Archive for October, 2006



LookyDaddy had a bad night, and memories

Published on October 10, 2006

Stay-at-home Dad had a fun evening.  And I’m truly sorry for him and the child who is ill.  Hate to play the “I’ve got a better one” game, but I do have some 30 more years of experience to pull from, my memory is still fairly good (except when it comes to finding car keys or the other […]


Current mindless project

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Here’s what I’m working on.   Easy, no thinking – well, not very much.  It’s from the Fall 2006 edition of Vogueknitting Knit Simple.  It asks for a heavy tweeded yarn, which I didn’t have.  But I found a bag in my stash with two shades of blue, light and dark.  Caron Simply Soft.  For this […]


Guess who came to dinner?

Published on October 8, 2006

So I’m sitting peacefully at work, working hard at my knitting and repeatedly saying, “I’ll connect you with the Public Information recording” about 5,000 times, when I get a message from Brian telling me that he’ll be down for dinner shortly after 6.  Well, that’s great news, wonderful news, but I’m wondering —  Who’s home cooking […]