The Ass of Dumbness

Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 19:35 | Category : Knitting, In General, Socks
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What is wrong with me?
(I wonder how many knitting blog posts start out with some equivalent of that question. How many times in the course of our knitting and blogging do we sit down in front of the computer and start a story with “I’m a dumbass, and I’m going to tell the world [...]

Happy birthbikeday to me!

Tuesday, 29 April 2008, 18:45 | Category : Biking, Meatspace Life
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Once upon a time, when I was a little kid, I would spend up to ten hours a day during the summer on the back of my bike. I wasn’t going anywhere in particular – just around and around my neighborhood – but I loved the freedom, the exertion, and the time alone to [...]

Airing the Stash

Monday, 28 April 2008, 18:18 | Category : Knitting, In General
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I don’t know if it was a spring cleaning thing or what, but all last week I was itching to tear my stash apart, look at it, then put it all back together. My stash and I seem to have a very out-of-sight/out-of-mind relationship; while I have a few clear memories of some much-beloved [...]

Art for Art

Friday, 25 April 2008, 13:58 | Category : Meatspace Life
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I mentioned once, long ago and far away, that my mother does tole painting. She’s a wonderful artist in general, and can draw and paint in almost any medium, but tole painting is her passion. She taught it for years, and now mostly paints for herself, doing a few commissioned projects every few [...]

Things That the Boring Scarf of Endless Boringness Is Longer Than, Part the Last

Thursday, 24 April 2008, 21:55 | Category : Finished!, Scarves
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As of some time in the wee hours of April 13, the Boring Scarf of Endless Boringness was longer than the recipient.

That’s right, folks! The boring scarf of endless boringness is fini!
We had a few people over weekend before last…a homecoming, of sorts, after our honeymoon. As we were sitting around the living [...]

The Nuptial Sock (And a Question for Lefties.)

Wednesday, 23 April 2008, 16:59 | Category : Socks, Wedding
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I know that wedding photographers are asked to do all sorts of weird things, but I’m pretty sure this was a first for our photographers.

“Yeah, see, I just want you to take a couple shots of the ceremony with this sock that I’m knitting in the foreground.”
Alrighty, then.
The nuptial socks were started for the express [...]

Perfect, Sun-Drenched Sweetness

Tuesday, 22 April 2008, 20:25 | Category : Wedding
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The perfect wedding must, of course, be followed by the perfect honeymoon.
Bradon and I spent ten wonderful days at the Maui Prince Hotel, in Makena, Maui, Hawaii. It might seem odd that two night-dwelling, pale skinned former goths might choose to spend their blissful vacation in such a sunny place, but it was quite [...]

Grasping

Monday, 21 April 2008, 18:51 | Category : General, Wedding
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I’ll see if I can come up with some words anyway.
I don’t believe that any wedding, since the beginning of time, has gone off without a hitch. Few things in this world are hitchless, as it were. When planning a wedding, the goal is to do everything you can to insure that whatever [...]

No Words…But Lots of Pictures!

Tuesday, 15 April 2008, 19:19 | Category : Wedding
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(Get a cup of your favorite beverage…the loading might take a while. Apologies to those on dialup.)

(All the wedding photos – and I do mean all of them – can be found here, if you’re into that kind of thing.)