Needle Profusion Confusion

I found in my reading today in Cassie’s blog that Claudia has a needle storage issue.  I am like a lot of other knitters in that I have many, many sets of circular needles, many of which are the same size and length.  (Non-knitters, my husband in particular, just don’t get it.  You sometimes have to buy [...]

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Just when I thought I was done…

I did it.  I finished laboriously tacking down the slippery ends in the bamboo tank top, and hung it up for inspection.  The pattern warns that the finished creation will stretch out to fit you (Warning!  Warning!) and it does indeed look long and slender (moreso than I do, truth be told).        
           
So, I got brave [...]

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Andy’s Birthday

Eighteen years ago to the minute, I was giving birth to my younger son.  It’s been quite a trip so far, watching him grow (and in the last two months, grow up).  We always said we wanted him to end up about half an inch taller and ten pounds heavier than his older brother, just [...]

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the Troubador

I am sitting at my desk checking my email, and my son is sitting on the floor leaning against the wall, with his feet under my desk.  This may not sound strange, but he will be eighteen on Sunday, and does not typically spend a lot of time just hanging out with me.  He is [...]

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False Start

I am getting quite tired of snow. We have had a long winter about which husband and son have complained non-stop, and I felt it was my job to be the cheerleader and try to keep everyone’s spirits up.  After all, we live on the prairies and it is only March.   We have had at [...]

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Why I quit my last job

I just got a phone call from my husband.  He went to make his business deposit at the bank that I used to work at, and found it closed.  The note on the door made reference only to an emergency situation, and as there were no firetrucks in the parking lot, the logical assumption was [...]

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One giant leap…

So here I was, minding my own business (well, that’s a lie, because I was minding everyone else’s business and doing my daily reading of my favourite blogs), when all of a sudden (like, over the last two or three months) I realized that maybe I too should have my own blog.  After a few [...]

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