and suddenly found herself with an empty nest. she took a class in quilting fell in love with the craft and found she was a natural. inventing short cuts that allowed her to block, stitch, patch far faster than everyone in their class. i had made 12 of them by the time i was done. i was so addicted. with the economy shaky in 2008 and ron near retirement the doane children were concerned that the parents had little money for their golden years. since jenny was spending so much time on her new hobby, the kids thought purchasing a professional quilting machine might be a good investment for the future. helping them start a little business that might bring in a small income for their parents. we got a building for $24,000 and a quilt machine for $40,000. the quilt machine cost more than the building. that was the catalyst that got us all going. from those humble beginnings the missouri star quilt company was born. alan, his sister sarah and
show so she kind of packed her bags and said, i am out of here. one source told fox news, jenny wasn t thrilled with the direction own producers were going. she s leaving own for nbc. how wise is that to turn your back on the big o i wonder? i don t get it. don t doubt the queen. don t doubt oprah. we ll see. we ll see how that works. all right, the daily news is reporting that the sunday mirror is reporting that amy winehouse was about to adopt a 10-year-old caribbean girl. she was in the process of going through with this adoption when she died last week. apparently she spent a lot of time at a resort on the island of st. lucia where she met 10-year-old danica augustine whose grandmother runs a beach bar near the resort. the girl told reporters, amy was already my mother, i would call her mom, she calls it the worst thing that s ever happened to me, meaning amy winehouse s death. really, really sad. maybe she had other issues going on in her life she needed to deal
another partner boot strapped a quilting website based on a daily view. when the website gained some traction they realized jenny s larger than life personality was perfect for youtube. the competition begins now! i know this looks a little crazy, but i ve done crazy things before. now it turns out jenny is the real star at the missouri star quilt company. all i was hoping for was, here s jenny! as jenny s notoriety on youtube grew, so did the business. she has a devoted following of 150,000 subscribers and her folks bring videos have been watched 28 million times. the business was humming along nicely when something totally unexpected started happening. last time we weren t here jenny wasn t here. i was disappointed. today i got to talk to her. people started making the