Warm Ewe Up Question #3

What is your favorite way to keep warm when it’s snowing outside? (And if you live in a warm weather climate, what would you do to stay warm and cozy while it’s snowing?)
Um … not going outside if I can help it! LOL  I usually put some sweats on and curl up on the couch [...]

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FOs For Friday!

I just finished up a couple of really cute hats for my co-worker’s (Misty) kids.  I delivered them yesterday so that I could get some pictures.

Project : Big Green Hat
Knitted For : Gauge
Pattern: Big Funky Hat by Laurie Lee
Yarn : Cascade 220 Heathers

I think this one came out really great.  He put it on and [...]

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Mail Call Monday

Oy!  Today there was a package waiting for me when I woke up!  It was my first package from my Warm Ewe Up swap pal!

There are two really nice copies of some sock patterns that are in my Ravelry queue, a skein of Paca-Peds sock yarn in ‘Carribean Chocolate’, a skein of Sandy’s Palette Merino [...]

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Friday Fill-In

Friday Fill-In #108
1. Oh, I am so tired right now!  My knee hurts and I can’t sleep.
2. I don’t mind changes, big and little.
3. During work, I always find some time to knit.
4. Fifty degrees outside today, and it’s winter; are you kidding me???
5. Right now I’d like to be without knee pain and sleeping.
6. [...]

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Swearing In and Socks

Oh what a great day today was!  The inauguration of Barack Obama !!!!  I was in tears for part of the swearing in today, and laughing at other times.  I am just so happy that we have a new face to the government, with good ideas and strong direction.  The new first lady is elegant, [...]

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Snow!

Ah – today was the first real snow of the season.  I’m not a huge fan of winter weather, but it was really pretty outside today.  My poor gnomes are buried under everything.  This was also Cooley’s first time seeing snow, and he sat in front of the living room windows watching it most of [...]

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Manic Monday

This weekend was good.  Being at work was good for me, emotionally.  I’m feeling much better today.
Manic Monday #151
What do you do to make yourself feel better when you are sick?
I stay in bed and sleep.  I like to be left alone.  I also seem to drink endless amounts of chicken broth and ginger ale.
What [...]

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Friday Fill-In

Well, today I’m a little better.  This morning after John got up to go to work, I took a Valium and went back to bed.  I cried myself to sleep again, but when I woke up, I was feeling a little more secure in the world.  I can look at her picture without bursting into [...]

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Silence and Tears

Thank you so much for your kind words and sympathy with the passing of my dear friend, Arwin.  I still can’t think about her without crying.  It’s just going to take time, I suppose, to get to a point where I can remember with joy rather than pain.
I also have to say thank you to [...]

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Good Night, Sweet Girl

Today, my beloved cat, Arwin, crossed over the Rainbow Bridge.
Arwin was one of my best friends.  She was there for me at a time when I felt few others were.  She would curl up on my chest at night, nuzzle her head under my chin, and we would sleep that way all night.
When I moved [...]

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