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- December 16th, 2009
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My Current Fantasy
I have a fantasy, ya’ll. It is a deep, dark, delicious fantasy. It doesn’t involve finding a magic slim pill nor even an exotic vacation, but oh, it is a most pleasant fantasy. Let me s…
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Baby, it’s cold outside!
I mean of course, that it is cold to me! Sandwiched as I am between all this beachy wonderland (20 minutes from wrightsville, 30 from carolina, and about 45 to myrtle beach s c), we don’t spend…
- December 13th, 2009
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Another cycle done
Ok, I have finished another cycle of my crisis day, and I am pretty well satisfied with what I have accomplished. I’m still afraid to turn on the bathroom lights, but I have mostly handled the…
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Five Inches In
I just keep coming up with them, don’t I? But I swear, I am only talking about the hat knitting! I guess I need fat burners for my perverse sense of humor, huh? Anyway, I am five inches into H…
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His Head is Huge!
Just a little title sure to draw some porn hits. What can I say, I’m bored today and wish to mess with folks. Move on along, googlers, it’s just a knitting blog. I’m just short of…
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Assorted Thoughts on Sunday Afternoon
Well, I have been through one rotation of blogging, cleaning and knitting, and spent some time visiting with Guitar Guy. That was fun, because it’s been a long time since we’ve been able…
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Hats!
Apparently the recent cold snap has my loved ones thinking not about florida vacations, but rather warm woolen good for their heads! I’ve been handed for hat requests in the last 36 hours! And…
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Adventures in Crisis Living
No, I’m not having a crisis, just relax. My friend Ang. and I call it “crisis living” when we have so much to accomplish that we have to break our time into chunks so that we can at…
- December 12th, 2009
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Little Clothes, Little Shoes
That’s me, ya’ll! Well, except for the little shoes part–I’m still a 7.5 there, if you haven’t finished your shopping for me yet, LOL. But I totally hacked off my 16 ye…
- December 9th, 2009
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Purge Update
Let’s take a break from the memory game for a bit and talk about stuff. If you follow my twitter, you know that I finished sorting my books on Monday. I didn’t realize it then, but I was…
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Stitching Along
okay, in the Secret Christmas Crocheting, there are twelve milestones to complete. Yesterday, I spent three hours in a waiting room with children, and I raised the total steps done to four. Each ste…
- December 6th, 2009
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A few more little ones
Let’s continue our journey, shall we? Unlike my weight loss diet, which has gone on for nearly two years, we are nearly at the end of my memory walk. Yeah, I know–2 posts and nearly fini…
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Getting Organized to Get Stitching
So, one of the motivating factors in the great purge (which is finally happening after 4 years of meaning to get it done, and starting each January to do so) is to be able to spend more time doing wha…
- December 4th, 2009
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More Stuff on Stuff
Good grief, the amount of stuff I have! The amount of paper I have in this house is absolutely crazy!! Just this morning, I tidied my room again, and the backlog of mags to look through, books to re…
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Tales of Craftiness Past
As you may know, if you follow my other blog, I’ve been purging my house over the past few months. I’v found a lot of stuff, people. A lot of crafty stuff yet to be made and a fair amoun…
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Now, that’s interesting
As some of you may know, I work two days a week in the pharmacy. I really enjoy it; the counting and attention to detail really appeal to my innate desire to be regimentally organized (yes, you may c…
- December 3rd, 2009
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A Girl and Her Stuff
Guys, I have stuff. I have a lot of stuff. In fact, I have an un-natural and abnormal amount of stuff. In my 25 by 12 living room, I had SEVEN bookshelves full of books and dolls. Seven. So, I s…
- December 2nd, 2009
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A Little Unaddressed Letter
Sometimes, I write the things I can never find the courage to say out loud. Sometimes, it’s to the person I wish to communicate with, and sometimes it just ends up here on my blog where the per…
- November 19th, 2009
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Some things jewelry just won’t fix
Doesn’t that look interesting? Yeah, I thought so. Bunch of young fellas sitting around giving and getting advice on what “chicks” like. And I suppose if I were a younger, hippe…
- November 17th, 2009
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The Gift of Laughter
I could tell you all the story behind this, but it’s tedious to set up and would take all the funny out of the picture. Suffice it to say that That One came into the living room last night look…
- November 1st, 2009
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- October 28th, 2009
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A Walk to Remember
Cover of A Walk to Remember Or my opinion on Nicholas Sparks Recently, I have been exploring Nicholas Sparks, on the recommendation of Goober. (Don’t shoot me, he picked he name himself.…
- October 25th, 2009
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Self Portrait Sunday 10/25/2009
Yes, with a real camera! Today was spent at cheer competition. And I must insert here that I was told I looked pretty darn good today. And no Medifast coupons were used to obtain the figure that was…
- October 24th, 2009
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Forty Three
So, after such a long freaking hiatus, which I am sure I will be discussing at some point, I’ve come back to tell you that I put all my shoes in my new closet today (yes, we need to discuss that…
- September 29th, 2009
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- September 20th, 2009
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- August 31st, 2009
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Self Portrait Sunday
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- August 30th, 2009
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Self Portrait Sunday
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- August 23rd, 2009
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A Month? Seriously?
