Jeeze Louise! I’m nuts! [I KNOW!!!] But still … We’re less than a week out from Christmas II, and I’ve got so much to do! It’s okay. Deep breath. We’ll get there. So, while we are keeping up with two high school seniors (Oy Vay!), 4 week old puppies (soo cute!), our four-legged gang, and …
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But – I have a bedroom, and a BED!!! And, a new desk for our bedroom ~ gotta love Craigslist! (The desk is on the ‘sitting room’ side of our room, and not yet ready for pictures … but it’s coming along. A few more days, and I should have a living room, dining room …
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AKA – the CRUD that keeps on giving! Some time ago I posted about a URI (cold) that I had. I still have it. It has been renamed, to give credit to its maker. Yep, about 6 weeks ago, I worked with a particular nursing team that passed along this amazing virus, while they sniffled …
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Krampus … Wowzer! Who knew (?!?) And yet, I feel I should have … Those German’s sure knew how to keep their kids in line. None of THEIR nursery rhymes/fairy tales have a (watered-down, politically correct, Americanized) base/foundation in anything that WE were raised with … So, now I know what my Christmas cards will look like for …
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Work in the studio continues, with the understanding that I will not come anywhere close to touching the projects I wanted to try/complete. That’s ok … I’ll still make myself nutty for this up-coming show, but maybe not ‘top-shelf nutty’… (???) Here’s what I have to show-off today: a quick-but-cute donut necklace; my 11×14 canvas …
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But first – cuteness. This is our Olivia and her daughter Tubitha (Tubby). Awww … Now, my week. Apparently, my grandmother decided at 89 years of age that she didn’t want her gallbladder anymore. She was so insistent about not wanting it, that she started to go into septic shock. The family phone lines have …
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This post is just because I can! And – because I have a few photos to share … I’ve been a busy beading-ninja! I’m working on bracelets and pins/pendants and wire-wrapping, OH MY! Here are a couple of bracelets – one done and one a work-in-progress: And, SHHHHHH – don’t tell anyone, but I’m …
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That’s about how exciting surgical recovery is, on a day to day basis … for me. [No offense to lawn maintenance operators …] Or, more accurately, waiting for skin to grow (incisions to heal) … exciting stuff, I tell you! Or, it would be, if that’s all I had going on. Lucky for me, I …
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I’m still a knitting-maniac while I wait not-so-patiently to be feeling better. Here are my latest quick-knit projects. And, I tried my hand at chainmaille (jewelry style, of course) … I like it. So, I’ve been surfing for much needed supplies and equipment (cuz I have too much time on my hands)! I’m …
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In between narcotic-induced drooling naps, I’m a knitting maniac. Here is my finished hat and cowl – don’t you love the model? (Lea Cloche by C Glowik MacDonald and Drop Stitch Cowl in Sausalito by S Drucing) I had my surgery. BTW, ‘partial mastectomy with bilateral reconstruction’ is cutter (surgery) code for PAIN. I don’t …
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