3 Things Meme

3 Hobbies*Knitting (duh)*Reading*Gardening 3 Things on my to-do list *Exercise*Organize spare room*READ 3 Unique traits *Innate capacity with languages*Sympathetic – perhaps, too sympathetic*Ridiculously muscle-y 3 Favourite drinks *Gin and Tonic*Pumpkin Spice Latte*WATER 3 Passions *Working with children*My family*Literacy 3 Good Bands *NIN*Depeche Mode*U2 3 Things I am anal about*Food*Public washrooms*My privacy 3 Random men *George [...]

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So much to learn

Lessons. There have been lessons happening all over the place. First of all Kira is learning to share her home and her beloved people. We are dogsitting – though we keep forgetting it ourselves. Cleo is such a good dog, she has fit right in. The cats aren’t bothered by her at all – and [...]

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Hee Hee! Anemoi Mittens!

Can I tell you how much I am loving these Mittens? I. Love. Them. They are so much fun to knit. This is the first time I have ever tried stranded knitting. It is great. I am pleased to say that I didn’t have any trouble with it. I am holding both yarns and alternating [...]

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Ambition

Ambition can be inspiring. The force that drives us onward to success. Sometimes ambition is foolish — case in point: Kira. Ambition certainly leads us outside our norm, pushes us out of our comfort zones. Which brings me to my newest project Eunny Jang’s Anemoi Mittens. They are so beautiful, so elegant and so full [...]

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Somebody Tagged Me!

OK – Don’t take this the wrong way but I am having a hard time coming up with a list of weird things about myself. I AM weird. I know that – but my mind is going blank. I will try. 1. I am thoroughly impatient with adults. Children on the other hand… 2. As [...]

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PHEW!!!

Can you guess what this is? Answer at end of post. Ahhh. It finally came to me. The camera was at my Aunt’s house. Thank goodness because we had exhausted every last crook and crevice in this house and the car. I even looked at work – duh duh dunnnnhhhh. That is a job and [...]

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Who are you?

I am a Nasturtium What Flower Are You? Honestly, the things you resort to without a digital camera! (Post title is in honour of Kira’s favourite song, and why we don’t answer the phone during the opening of CSI Las Vegas.) Things you cannot see pics of that came in the mail today: *My Knitpicks [...]

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Another book Meme

How it works: bold the ones you’ve read, italicize the ones you might read, cross out the ones you won’t, and underline the ones on your book shelf. The Da Vinci Code – Dan BrownThe Catcher in the Rye – J.D. SalingerThe Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy – Douglas AdamsThe Great Gatsby – F. Scott [...]

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Secret Pal!

My package arrived today from my Secret Pal!! So exciting. I cannot find my digital camera anywhere – just a little worrying… She sent me: Knit Picks Simple Stripes Sock Yarn (fun!) Kitty Cat Stitchmarkers that she made herself (so cute and I love cats) The most incredible smelling Dulce De Leche Hot Chocolate mix [...]

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Where does the time go?

So I haven’t posted in a while…but I have been ridiculously busy…so…there’s that. We finished our High Scope Training yesterday!! Feels good but we have grown so close to our trainer over the last 2 years that it is mostly sad. We should be seeing her again in February but after that? who knows. After [...]

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