that I got so I've got to order some more before I can do anymore there.</div>
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I'm sort of obsessed with my baby wearing mama made booties. I made two little pairs that he wears ALL the time on my big drive up to Washington back in August but lately I've been craving a little more variety for his feet. Unfortunately I just haven't had a lot of time to make them. Last night, however, after sending my kids to bed early for reasons only partially their fault, I found myself with a little time on my hands. So I made a yellow bootie. One yellow bootie.</div>
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<br />TheTaffshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03596300745361600605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196253616395813166.post-75968512936487583662012-10-27T12:45:00.001-07:002012-10-27T12:45:09.921-07:00Postcard Quilt top complete!I've been working my way through my bin of WIPs and last night I finished my Postcard quilt top! Woo hoo! I started it with a pile of old fashioned type scrap prints that individually I didn't really like but put them together and now I think it looks beautiful. I used Kona Mellon for the boarders and sashing to give it that civil war era look and I think once it's quilted up it will look great and be a nice autumn colored quilt to put out. Or I've even been toying with the idea of hanging it in my big blank wall space in my living room. We'll see! For now I'm just really happy to be making such good progress getting through those WIPs.<br />
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I just got back last night from a whirlwind trip around England and Scotland with my sweet brother and his rad wife. We toured the entire island in 8 days and made it to York, Scotland, the Lake District, London, the Cotswolds and even a little in the Peak District. It was amazing and I had such a wonderful time. And now I'm home and totally beat!</div>
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Since we were only going to be in London for one day I had to pick my priorities and so I told my sister-in-law that I really wanted to see the Tower of London and the Liberty store. So that's what we did. We bought tickets for the hop on and hop off bus and when we happened to break down near Regent Street, we decided it was fate telling us it was time to hit the Liberty store.</div>
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TheTaffshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03596300745361600605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196253616395813166.post-23323035859302847392012-08-30T21:53:00.001-07:002012-08-30T21:53:04.022-07:00RainbowsThe kiddos are in bed (finally) and I've settled in to get some of these quilt tops done while I'm without my sweetheart and have a big dining room table to quilt on. I'd sort of forgotten about this top but now I'm getting excited to see it finished.<div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1v0eSIo7trjrN6BSyjz55YzyauZ3bWd8D16H_cwVj6Mw-NVIGaLvB-iufwq56KyIMM_t0LFnMwDl4WcIBYWWldskB6J9JJQNpjk8oP4mihKraet2bu5QK9d3g_gq_GBhHkl1mYMlcwSo/s640/blogger-image-1608905694.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1v0eSIo7trjrN6BSyjz55YzyauZ3bWd8D16H_cwVj6Mw-NVIGaLvB-iufwq56KyIMM_t0LFnMwDl4WcIBYWWldskB6J9JJQNpjk8oP4mihKraet2bu5QK9d3g_gq_GBhHkl1mYMlcwSo/s640/blogger-image-1608905694.jpg" /></a></div>TheTaffshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03596300745361600605noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196253616395813166.post-10789857102715211952012-08-29T09:35:00.000-07:002012-08-29T09:35:00.222-07:00For the gardeners<br />
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Josh and I have this dream for when we're done with our California adventure to head up to Idaho, buy a couple of acres and grow our kids and our food on our own little mini farm. We've still got a couple of years of loan repayment to do here in California so until then I'm just studying up for when we can make it a reality.</div>
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While here at my parents' house I was looking on the local library's website to find when they might be holding some kids storytimes and noticed that they were having this talk by the author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Grow-Cook-Eat-Vegetable-Harvesting/dp/1570617317/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1346171650&sr=8-1&keywords=eat+cook+grow%5C">this book</a> and it started in 15 minutes. I fed the baby fast and headed over to the library just in time. She was a great speaker and got me so excited to get home and see what I could plan for the fall in our little growable patch in our backyard.</div>
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If you're interested in gardening this is a GREAT book. Good for the beginner and more seasoned gardener alike, she breaks down lots of different vegies and herbs you can grow and talks about tips to grown and store the food and ALL the edible parts, not just the parts we tend to eat. She also includes recipes for each of the vegis and herbs she talks about. She also blogs at <a href="http://www.digginfood.com/">www.digginfood.com</a> about her workings in her own Portland garden.</div>
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So one of the first things I did when arriving was take over my parents' dining room and turn it into a little sewing studio.</div>
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I have found some time after the kids are in bed and have made some progress on these two guys. Four of my best girls are having/have had babies this summer and fall and so I'm in baby quilt making mode. </div>
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The inspiration for these two quilts can be found <a href="http://rosylittlethings.typepad.com/posie_gets_cozy/2012/07/summer-scene.html">here </a>and <a href="http://blueelephantstitches.blogspot.com/2012/03/on-how-to-make-chevron-quit-and-fabric.html">here</a>. They had been pinned to my pinterest board forever and they seemed like the perfect inspiration I was looking for.</div>
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Its hard to be so far from my sweetheart but its been great to spend such relaxed regular day to day time with my parents and to make these memories with them. And to see my kids explore all the old places I used to play in as a kid has been really cool too. We take bike rides and evening walks and have been digging in mormor's garden daily. Its fun. Now that we're settling into a nice routine here I look forward to spending a little more time in my makeshift studio and finishing up those WIPs.</div>
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Happy wedding to Mike and Laura! May this quilt keep you warm and snuggly through a lifetime of happy memories!</div>TheTaffshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03596300745361600605noreply@blogger.com0