Oops — two more knitted objects
Of course the knitting backlog was so great, I forgot two of them. 🙁 First we have a scarf I started two weeks before Easter as a prayer for someone who was having a difficult time. This went into the…
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Monthly Archive: July 2011
a thousand knit objects
The socks I mentioned a while back are still “on the needles” but I did finish the first sock before the color repeat. I know you’ve been losing sleep over that. I haven’t been posting pictures of the things I…
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Would it be okay if we all got over ourselves now?
There is a billboard out on Main Street which declares, courtesy of the McDonalds corporation, that “Chocolate drizzle is a right, not a topping.” The picture is of some frothy coffee drink thing, and I admit, it looks nice. I’m…
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I couldn’t resist.
It doesn’t matter, though, because she didn’t get it anyway. Kiddo#4 needs a real bed, not a toddler bed. We took inventory in the attic, and we’ve got a bed frame and a box spring, but no mattress. Being an…
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on being prepared
I was maybe twelve weeks pregnant with my second. As I stepped out of the shower, I heard in my head, What would you do if the baby had anencephaly? Looking back, the oddest part of this incident is that…
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*beep*
On a Thursday morning, I trudged downstairs to brew a pot of awareness-giving elixir when I heard the smoke detector give its “Feed me” chirp. Low batteries. Not a biggie. Thanks to BJs, we have a thousand AA batteries. But…
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Branching out, making choices
Yesterday I talked about a bigger understanding of free will, and I want to take it a bit further. I do think God has certain things He would like to happen, but my new understanding is that it’s not as…
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Free will, bananas, and the open road
I’m coming to a new understanding of “free will,” and it’s a bit bigger than I anticipated. Most of us are introduced to the concept of “free will” as the ability to make a good decision. You’re a bit hungry…
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It’s a classic. Or not.
The radio announcer said, and I’m not making this up, “And here’s a classic by Cyndi Lauper.” She then proceeded to play “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun.” Now I will admit without shame that I owned that album back in…
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Socks and trust
It’s been a while since I successfully knitted a sock, so when I saw there was a sock version of Noro Silk Garden, I ordered one and camped out beside my mailbox until it arrived, then carried it around like…
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