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Jun 2, 2011, 11:40 am
Almost a quarter-century ago, I had this conversation with my mother:
"Let me get this straight. You want Rebecca baptized so you can make a baptismal gown?"
"Yes!"
"That is not theologically sound."
My mom went on to make many other beautiful clothes for my daughter, and then my son. My daughter wa... Comment - Like
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May 4, 2011, 4:45 pm
I posted about making a baby blanket about six days before the baby arrived, in February 2010.
I posted about some progress when the baby was about to roll over, in June 2010.
It was really too small. So I added more squares. (For those of you not clicking, it's made of mitered squares.) And then I ... Comment - Like
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Mar 9, 2011, 4:05 pm
My church has a small but active women's fellowship group, and one that strives to meet its White Cross quota. White Cross provides material aid to American Baptist missionaries all around the world, including the US. It's most well-known for rolling bandages, something that goes back to its World W... Comment - Like
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Feb 24, 2011, 8:41 am
"Do you care what color I darn your socks in?"
"No."
So here you go:
Sometimes "I don't care" is such a wrong answer. And sometimes it's so right. Comment - Like
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Feb 23, 2011, 9:39 am
Here we have an experiment of two kinds.
Like many places, we've had a ton of snow, and my husband has been the main, and sometimes the only shoveler. About two storms ago, he was clutching his forearm and flexing his hand. So I thought he could join Ray Allen in his use of an arm sleeve. Not even R... Comment - Like
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Feb 22, 2011, 9:40 am
Long ago, I started a tube sock on a knitting loom my husband made for me:
And now that I'm sitting here willing my broken metatarsal to heal, I picked it up again.
This loom is a little bigger than the smallest loom on your basic knitting loom set. I needed a slightly larger one because tube sock... Comment - Like
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Jan 25, 2011, 3:04 pm
Is the decision-making. Here's some advice from The Spacialist. It's about a guy with boxes from his grandmother's estate. It reads in part:
He let me know that the biggest organizing challenge for him was to determine whether an item is worthy of keeping or not.
Below are 3 of his items that I'd... Comment - Like
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Jan 15, 2011, 11:02 pm
Clutter: found camera and elbow wrap. Moved from fabric upstairs,Weight: too many cookies. Also Brandon's birthday cake.Clothes: find that winter nightwear! Comment - Like
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Aug 29, 2010, 9:07 pm
"Is it night in Kampala, too?"
"It's the middle of the night there. It's 8 p.m. here ... so it's about four in the morning there."
"Why is that?"
"Well, the earth is spinning around the sun. And the sun shines on different parts of the earth."
"We are spinning, too?"
"Yes, we are."
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Jul 25, 2010, 4:10 pm
Well, it's been a while since I have had an coupon holder or blogged, but the two have come together with the presence of major-brand cereal eaters in the house. I need to use those coupons. The coupons under the refrigerator magnet were expiring away and looking ratty, so it was time for a holder... Comment - Like
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Jun 22, 2010, 9:52 pm
So I started this baby blanket before (kind of right before) the baby was born, and now that baby can grab things in a swipe or two, and is 90 degrees into rolling over.
It will be (it will be) a blanket of my own design. It's made of mitered squares. One thing I have learned as a knitter is that I... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
That was my first and second reaction to two Christmas gifts this year. The first was from Liz Ging, who works with me at Crossroads Trade. A fabric artist in her own right, with an Etsy store of hand-dyed silk scarves and dresses, Liz gave me some of her first forays into working with natural dyes ... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
"Red cabbage? Those are purple."
"Hot dog! I need hot dog!"
"That is chicken. We eat chicken tonight."
"I see chocolate!"
"That one: 'run, run, as fast as you can.' ..."
"We have yogurt?"
Eyeing candy: "We don't get that."
"I see dog! That is food dog?"
Unloading cart at the checkout: "Chicken, chic... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Well, others are giving concerts, texting donations, and raising money for the enormous work that needs to be done in Haiti following the earthquake.
Me, I knit a washcloth. The ends need trimming.
It will be part of one of the baby-care kits that my church, Trinity Baptist, and other churches a... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Toddler brings shoes and jacket to grandmother.
Grandmother: "We're not going anywhere." Puts shoes on toddler anyway because it's cold.
Toddler stomps purposefully from dining room to kitchen to front hallway, jabbering away.
Grandmother: "What's she saying?"
Mother, chuckling: "We go arabia."
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
I'm signed up for a weekly e-mail from The Spacialist, one of many organizations that offer advice (and want your business) on getting your stuff organized and out of the way. Many of these groups say things like, buy file folders, and never get to the heart of the matter. This e-mail is better. Eri... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Outside my window it's snowing!
I am thinking about the laundry. I'm very good at thinking about it.
I am thankful for talks that resolve things. Also, all the dark chocolate I got on Valentine's Day.
From the kitchen I wonder what's for breakfast.
I am learning to knit mitered squares consisten... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Well, maybe. I have at least seven more squares to knit. .When all goes well, they're quick. When all does not, I wipe out faster than Olympic snowboarders.
But pole pole utafika. Joining advice welcome. Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Outside my window it's grey.Still raining?
I am thinking about the laundry. Agonizing about it is no longer an option. Efficiency is.
I am thankful for the safe arrival of baby Apeu.
From the kitchen I should eat some leftover porridge, after adding chocolate.
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Well, there have been two accomplishments since arriving in America that have brought the chin down, eyes up, big smile look of pride. One is riding a two-wheeler. The other is, without any help from the grown-ups, is making a snowman.
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