A dream… realized

Well, so much for my posting every other day for the month of December. You have to admit though, I did post more often.
But, since Christmas, which was wonderful by the way… I haven’t knit a stitch. You see, one of my long time dreams came true.
About 15 or so years ago [...]

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Ahhhhhh….

I’m ready.
The fudge is made…
…and the peanut brittle
…the almond roca
…and even the peppermint marshmallows (mmmm, melting in hot chocolate – to DIE for!)
They’ve all been packaged and delivered to our friends.
All the gifts are bought and wrapped.  I’m ready.  I can relax.
So, tonight it’s just me, a movie, and the Ice Queen
… [...]

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The Beautiful People

We received one of my yearly Christmas card favorites today. This is one from a friend I’ve known since we were both tiny babies, so our parents tell… but unfortunately I haven’t seen her in 20+ years, except through Christmas cards.  It’s sad that we’ve let time and space let us get so [...]

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Maybe Matchy-Matchy’s not such a bad idea…

Wait, wait, before we get started with today’s topic…. Layla says “Hi.”
She’s obviously been doubling up on her cute pills.
Anyway…. today’s topic – for some reason I always thought that knitting a matching scarf, hat and mitten set was lame. I don’t really know why. Stores all over sell these items in [...]

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Well, my posting every other day thingie kind of hit the skids last week, didn’t it?!  Wow, Christmastime is busy!  Christmas shopping to do, Christmas baking to do, Christmas movies to watch, Christmas parties to go to…, then just boring ol’ stuff like trips to the dentist…
Anyhoo, I’m back and you’ve been waiting patiently, I’m [...]

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Kaity saw a tutorial for crock pot dying, and during tonight’s dinner, crock pot macaroni, she was reminded of it. So, after dinner we stowed the leftovers, washed the crock pot, and got busy!
Ingredients: KnitPicks Bare laceweight, various food coloring, hot water, vinegar…. we picked blue, purple, and green, and decided [...]

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The Stockings Were Hung…

…ok, not by the chimney with care, because we use the fireplace too often, so they’re hung on the banister. Now, we like to decorate, but admitedly the outside decorations are rather simple. So, while the girls and I were out this evening we thought we’d drive around the ‘hood a bit [...]

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Holiday Weekend

So…. here I am, two days later as promised, with LOTS of pictures!  I love this one, snapped while sitting in the parking lot waiting for the girls to get back with our Starbucks…. typical California Christmas.  Palm trees, blue skies, holiday decorations, overpriced yummy coffee )
Yesterday, we worked on our holiday puzzle,
There was [...]

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