A Rocky Start

Today, to help Den get away from the children that had infiltrated her house, our family went on a SEX trip.
We started out with an absolutely lovely drive over to Jackson Hole, but had an extremely disappointing start. Cold Water Creek’s outlet section didn’t have much in it, and the sales weren’t that great. We [...]

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101 in 1001 Pt 2

26. See the Atlantic Ocean
27. Go to Rhinebeck
28. Go to Camp Cockamanie
29. Go back home to Mount Rainier
30. Try a new cuisine
31. Actually do Spring Cleaning
32. Overhaul my blog
33. Publish one sock pattern
34. Take stash inventory
35. Take pictures of all my finished objects
36. Update Ravelry with finished objects and stash
37. Finish the charity wrap
38. Cast [...]

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Just Bag It

I’m home sick with the flu. Yes, I got my flu shot in the fall but the strain going around this winter/spring was one that was not covered by the shot. So I’m stuck home, coughing my head off, feeling like someone took sandpaper to my throat and going back and forth between [...]

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A Comparison of In-Laws

Sometimes I think dear Den gets a little jealous.  You see, while her in-laws gave her a mess of horrible gifts (immortilized by the Utah book), my mother in law is a different kind of woman.
Upon finding out that I want to learn to spin, my mother-in-law sent me….*shivers with unadultered joy* a baby alpaca [...]

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Smoke Gets In My Eyes

On Tuesday, we had to make a very difficult decision.  We had to put our beloved Smokey to sleep.  It was one of the hardest decisions that was ever made, but it had to be done.  The only way I’ve found that helps is to take the time to talk about what Smokey was like.  [...]

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They Say Size Doesn’t Matter

Thank you everyone for letting me vent a little. It’s tough to lose Smokey at such a young age. It’ll be hard to go over to my parent’s house and not see him. Along with being the world’s sweetest kitten, he had to be in the running for world’s biggest lapslut. [...]

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Gone Too Soon

Today we had to put Smokey, my mother’s 8 month kitten to sleep. We thought we had conquered the feline distemper but it came back this last with a vengeance. There never was a sweeter, gentler, more loving kitten. This should have never happened to him. He left a big hole [...]

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101 in 1001

Ravelry is a wonderful place. If you haven’t signed up to join go do so now. However, I am not responsible for you spending entire days of your life on there. You have been warned.
One of the neat things I’ve discovered among countless hours on Ravelry is the 101 in 1001 group. [...]

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Procrastination: A Study of How Work Gets “Done”

I know that it seems counterintuitive that procrastination could ever help anyone complete a project, but today it helped me immensly.  Today, I needed to study for a Biology test, finish updating the shop, go grocery shopping, count the stitchs on my hugly long shawl and find the middle stitch, and blog.  Guess what got [...]

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Even the Best of Ideas….

Well, after much whining and nagging on my part, I have been allowed to be a contributor to this blog.
Let me introduce myself.  I am probably best know as “The Princess” and the “Sister”.  I love to bake, love to knit, and enjoy spending money.  I go to school part time, work full time, and [...]

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