Customer Service?

In an uncharacteristic fit of organization, Mike shopped for Christmas this year in the middle of December.  I had suggested that a black leather jacket might be in my future, so bless him, off he went to follow directions.  Apparently he thinks I’m still 130 pounds, because the jacket I opened Christmas morning was a [...]

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Last Minute Shoulder Strain and Other Festive Things

I am weak.  Just when I thought all the rest of my spare time could be dedicated to food (and trying to knit the hat that Lyra was wearing in the Golden Compass) (yes, I missed part of the plot because I was trying to figure out the hat), Mike’s niece asked if I could [...]

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Movie Sunday

Fun things I did today:
1) Watched “It’s a Wonderful Life”; black and white.  Cried a little at the end, but that might have been the new eye cream I was test driving. 
2)  Watched the first of my three different versions of A Christmas Carol.  Started with the Patrick Stewart version; of the three it’s my [...]

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weekend update

Yup, been busy.  I’ve done some shopping (nothing too out-of-control), tempered by the fact that as the kids get older (heck, they’re darn near grownups!) gifting gets less complicated but perhaps more expensive.  In my own defense, I did offer to knit a toque for Andy, which he politely declined, (just as well, since headwear [...]

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Of dogs…

We’ve finally entered the Big Chill here in central Saskatchewan, just a little behind Terri  in Waskesiu.  Environment Canada has, in its infinite wisdom (what other job can you be dead wrong at least half the time and still keep working?), predicted that it is going to be much colder than usual this winter, with [...]

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