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Peace, Quiet, Chores??? Ughhh

Published on October 15, 2006

Well, that pretty much sums up the weekend so far.  Every year, I go through the “put the summer clothes away, bring out the winter things” dance.  I’ve been doing this for 30 years or more, and have hated it every stinking year.   I now see ONE advantage to those years in Panama and Florida, […]


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 […]