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Time Consuming

Posted in Just For Fun, tagged knitting on January 26, 2012 | 1 Comment »

Recently I’ve gotten back in to knitting and after making a number of baby blankets I decided it was time to break out of my knitting rut and try something new. I discovered the Morehouse Farm knitting yarn website and flipped for the cuteness of their “critter kits.” It took all my restraint not to [...]

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Gotta Fly

Posted in Just For Fun on September 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

A bientot.

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Dragon in the House

Posted in Feet First, Just For Fun, The Big C on September 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Feet First | 358 Wednesday, 31 August In about 3.5 seconds, JD transformed a ten-foot-long piece of brown paper packing material into a Chinese dragon, holding it over herself while she danced around, imitating the dragon dancers she sees every year at the Tet Festival. We decorated it and she had fun with it all [...]

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Snazzin’ Up the Laptop

Posted in Feet First, Just For Fun on September 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Feet First | 352 Thursday, 25 August I got a spiffy skin for my laptop; one of my favorite graphic images by Charlie Harper. It arrived on Thursday and I popped it on. I think it looks fab.

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Fireworks Bound

Posted in Feet First, Just For Fun, Sailing, Up in the Sky on July 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Feet First | 299 Sunday, 3 July For reasons I've never quite understood, many communities in the Chicago area have their Fourth of July fireworks displays on the third. The city of Chicago used to as well, but this year they were cancelled as a cost-saving measure. That greatly reduced the crowds down at Montrose [...]

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Balancing Act

Posted in Feet First, Just For Fun, The Cute on May 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Feet First | 246 Wednesday, 11 May Lately, JD likes to stand on my feet while I walk around. Any method of propelling herself from point A to point B without actually walking is seen as great fun. Sometimes she manages to balance on one of my feet and I make a circuit of the [...]

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I Can’t Believe We Ever Considered This a Fun Game

Posted in Feet First, Just For Fun on January 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Feet First | 131 Sunday, 16 January My household spent six hours in the basement Sunday taking care of a situation that was bordering on an audition for Hoarders. Much progress was made as we reclaimed the space and revealed the carpet that has been hidden for months under piles of accumulating stuff. We weeded [...]

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