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ten on tuesday

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inspired by my friend missy
1. finnigan randomly chooses handknits that i wear regularly and makes them into a comfy place to take a nap.  tonight it was my scarf and hat, lying on a chair near the back door.
2. i seem to find the brighter side to just about everything even faster than i’ve ever [...]

precious paczki

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one tuesday per year
your devoted consume you
sweet pre-lenten treat

the big finish

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ok, so it’s nothing big, but i did blog at least once for every day of november.    i really will try to keep it to three posts a week-ish, from here forward…
i finished another gift knit:

and that momentum takes me into the remaining 6 Christmas knitting projects (one is started, already).  let’s see [...]

drawing to a close

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as november comes to an end…  and not far behind the year 2009…  i wonder how it all goes by so quickly!
on a much lesser scale, i can’t believe the holiday weekend is already over and i’m back at work, tomorrow.  can you believe tuesday is DECEMBER 1ST?!?!
i got a little more holiday shopping done, [...]

sarah lou is…

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- looking forward to mashed potatoes.
- glad she only has to travel two blocks, tomorrow.
- going to combat a few of the plethora of calories ingested tomorrow by takin’ a walk with her momma in the morning.
- happy to have a four day weekend.
- laughing at finnigan and his silly antics.
- probably missing your face.
- [...]

i love to be indulged

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hand turkeys are fun
masterpieces, even for
vegetarians
(look becca – even you can play!!  )
heeeeeeee!  here is the flock of hand turkeys that has responded to my turkey call…
please take a sec to check out missy’s response.  truthfully, she’d started her project before i requested response, but it’s fitting and soooooo stinkin’ cute!!

cary got literal.

kristy did [...]

hrm…

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it’s getting to the end of the month and my brain is getting pretty foggy in terms of blog fodder.  i get all these brilliant ideas while i’m away from the computer and if i don’t write them down they get all tangled in the rest of the silly thoughts i have throughout the day [...]

thankful thursday three

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a bunch of people i keep up with on the ‘net have been sharing things they’re thankful for.  i decided to follow suit.
* Positivity. i’m so very thankful for the joy that surrounds me.  i tend to gravitate toward those who see the glass as half full.  these folks are those that even in the face of [...]

stash enhancement

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so i’ve been to TWO not so local yarn shops in the last week!  woo!  and i can only show off some of my spoils ’cause it’s that time of year…  i made it home in time to catch the last bit of sunshine, today…  so you all get pics!  woo!
at cornerstone, a shop in [...]

i like knitting

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i like books.  so i guess it makes a whole bunch of sense that i like books about knitting.

this is barely a dent in my library.  they’re all out because i decided last thursday that i better start thinking about gift knitting for the holidays…  uhhhh, you think?
so i’m sifting, i’m finding some promising choices.  [...]