Does Medicare supplement insurance cover the loss of blogging and crating mojo, or am I on my own for that? Because not only have I not blogged, I haven’t stitched much either. In fact, I don&…
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Self Portrait Sunday 8/23/2009
As I look at this makeup-less pic, I am struck by how very much I resemble both Mama and Daddy. Very rarely do my lips look this full in a picture, but that is my dad’s mouth for sure. Also, t…
- August 16th, 2009
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Self Portrait Sunday
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- August 9th, 2009
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Self Portrait Sunday 8/9/2009
Another week with no post. And yet, on Sunday, here I am. You know, sometimes habit is the only thing that keeps us going. Right now, I am doing a lot of faking it until I make it. It’s just…
- August 2nd, 2009
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Self Portrait Sunday 8/2/2009
Here I sit, running late, one stocking on and one stocking off, remembering it’s Sunday and time to take a picture of myself. Here it is: Can’t believe I haven’t blogged for a week…
- July 26th, 2009
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Arrggggg
Ok, so I sat down in front of a movie the other night to work on my sweater. My row guage is a bit off from the pattern, so I had decided to take it back a couple of rounds so it would not be too lar…
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Self Portrait Sunday 7/26/09
So, it’s been a day. I took one of the crappy pics from this morning and cropped it for you. Twice. My eyes are my best feature, so there you have it, all two of them. addthis_url = 'ht…
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Pass the Tiara
Well, this should have been the Self Portrait Sunday post, but I took 8 pictures and every one of them sucked for one reason or another. Perhaps sitting on my bed fresh from the shower with a towel o…
- July 25th, 2009
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My Wall of Happy
Last January, when I saw Aunt Lady, she told me a story of a man who had been a good friend to her and taught her very valuable things. I think she said he was a professional counselor and also a cou…
- July 19th, 2009
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Self Portrait Sunday 7/19/2009
I have no idea why I look half drunk in this picture. I haven’t had a drop in three days, I promise. But the other three were even worse, so we’ll go with this one. This week, I have wor…
- July 18th, 2009
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Last flowers planted
Now that is a totally mundane title, but it does tell you exactly what this post is about. Yesterday, I planted the last flowers I intend to plant for the year. I moved Lantana from it’s middl…
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Time to divide
and maybe even to conquer! It’s time to set aside stitches for the sleeves of my pinwheel sweater. I’m excited and a little intimidated. I cannot make my mind see the way she explains t…
- July 17th, 2009
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Halloween Scoop
Halloween will be here before you know it., so it’s a good idea to start looking for kid’s costumes, today. Selected themes and characters are limited in quantity and based on demand, coul…
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Halloween Scoop
Halloween will be here before you know it., so it’s a good idea to start looking for kid’s costumes, today. Selected themes and characters are limited in quantity and based on demand, coul…
- July 15th, 2009
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What Are You Doing Here?
So, yesterday, I met a friend. Knowing that I am an avid blogger, he said, just a few minutes after we met, “Oh NO! I am going to read all about this on your blog, aren’t I?” I as…
- July 12th, 2009
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Self Portrait Sunday 7/12/2009
I totally just typed 2007 up there! Geez, Louise. Here’s what I looked like just a few minutes ago: I was sitting on my bed, chilling. I guess it has been so long since I posted that I ought…
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Letting it all out
Several months ago, in a fit of trying to be orgnaized and efficient, I packed all my craft stuff up so it would be contained and not in everyone’s way. Not coincidentally, I realized that̵…
- July 5th, 2009
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A few more things
“A broken reputation may possibly be repaired, but the world keeps its eyes on the spot where the crack was.” ~Joseph Hall Brian Clark, aka Copyblogger just tweeted that quote, and it so a…
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Self Portrait Sunday 7/5/2009
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- July 4th, 2009
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Happy Birthday, America
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- July 1st, 2009
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The Catered To Generation
Welcome, Children of the Eighties, you are now the catered to generation. I realized at work the other day that my generation is now the one that marketers are looking at and trying to woo. The cut…
