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Quick knitting project update

2009-10-23T16:29:13Z

Well, just because I haven't posted any knitting projects, doesn't mean I haven't been knitting. Here are a few projects I've completed lately (as in the last few months) Two Noro Striped Scarves - this is an extremely easy and popular pattern (...

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Friday Forget-Me-Nots

2009-10-23T11:47:03Z

How I woke up this morning: "Mummy!" "ReRe, stop talking, you'll wake up Daddy." "I'm not talking, I'm whispering. Mummy! What are the germs in your mouth for?"

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Friday Forget-Me-Nots

2009-10-16T16:16:24Z

ReRe told me yesterday that if the baby doesn't know how to dance, then we'll have to dance and just pick her up and show her how. I asked him if that was how he had learned how to dance, and he said, no, he just knows how to dance. Duh. So, th...

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South Africa, by way of Mogadishu and Rexdale

2009-10-09T17:02:21Z

Hey, remember back in June when I said I couldn't stop listening to K'naan's new CD, Troubadour? Well, you are going to hear a whole lot more of one of the singles I mentioned, Waving Flag, because it is going to be remixed as the anthem for the 2...

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Friday Forget-Me-Nots

2009-10-09T16:45:17Z

More proof I need to curtail my son's exposure to pop music: he asked yesterday if he could listen to the "Bubble-Raunchy" song. He meant "Paparazzi". He also told me that Madonna is like a really old Lady Gaga. ReRe has decided that his job wi...

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Nesting urge - initiated!

2009-09-26T18:25:13Z

Wow, I never knew what people were talking about, until now. I am now in my 35th week of pregnancy, and woke up with the urge to wash, fold, sort, and put away/give away every piece of clothing in the house. Given my cold/flu, and the inability to...

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Friday Forget-Me-Nots

2009-09-25T16:24:17Z

The other day I showed ReRe a picture in a magazine of a couple kids roasting hotdogs over a fire. He looked concerned, and said they shouldn't be camping without their parents. I've been trying to prepare ReRe for the baby, including preparing...

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Children with Knives

2009-09-16T13:45:50Z

Now, there are few consumer items in the world that I will plug, since I feel like we could all get along with a little less, but there is one purchase I made recently that I wanted to share. I was invited to a Pampered Chef party at my friends' p...

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So what's my excuse now?

2009-09-14T01:58:23Z

There are so many things I haven't taken care of yet, and I'm at week 32 of this pregnancy. I haven't cleaned out my office to make room for the nursery, I haven't sorted out ReRe's baby clothes to see what to keep and what we won't likely use aga...

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Good grief, that took some time

2009-08-29T23:27:34Z

I can post this knitting project now since it was knit for my sister, and today was her birthday. This isn't just any kind of cardigan; this is a Cowichan sweater, named after the Cowichan First Nation from Vancouver Island who learned how to rais...

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