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The wedding ones, I'm referring to. We're on the good side of for better or worse. Figure we're right in the middle of for richer or poorer. However, we're not doing too well in the sickness or in health department. Just so long as we don't go to the next step. It's not impinging on…
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The collective wisdom of middle aged experience: Last week at work, we hosted two 14-year-olds for Take Your Kid To Work Day. Part of their experience included attending a staff meeting where I asked the staff to consider, given their life experience, what advice they would have given their 14-year-old self. This is some of…
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Yes, we have winners, not just one, but two. I decided to go ahead and pick two winners, one by the original rules and one by the rules that ruled out spam. #6000 was officially Toni in Florida, who prefers sock or mid weight yarn and the random draw, limiting entries to one per day…
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So this is what I'll do: of my very nearly 6000 comments, 162 are five years worth of spam, and I didn't think it fair to count that in the total. So what I'll do, is when I get to #6000 I'll put all of the contest comments into a hat and draw it randomly.…
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Lots going on, much to celebrate. In weeks past I've had my tenth anniversary at work, my fifth as a blogger, and very soon someone will leave my 6,000th comment. Perfect timing for a blog contest. Tell me if you prefer lace, sock, midweight or chunky knitting, or even if you're not a knitter at…
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Pattern: Hattie's Rose Garden, but I call it my Pinecone Scarf as it reminds me of the tiny pinecones in my garden. If you would like a copy of this free pattern, request it by sending an e-mail to: chris at briarrosefibers dot net. Yarn: Valley Yarns Franklin in the Pinecone colourway. Shades of spruce,…
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Skunked!The picture of misery: Gracee Mae bit the butt of a skunk and this is what she got in return. A direct hit to the face. If anything positive can come from this experience, it's the opportunity to share our recipe for the definitive skunk smell neutralizer: Forget the tomato juice and expensive enzyme…
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When we moved to Canada people asked why we wanted to live in a place so cold. We left Omaha for a more temperate climate. The warm Pacific currents give Vancouver its mild weather with an average January high temperature of 43F. Hardly anything to shovel in an typical winter and no need for summer…
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Sandy is the inventor of the Saturday Sky post. OK, Sandy, how's this one? I think it's pretty spectacular, but truthfully, I missed it. I was in Washington having a good time. Full credit goes to the boy, now 19, who has gotten the hang of the manual setting on the SLR.
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I work for a social service agency located in a shopping mall. It's good for the clients, accessibility-wise and bad for the employees spending-wise. A mall is like a little city and all that comes with it. Monday there was a fire, necessitating a two hour evacuation. Tuesday there was a flood. We were betting…
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