29 Apr 2007

Home again, home again

We made it home alive, though considerably lighter in the bank account. The tables were not kind to us this trip — I think the entire time I hit perhaps twice on the roulette table, and at that it was never a big pay off. But, all the same, it was a pretty good trip [...]

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19 Apr 2007

What happens in Vegas…

I’m off to Vegas tomorrow - probably leaving about mid-day. We’re driving there, myself and my husband and my mother. For the most part, I hope to stay camped in the backseat and alternate between knitting, reading and sleeping. I’ve been loading up my i-Pod tonight, so I’ll be good to go. Access to internet [...]

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18 Apr 2007

Riddle me this

I had someone come to my office today, clutching a piece of paper and ask me, “Linda, do you know why so-and-so sent me this?” My suggestion was, “Why don’t you ask so-and-so since that’s who sent it to you?”
See…I’m a problem solver. Well, I’m more of a not-my-problem solver, but it’s almost the same.

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15 Apr 2007

Success!

I’ve knitted several socks in my day…but never a pair. I’ve knitted most of a pair, some of a pair and one of a pair…but never a pair. Until now.
When we were at the sewing and crafts show in Abbotsford, Tammy mentioned that she used two circulars for knitting socks. I was inspired to give [...]

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06 Apr 2007

Now I’m a Somebody

I’m being hit by a fair amount of comment spam — so I guess I’m a legitimate blog? I’m thinking it’s not much of a compliment.
In any case, I’m going to explore some different ideas for controlling spam - I’ll probably end up with one of those “type the word you see in the [...]

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05 Apr 2007

Because I was bored

Though there is knitting to be done (and being done - more on that before the weekend is out, I hope), I still wanted to change the layout for the blog - at least until I get bored with it too. For now, some pretty flowers and spring-ish colours.

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