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Surprise!

Trip to Nashville TN: two tanks of gas. Birthday present arranged in May: two autographed Rich Nathan books. Surprising Sehlat on her birthday: Priceless! It's all about the planning. You have to ask for the boyfriend's cell phone number well in advance of using it to

Roundup

Donate something to the Red Cross to help the survivors of Hurricane Katrina, even if it's only a little. Added a new section to the site for yarn reviews. This is my opinion on yarn I've used, including fibre content, who makes it, and whether it&

Fourth time around

I started making the Prairie Shawl from Folk Shawls this week, using the Blue Sky Worsted yarn. First attempt included the point at the bottom of the shawl, which looked odd, so I ripped it out. Second attempt looked too tightly cast on and knit, so I ripped it out

Maintenance lessons

My first car was a silver Rover Metro 1.3S made in 1981 with a four speed manual transmission and Pirelli P4 low profile racing tires, the license plate was something like SPV 918 W. Dad bought it in 1992 and we cleaned it up, repaired it, and I drove

Bog snorkelling

New champion for bog snorkellers. A firefighter from Bristol has won one of the UK's strangest sporting events in mid Wales. Ian Hawkes, originally from Llandrindod Wells, triumphed in the world bog snorkelling championships in Llanwrtyd Wells in Powys on Monday. He took over from reigning champion Philip

Good things

* Sehlat coming to visit this weekend. * Misty mornings. * Finding the latest state quarter (Oregon) in the change pot. * Seeing a deer and faun on the walking trail at work. * Faina's Scarf is still going well. * Brown Cow Cream Top Maple yogurt. * Battlestar Galactica season 1 on DVD at

Logo

The observant may have noticed a new logo on this page: It was created by Gloria Buckman and I'm so happy with it!

K9 returns!

Sidekick K9 returns to Doctor Who. Robot dog K9 will be reunited with Doctor Who in the new series after 24 years apart, say the show's producers. K9, who helped Tom Baker's Time Lord between 1977 and 1981, will join new Doctor David Tennant for one

Let there be lace

Found a long flexible set of unlabeled needles in my needle case that happened to be the right size for Faina, which aided the photography process. It's a little hard to photo a ten inch wide scarf on six inch double points. This is the second row of

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