Have yourself a merry little Christmas

Well, I’ve made it this far. It’s the morning of Christmas Eve, my son and family expect to be here around 11:00 and the turkey’s stuffed and in the oven. I prepared all the veggies again yesterday as I did for the gathering of The Ed’s family a week ago Saturday. Sean and Kyra have [...]

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Words leaked from under a rock

None of the pitifully few blogs I follow had any new posts this morning and Ravelry was unaccustomedly quiet as well. Makes me think I need to get a life until I remember I had one and happily traded it in some years back. The better part of Ontario got hit with a dandy winter [...]

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You mean it isn’t over yet?

So I had the SO’s gang for a family “Christmas” celebration yesterday while the youngest and her husband and two kids were visiting from Thunder Bay. We made a total of eleven but the almost-three-month-old didn’t add much to the workload. Actually all the kids were better behaved than is usual for the three older [...]

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Well, at least it isn’t Monday!

But it is December 10! Ed’s daughter and family arrive tomorrow and the whole gang are here on Sunday for “Christmas”! (I have one sock and a hat to finish knitting before then.) Ham and turkey are beginning to thaw as I plan to cook them ahead, slice and reheat them Sunday. I am also [...]

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This is the day we wash the clothes . . . .

Goodness sakes! It’s Monday again already. Always amazes me how that keeps happening. Laundry’s well underway and my daughter came over yesterday and hauled garbage and compost and stuff to prevent us being buried under our own detritus.
I finished knitting Joshua Eckels` Rugged Messenger Bag from Bag Style:

and felted the pieces but haven’t assembled it yet. I [...]

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