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Yarn, Thanksgiving and roast potatoes

Posted in babble, family, food, knitting on October 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I have just enjoyed a Thanksgiving weekend with my sister. It was pure accident. She booked her flights, told me the dates and I squeed as I realised that she’d unwittingly booked to be with me over the long weekend so I’d get the Monday off work to spend with her without worrying about vacation [...]

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Catching up on many things

Posted in canada, doctor who, family, fannish stuff, food, knitting on September 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Knitting

I’m making good progress on Brighton Take Too, the cardigan for my sister. I love the pattern, I adore the yarn (Rowan Cashsoft DK) and the combination of the two makes for a really great knitting experience. I did encounter a small technical hitch yesterday…
I was knitting merrily on the left front. Mum and I [...]

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Updatey thing

Posted in cats, family, work stuff, writing on August 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

It seems like lately all I do is apologise for not posting. Must get better.
Mum has been enjoying her visit so far. I think she’s feeling slightly at a loose end because she’s so far re-organised several cupboards and cleaned out my freezer. It’s all little jobs that needed doing, but the kind of thing [...]

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What I did on my weekend, or yarn, cookies and Doctors, oh my

Posted in babble, canada, doctor who, family, fannish stuff, knitting on January 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Kate, who is still curled up in my lap, officially gave up on staying awake a moment ago when her head thunked down onto my leg and she started gently snoring. I love my cat?
This holiday season has been a bit of a wash out (or should that be snow out?) as far as getting [...]

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A household of one, again

Posted in babble, family on January 5, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Why don’t I have an ‘awww, I need a hug!’ ala Buffy closing credits icon? Not that I really do, but…
I have just waved my parents and sister off to the airport. The house already feels very empty. The coat closet is practically bare, the hundreds of boots by the front door have been removed, [...]

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And the lights came back!

Posted in christmas, family on December 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Believe me, Christmas Eve is not the day that you want a nine hour power cut! Apparently a large part of the province was out, including most of the city, but that somehow doesn’t make it better…
Anyway, I’m still here and I now have lights and heat. The Christmas pud is being constructed ready to [...]

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