Talk me down, people!!

I blame Ravelry…their infernal advertisements of gorgeous indie yarn dyers…  Wouldn’t a small, 3 month membership to Zenstring’s semi-solids club be wonderful?  Semi-solids, I tell you — so no whining about pooling obscuring the pattern!  What’s a girl to do?  Especially a girl who has the money (if she borrows against her next week “fun [...]

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Growing Pains

My babies are growing up!  My 5 year old and my 3 year old are having their first sleepover at a friend’s house tonight (a girl’s house, no less!).  A wonderful friend I trust 110% with my kids, of course, but it’s still a little nerve racking.  Not sure if I want them to call [...]

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In the home stretch!

I have exactly 15 inches of belt to finish knitting, and then the Starsky sweater will be finished!! Other than the seaming… lol As long as Spencer sleeps as wonderfully as he did last night I’ll be doing it tonight — or at least making my first attempt! Cross your fingers for [...]

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Ahhh, relief!

My wonderful man came home today!  He was back in time to put the goobers to bed & was in a wonderful mood.    It’s a darn good thing he made it because the “retail therapy” monster reared it’s money-sucking head today & I was unable to curb it completely.  lol  Who knows what [...]

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Only 1 day left.

Less than one day, really.  Maybe 22 hours?  Then I will be free.  Hallelujah!  lol  Every night has been a little better (erm, only in the “I got 20 minutes more sleep than the night before” kinda way), but tonight is really looking up.  I’ve been out here for almost 1/2 an hour…with 3 sleeping [...]

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…and finally…day 7!

Okay…so I might have gone a bit overboard. Un poco. Maybe. But when someone whispers “co-op” and “half-priced yarn” in the same sentence, what’s a girl to do? Especially a girl with guilt free $$ burning a hole in her pocket!
Here’s what I still had from the last [...]

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A belated day 6

It’s inevitable. Every time my dh leaves for a business trip, calamity strikes. Oh, it starts out well enough. We get past the 1/2 hour meltdown that all three seem to have where I think “oh great, this will be a wonderful week.” I decide to stop whining & get down [...]

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Sweater love…day 5

Could it be? Plans for a grown up sweater?! For me?!? On smallish needles?!?!
It certainly looks like it!

The brown is homespun I bought at the Artists Market last summer here in town. It is a 95/5 alpaca/mohair blend. It has tiny flecks here and there in the same blue and [...]

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Excessive cuteness, WIP progress & day 4 of yarn goodness…

How’s that for an all encompassing title? Note I didn’t try to claim it was a clever title.
Today you get the gratuitous cute baby pics first!

All babies love to wear their Papa’s hat, don’t they? This little guy is teething sooooo badly — he bit my [...]

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4 secrets…a meme

I’ve been tagged by Liz!
4 jobs I’ve had:
Secretary/data input – at my old high school.  I entered time “card” info for the maintenance dept.
Waitress – I waited tables while in college at an Italian place I loved (well, other than dating & then dumping the manager…that was awkward…), then after I got married at a [...]

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