Month: April 2010

  • RunningBlog: Week 17

    Week 17Still NOT SICK. Yeah, I feel crummy occasionally and there’s more than the average amount of mucus, but I’m NOT SICK. My powers of denial are strong. While I was at knitting camp last weekend, Fiona and I went out for a run that instead became more of a hike. We followed a steep…

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  • Petey Head-Butting

    Petey Head-ButtingWhile Snookums was in the shower this morning, Petey and I were playing on the bed. He gets very affectionate always right when we’re getting ready for work. He loves to head-butt your hands and stretch and rub and PURR like a chain saw.

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  • Knitting Letters

    Knitting Letters: A to Z. Wow. That is a fantastic blog about a project to knit an abecedarium. It’s going to take me ages to read the whole thing! The designer is on Ravelry and has a couple free patterns available too. Many thanks to my friend Ã…sa for passing on the link!

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  • Birds are Jerks

    Birds are Jerks. HA! I totally concur. (Link courtesy of Reecie’s Twitter.)

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  • LitKids

    Matt at Scrubbles has just launched his new “LitKids Original Art” Etsy Shop. Matt is the extremely talented designer who created my blog masthead (above), and I’ve been reading about this project on his site for a while now. He’s done illustrations of some famous characters from children’s literature (Anne Shirley and Jo March) and…

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  • Crafty Cakes

    Hey Sis: Check out these crafty cakes. I can’t even imagine doing that cross-stitch one…

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  • Knitting Camp 2010

    Knitting Camp 2010This was my second year attending the Wollongong Knitting Camp put on by CR&K Daisy Designs. It’s held at Mount Keira Scout Camp overlooking Wollongong. This year about 30 knitters came together for two days of knitting, food, wine, chatting, and relaxation. My photos and write-up of the weekend are here. Bells, Lyn,…

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  • Smartphone Domino Machine. That’s so cool! Just in case you haven’t had enough Rube Goldbert awesomeness lately.

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  • Sharky Tea Infuser

    The Sharky Tea Infuser. So awesome! It would make me drink more tea.

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  • HATETRIS

    HATETRIS. I played one game. I managed to clear two lines. Yowza.

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