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Another F.O.!

Posted in Knitting on September 27, 2008 | 7 Comments »

I have finished knitting the Lace Ribbon Scarf.  I used three and a half balls of my five; I think I have enough left for some fingerless mitts.
It was 60 inches long when I cast off, and blocked out to 83 inches (!) without a whole lot of stretching.  The lace ribbons really opened up, [...]

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A Straight Face?

Posted in Knitting, family on September 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »

You know how sometimes someone makes a statement and in spite of being pretty worldly and intelligent, you can’t quite figure out if they’re being serious?
I present the latest from PETA:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080925.wbreastmilk0925/BNStory/International/
How can these people expect the rest of us human vermin to take them seriously?  Why would a person donate to this group when their [...]

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Listen to Pirates Day

Posted in Knitting, family on September 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Thanks for clearing up my Talk Like a Pirate Day confusion.  I spent the day in the closet (painting), so I had Pirates of the Caribbean  in the DVD player.    I had the dvd and the television things hooked up wrong, so on the odd occasion when I came out of the closet, I had [...]

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Posted in Knitting, travel on September 18, 2008 | 6 Comments »

Rats.  I missed it again.  I got my daily email from allrecipes.com (a very helpful site for those of us who need inspiration to cook a meal), and they announced that today was International Talk Like a Pirate Day.  So here I sit, with 2 hours and fifteen minutes left to speak Pirate, and Andy [...]

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Weekend Update

Posted in Uncategorized on September 13, 2008 | 5 Comments »

I’m finally back in the land of the upright bipeds. I’ve weaned myself from Advil, and only need to take two naps a day with my icepack. Yikes. But enough about that. What’s everyone been up to?
With Andy back in school, I’m hoping that my life returns to some sort of [...]

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Beige. I think I’ll paint the ceiling beige.

Posted in Knitting on September 5, 2008 | 4 Comments »

Today’s title is the punchline from a tired old joke about the differences among girlfriends (“Ooohh! DON’T STOP! DON’T STOP!”), hookers (less enthusiastically:”Oh baby baby. Don’t stop.”) and wives (“Beige. I think I’ll paint the ceiling beige.”). I would be laughing hysterically if only I hadn’t spent four days looking [...]

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