Yesterday was Christmas with my (de facto) in laws. BF’s brothers were both in (from DC and CO), so his parents came over from VT, and we had a feast last night. I’m still full. There was absolutely more seafood than you could shake a stick at (for the brother in CO, who likes to […]
I’m getting very close to done with my mother’s socks. This after having frogged them all the way back to the beginning when I reached the heel flap and realized I’d gone about three rows further than I had on the other sock. I tried very hard to frog only the three extra rows, but
With less than half a month remaining until 2008, and having now completed the last challenge I signed up for in 2007, I think it’s safe to post a list of the challenges I completed in 2007 so I archive them from my main page. I only started doing challenges in July, and managed to
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I’m done with the Armchair Traveler Reading Challenge! For the challenge, I read the following books: I’d made a point of picking books from different parts of the world (though the Sahara and Yemen are probably a bit too close, even if they are in different continents, but oh well.) I really enjoyed reading about
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Read for the Armchair Traveler’s Reading Challenge This book is the companion to the Sahara travel series that Michael Palin filmed in 2001. I’ve seen the last half of the series, so I had a certain visual frame of reference for some of the book that I didn’t have for the rest. (Though there were
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I love a snow storm on a weekend. There’s something wonderful about being able to watch it snow and know that you don’t have to go out in it. I did some knitting, and some cleaning, and some nice relaxing with the Sunday paper. The boys (BF and D downstairs) took care of the 6ish
Do you use any of the online book-cataloguing sites, like Library Thing or Shelfari ? Why or why not? (Or . . . do you have absolutely no idea what I’m talking to?? (grin)) If not an online catalog, do you use any other method to catalog your book collection? Excel spreadsheets, index cards, a
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I’m pretty well cruising along on Mom sock #1. (Though can I say, the colors look much less scarily pooly in person than in this picture.) Sadly, I finished Season 4 in the Babylon 5-athon last night, and we don’t own Season 5. I’m at a bit of a loss tonight, trying to figure out
I got my invite for Ravelry! I didn’t sign up for an invite for a while, because I still feel like a pretty basic knitter, and sort of felt like I might be getting in over my head, but I keep seeing some pretty cool posts on people’s blogs, and broke down a little while
The mobius scarf for my mother is done. This means I can now concentrate on her socks. I managed to add about an inch to the ribbing for sock #1 last night. The Christmas tree is up and mostly decorated. I say mostly because we had a slight snufu involving crunching of lights on the
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