Pancakes for dinner and "chick flicks"

The hubby’s out of town for a few days. He and his buddies are off mountain biking in Tahoe. This means, we take it extra easy around here…. dishes tend to pile up longer, and we eat stuff like pancakes for dinner. I catch up on my “chick flicks.” Although it’s lonely, and I’m tired [...]

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Go-Go Boots and Stitch Markers

When I was about in the 3rd grade, Go-Go Boots were all the rage (ok, I’m dating myself). I really wanted some Go-Go boots. Like they wore on Laugh-In. I kept pleading with my Mom and she kept saying, No, they weren’t appropriate and she wasn’t letting me wear anything with heels. [...]

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He Gets It!

“Live to Knit, Knit to Live”
This is our kitchen pig. He’s supposed to announce dinner every day – but I’m rarely on the ball enough for that – besides, he gets tired of announcing the same old things….
So, the pig’s been used to herald birthdays, greet guests, welcome holidays, and display Bible verses.
Then the hubby [...]

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Grandma’s Buttons

When I was a kid, both sets of grandparents lived across the street from each other. My parents were highschool sweethearts. For a long time I thought everyone’s grandparents lived across the street from each other. It was certainly handy! Until my Dad’s parents died, they all still lived across the street from each other.
When [...]

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My Knitting’s Calling Me

I’m supposed to be working…. I’m sitting here, blogging. I work at home, medical transcription. I am sooooo blessed. I work almost full time, but can pick my own schedule, so I get it all done while the kids are in school. I can still take afternoons off for field trips or lunch with a [...]

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Pleasant Surprises

My daughters were born 11 months apart. No, we didn’t plan that. Actually, we thought we had it all planned out. The Lord had been very gracious… when we decided to start a family, about 1 month later I was pregnant. When we decided to add another child, again…. done. I was blessed with easy [...]

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Knitting Polygamy

No sir, not me. I’m a one-project-at-a-time kind of girl. So, the progress pictures on this blog may get a little boring. Here’s the latest on my Marilyn’s NSS cardigan…… and here’s a close-upIt’s not really that bright pink in “real life.”
I can really only have one project going at a time. Well, there’s always [...]

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Sweater Weather!!!

Ooooh, it’s all stormy and sprinkly this morning. This picture doesn’t even do it justice – it’s actually a lot stormier out than the picture shows. Finally, a promise of sweater weather! Fall is my very most favorite time of year. I probably have more sweaters than anything else in my wardrobe, well except for [...]

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Yarn Order, House & Dignity All Intact

Here I am knitting away, thinking, “This is the life!” It was a great weekend away camping with the hubby. This was actually a yearly event for a group my hubby is affiliated with – let’s just say I was one of about seven women among about 150 manly-men, doing manly-men things all weekend, so [...]

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Spy On Kaity For Me

Here’s the progress on my Sitcom Chic. I think I’m gonna like it….. it’s really soft. However, since my yarn for my Marilyn’s Not-So-Shrunken cardi didn’t come today… it means the Sitcom is the lucky winner for my camping knitting this weekend. Hmmmm, white knitting and camping, practical, no?
But, here’s the worst [...]

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