Woke up to a house without power yesterday and no diet coke. Poor me. Why, when the power is out do you do things without thinking? I went to my computer thinking since I can’t do laundry I’d spend some time reading blogs. After 3 ½ hours the power came back on and my computer…

One of my favourite knitting tools are my rubber needle end tips. They are known in my house as my little red nipples. Trouble is Ms. Gracee likes them as well and we find them in the yard after they have been “recycled.” Today I went to my LYS and bought new ones and they’ve…

I knit four of these. They were dubbed “the Koosh Ball Scarf” by my sister-in-law. I used Funny Yarn paired with Paton’s boucle. The boucle falls to the back and this is what you get: A close-up: As I’m writing this the not-very-interesting black bag is felting. Or not. This one is taking longer than…

I knit, my husband turns wood. Knitting is far more reasonable money wise and much safer. Chuck had his new band saw one day and off we were to emergency for five stitches. I wonder how many ER’s see people the day they first use a new tool. He’s lucky to have fingers. The weird…

Rent was good last night despite feeling ill. The nine times I sneezed were at loud points in the play so the only ones who were really disturbed were my own kids sitting directly in front of us. We buy tickets that way, sitting the kids in front of us so that we are not…

My husband came back from visiting his family in Minnesota and brought me back a souvenir – his sore throaty fluey thing. This is not good, we have tickets to Rent tonight and I’m determined to go. I’m not one to give into stuff like this. I have a friend who was in the Peace…

I was counselled by those who know, that I should spell that three letter word with an asterisk, as in s*x. I was cautioned that I was taking a risk publishing a post that has the words s*x, nun, position, bitch and lay in it. Believe me, it’s all innocent. So, here goes… My son…

I sometimes get a knot in my right shoulder from knitting and mousing. One of my co-workers introduced me to this: It’s a stretchy little miracle – the Body Rite Posture Pleaser. Put it on and voila, the pain goes away. It also helps your posture in general. Approved by my chiropractor, I highly recommend…

I couldn’t resist. OK it was free with a purchase of $75 at the mall where my office is located. I bought Rent tickets for the family and indulged in two of my favourite things – musical theatre and finding a bargain – a new crochet hook holder, he needs a name. Gracee’s big nose…

We’re recently back from vacation. I made the mistake of going on the Mind Bender roller coaster at West Edmonton Mall. What was I thinking? My daughter and I went after chickening out twice on previous visits. It was terrifying and murder on the neck. While my daughter screamed in terror, all I could say…