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I finally made it to sit & knit last night…and cross-stitched the whole time. I think I’ll be able to get this wedding gift done in time, but it’s going to be close. No knitting for me until it’s finished. <sniffle> Well, maybe I’ll put in the random row here and there on my kureyon [...]
I finally got to see Pirates of the Caribbean last night. We tried to go see it a few weeks ago, and ended up in a theater with a faulty projector that flickered…we notified management, but they didn’t fix it, so we walked out. Anyway. Did I say yet that this was a fantastic movie? [...]
My allergies haven’t killed me yet, although they sure are trying! We had a fun visit with our twin nieces and twin niece and nephew this weekend – four kids have way more than four times the energy of one kid…it definitely follows the rule of the sum being greater than the parts. We went [...]
Lately, we’ve been working on our basement family/guest room. (Yes, our guest room is in the basement, but it’s walkout – to the pool – has two full-size windows, a full bathroom, and is huge.) Anyway. We came up with the grand idea of building built-in cabinets and bookcases, plus a window seat, to store [...]
My baby brother left for college today. I’m 10 years older than he is, so I distinctly remember the first day I met him. I’m sure he’ll have a great time, but I’m a little sniffly… <sniffle> I baked him his favorite cookies last night, and sent a huge tin of them with him. (They’re [...]
The Mystery Quilting Project – now known as “Starry Starry Night” – is officially done, and revealed! After I put this all together, I had a few moments of panic, thinking it was almost dizzying…but I think it turned out ok, and is almost what I had originally envisioned. The Don McLean song, Vincent (Starry [...]
I realize that for many people, yesterday’s blackout was at the least an inconvenience…but I thought it was great! Let’s see…I finished the first sleeve of Janda. We dined on shrimp (easy to thaw) and potato chips…then I managed to cook rice pilaf in the microwave. How? Well, during the most recent ice storm we [...]
The UPS guy just dropped off my amazon order: Cinderella (the original Rogers & Hammerstein version, circa 1965) and Veggie Tales: The Ultimate Silly Song Countdown. OK, so I have strange taste in DVDs. :)
OK, so maybe procrastination is not such a beautiful thing. I just finished priming and painting the basement room. Who knew 14′ x 16′ was that much wall space? Fingers crossed that it won’t need a second coat, please!
No priming done. No painting either, of course. (Although I am so tempted to skip the priming…but I already did it for one wall, so I suppose I ought to do the rest.) Just the thought of the cleanup process was enough to make me decide to put it off. I did, however, finish piecing [...]