My sister won a $20 gift certificate to Treadle Yard Goods in a silent auction, and gave it to me. She actually thought it said 'Yarn' instead of 'Yard', but either way, I appreciate the thought! I've only been there once, ages ago, and what I remember is that everything was rather pricey. So ( Read more... )

Hi, folks. Just a quick note to reassert my continued existence on this plane of reality ( Read more... )

Just had to share this post on craft related word pet peeves from the knitting community.

DYEING! WITH DYE! DYEING, PEOPLE! DYE DYE DYE!

*chuckle*

There are many things that come to mind when I think of Christmas and the holiday season - songs, stories, memories, scents, tastes, smiles, and on and on and on. But the single most profound impression of the day for me is freedom. Christmas was the one day that my family was guaranteed NOT to have to go anywhere, do anything, be anything to ( Read more... )

I just returned to my cube and found a bottle of White Winter Wineries' Black Mead on my chair.

Wow...

:-)

LOTR extended edition back to back screening on New Year's Eve!

Canadain Coca-Cola (made with *real* sugar) tastes better than U.S. Coca-Cola (made with high-fructose corn syrup ( Read more... )

Thank you to everyone reading these words who has served in our country's armed forces. Thank you to those who have family members, friends, and loved ones who have served or are serving now. These precious freedoms we enjoy, these rights and privileges we exercise and squabble over - these are won and protected day after day by men and women who ( Read more... )

Thanks for the wonderful costume sugestions! As I was talking them over with my sister to see what I could managet to put together, she asked "why don't you just go as one of the crayons - its the easiest costume we have ( Read more... )

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