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Knitting ADD
There are a few downsides to this sudden return of knitting energy. I want to start all kinds of new projects! I really should finish a few first. :) Part of the impetus for this has been trying to decide on what knitting to take for the trip to Seattle ( Read more... ) -
Christmas baking planning
It seems a bit early to be planning this, but I'm the designated baker in my family. I have a terrible tendency to over-commit myself, so I'm trying to avoid that this year. I'll confess that I can't wait for next year, when I will have a chest freezer and can start nicely ahead of time ( Read more... ) -
Can't I just stay home and knit?
I'm finally coming out of a knitting slump, brought on by too much obligation knitting. Now that I'm finally knitting for myself, it's really gotten me back into knitting. So, I headed off to visit Knitty and take a look at their new fall issue. It's been over a year since I visited, largely because I wasn't finding inspiration in the patterns. ( Read more... ) -
Stuff
Life is chugging along. Last night was date night for LT and I, so we went to the Champlin 5-8, which was fabulous as usual. I need to remember that Thursday nights there are bingo nights. This makes for a much more crowded and loud restaurant. Also, holy moly, the caller is from Minnesota. I suspect a bunch of time "up north." It's really ( Read more... ) -
Oh what the heck
Look! It's another attempt to post something more than memes and when something awful happens.
The biggest change in my life is that I have an absolutely fabulous new job! I'm now a Research Assistant at Jeffrey Slocum & Associates ( www.jslocum.com ). It's an institutional investment advice firm; what I really like is that the focus is on non- ( Read more... ) -
Help!
Well, the details have been settled. But now I need someone to come let the poor beagle boys out on Saturday. Because I'll be gone from 9 am until god only knows when. Does anyone have time to come spend an hour or so at my house with two adorable but rambunctious beagles on Saturday between about 2pm and 7 pm? It would really help to know that ( Read more... ) -
No more grandparents
I have been invisible for the last week. My grandmother went into the hospital a week ago Saturday with pneumonia in one lung and aspirated food in the other. She went steadily down hill, despite IV antibiotics and oxygen. She went to Critical Care for 2 days when we tried using a Bi-PAP machine to give her a rest from the extreme effort she was ( Read more... )