“I go to funerals.”

Friday, 31 March 2006, 17:22 | Category : General
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Last night I did something completely out of character for me. I cooked myself dinner.
And by “cooked myself dinner,” I don’t mean “stuck French Bread Pizza in the oven,” or even “boiled spaghetti and topped it with oil and red wine vinegar and a buttload of spices,” which is as close to cooking [...]

Ooooh… a contest!

Thursday, 30 March 2006, 13:48 | Category : General
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Now, tell me true…if you were driving home from work and found yourself behind this van, wouldn’t you be a little concerned?

(Ya might need to click it to see…the glare was pretty bad.)
No, no…that’s not the contest….
So, last night we had a small gaggle (a gagglette?) of people over getting ready for a new [...]

Paradox

Wednesday, 29 March 2006, 16:21 | Category : General
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Okay, so when I started this blog, I made a commitment to myself that I would blog every weekday – or at least, every weekday that I am at work, since my job provides me with copious amounts of free time for reading, blogging, and knitting (but unsurprisingly little pay.) My favorite blogs are [...]

Gratitude

Tuesday, 28 March 2006, 17:54 | Category : General
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I’m such a happy, lucky girl!
On Monday when I picked up the mail, there was a little envelope in there with my name on it. When I saw the name on the return address label, I let out a little squeal. When I got inside and opened up that little envelope, I let [...]

F is for…

Monday, 27 March 2006, 18:13 | Category : ABC-Along
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(Edited for what little clarity it has…)
Marisa (8:39 AM) – I need an F
Bradon (8:39 AM) – F!
Marisa (8:40 AM) – *roll eyes*
Bradon (8:40 AM) – Wha?
Marisa (8:41 AM) – Ahem. I need an F picture.
Bradon (8:45 AM) – French Fries?
Marisa (8:45 AM) – *sigh*
Bradon (8:45 AM) – An F band?
Marisa (8:46 AM) – [...]

Plodding

Monday, 27 March 2006, 17:08 | Category : General
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Geez…can you even tell the difference between this picture and the one I posted on Friday?
I suppose it does look at least a little bit longer. I’m at 11.5 inches, plodding ever closer to my goal. In my defense, I don’t think I knit more than a row or two this weekend. [...]

Short, but…well…short.

Friday, 24 March 2006, 14:39 | Category : General
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Last night as I set up the sweater-in-progress to take pictures of it (because I know you all are riveted by pictures of a grey tube), Bradon came in the room, looked at it, and said “hey…it’s starting to look like the bottom of a sweater!”
Thanks, hon.
But I can see what he means. Yeah, [...]

Meow, matey.

Thursday, 23 March 2006, 16:47 | Category : General
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My poor, squinty, little pirate-kitten. Okay, he doesn’t look particularly pirate-y in this picture, but he’s definitely squinty.
I am pleased to report that it’s nothing more than conjunctivitis. The vet gave us some ointment to put in his eye twice a day – what joy. She seemed wholly unconcerned about the whole [...]

More of me singing the praises of Addis.

Wednesday, 22 March 2006, 17:06 | Category : General
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I know that the love of Addis is not universal. I know that some people *coughminxcough* accuse Addis of being too blunt. But oh, what a difference they’ve made for this sweater.

That’s 8 inches of sweatery-goodness! (Okay, I don’t think that picture, taken last night, is 8 inches – but I just [...]

She lives!

Tuesday, 21 March 2006, 14:45 | Category : General
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Yay! The server’s back up!
Hiya, kids! Sorry about that. There are benefits and detriments to having your blog on your friend’s server. On the up side, it’s not Blogger, you get personalized help when you’re too stupid inexperienced to install WordPress by yourself, and it’s free. On the down side, [...]