SpringPlum

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June, 2008

A Needle Was Involved

This has been another week that has been much busier than I expected during my glorious summer vacation.  Putting everything off until summer apparently has consequences.  Between getting the hail damage on Matt’s car fixed, a dentist appointment, a day-long benefits meeting for my new job, housework (ugh!), and shopping for supplies for my new […]

Trippin’

This past Thursday I drove up to Oklahoma to visit my parents.  Despite a hailstorm and a cracked windshield, it was a pretty nice trip. Last time I visited my parents, I dragged them to a couple of different yarn shops for a mini LYS crawl.  This time my mom beat me to it.  She […]

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Yarn Swappin’

This Sunday, the Dallas SnB had a yarn swap.  This is what I came home with– I got rid of the cursed red Debbie Bliss and some overly bright Knit Picks Palette.   A bunch of old acrylic went to a women’s prison charity.  The trading was fast and furious, but I managed to score 3 […]

Alas, Multitasking

Why can’t I figure out a way to knit and grade essay finals at the same time?  Maybe I could use my feet to grade.  I can flip papers over with my big toe and my pinky toe can type the grades into the computer.  Anyone know why I decided to give an essay as […]

Off The Wagon

Oops.  I forgot to pay attention to my fingers for a couple of hours and look what they did– They cast on the Sheep Shawl.  Only four days early.  That has to count for something, right?  Originally, I had planned to cast this on the first day of summer vacation to celebrate being student-free for […]