Change Pouch

I recently completed my first official knitting pattern. I worked on it to make it exactly what I wanted and here’s how it turned out: If you want a nice fuzzy coin pouch like mine, here’s the pattern: Change Pouch If you give this pattern a try, please let me know how it turns out, […]

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Decorating (and writing) While Impaired

So Jerry and I decided to decorate for the holiday tonight. We went out to the mall to talk to someone at Nueske’s about ordering a ham for Christmas Eve dinner.  When we got to the mall, we discovered empty space where the kiosk used to be, and I was so sad.  So we decided […]

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Wish List

Are you trying to figure out what to get me for my birthday?  Or another occasion?  Or, do you just feel like being nice and giving me something to let me know you were thinking of me (just send me an email or give me a call and we’ll chat – no need to spend […]

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That Children Issue

When I meet people for the first time and they find out that I was 20 when I got married, the first question they ask is how many children we have. It’s rather funny to me that people automatically assume that a young marriage happens only because of pregnancy, but it’s true. However, that’s not […]

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Composting?

We’ve got some partially decomposed yard waste (don’t even ask how – it’s too embarrassing a story) and instead of throwing it away, I thought we might compost it and make it do good.  Our municipality picks up “yard waste” as an individual item, seperate from trash and recyclables.  Does that mean they have some […]

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About Me

I’m going to try to open myself up a little (okay I mean a lot) by writing and sharing a lot of personal thoughts.  Please understand that this is like my personal journal.  It is not necessarily meant to be a public forum on anything, however your respectful comments and criticisms are welcome. Here’s more […]

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Oops . . .

I think I forgot I had a blog. I hope no one’s been looking here every week expecting something new. It’s 1:51 AM and I can’t sleep to save my life. My brain keeps running off on directions of its own – like an imagined interview with Ann Coulter wherein she actually discovers that it’s […]

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