crafting, dogs, coffee
I am still on track for my one-gift-a-month goal which must mean that I finished Branching Out. Bed-Time Bear was kind enough to lend his modeling services: But here is a close-up of the actual stitch work: I used KnitPicks Shadow in the Grape Jelly colorway. I cast-on using the lace cast-on because I like […]
I’m moving my knitting related blogging away from Livejournal to here. I will still keep that blog up and running to that I may keep in touch with my old college buddies, but as only a couple were at all interested in the fiber arts I decided to go ahead and create a dedicated knitting […]
Matt is my hero. For Valentine’s Day, I got a dozen roses and this- a ball winder! , no more hour long, tangly, tedious wool winding sessions =:>) Now, I can neatly wind a ball of yarn in just a couple of minutes. So I have been. Lots of it. Nothing takes the edge of […]
Two days ago, Dave and Linnea’s dachsund Keeva passed away while being prepped for a blockage removal surgery at the veterinarian’s office. She was born on St. Patrick’s Day, 2007, and died on St. Valentine’s Day, 2008. No dog has ever been more loved than Keeva.
The day started off pretty good. The kids are doing a practice run-through of the TAKS tests this week. Because I don’t work for Dallas ISD, I’m not supposed to have anything to do with the tests, so I got to sit around and wait for either the kids to get finished or things to […]
Today during 7th period, I overheard my students talking about how much they and their friends were purchased for. “Did you hear, Jose was bought for $100?!?” “No way! Servando only cost $60.” And so on. This is indeed a curious conversation to overhear, so I investigated. The high school I teach at decided it […]