Monthly Archives: March 2010

Wrong Side of the Mirror pt.3

Part Three: Dick will WAY not be interested. Chaz was lamenting the fact that you can’t get a good picture of Toby; he’s too black-colored, and it’s really hard to expose for his face. So I decided I’d give it … Continue reading

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Wrong Side of the Mirror pt.2

What I made for Easter. Both Linda and Julie have lovely free patterns for knitted Easter eggs. So I tried them out. Linda’s are knitted with the Magic Loop in the round, Julie’s on the flat. I’m not very good, … Continue reading

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~Notes from the wrong side of the mirror pt. 1

Lessons learned from The Amazing Race:  Sometimes, when what you are doing involves an instruction, direction, command, commandment, list of requirements, contract, or law – attention to the details actually matters.  No matter how stupid you think the detail may … Continue reading

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:::Minor Magic~

Like children, horses have to be told everything a thousand times.  Puppies, too.  It’s called training, but really, it’s just dogged insistence on the part of the responsible party.  Some people have a gift for doing it, others have it … Continue reading

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!!No – but wait!!

I was serious about the question.  The one about “It was pretty great being ME today.”  Because I feel on the outside looking in.  No comprende.  I wanna know – G says he just think that it means “Hey, we … Continue reading

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Changing it up: pt. 5

Heard while I was doing the treadmill: 1) “That’s the thing with the internet; nobody sounds like they really are.” Interesting.  But pretty much everybody I know sounds just like themselves, even on Facebook.  Not that I read a lot. … Continue reading

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Changing it up: pt. 4

Oy. Doors off the bathroom. Holes cut in the wall. A major cold front coming through. Cold showers. Mar 18 You MAY NOT LOOK at the following pictures if you don’t eat your vegetables (i.e. – read what I, with … Continue reading

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Changing it Up: pt. 3

THIS WILL MOVE YOU at least IT MOVED ME.  Sort of. First, Sam—I have to warn you that you might not want to read this, written as it has been by a woman who spent seven solid hours today (regardless … Continue reading

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Changing it Up: pt 2

Getting Set This is what the construction process is best at producing: Huge, nasty, dusty messes.  You see the lovely blue curtain?  A tarp, which is all that stands between this mess and our quality of life.  I thought I … Continue reading

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Changing it Up: pt.1

Monsters aside, there’s a lot of stuff that the homeowner has to do herself, getting ready for the launch of a new space.  Like take all the stuff out of the old space.  Stuff she’d forgotten she had.  Stuff that … Continue reading

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