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  • Christmas Crafting – the rents

    I actually finished most of my Christmas gifts before Christmas, shock of all shocks. I’m going to show you the good stuff first, the parent’s gifts. Being married means joint presents! Yeah! So that basically means that Bj pays for supplies and I get to crafting. First up those quilts I gave you a taste of. I only got a finished shot of my dad and Kim’s, as the battery on my camera died when I went to visit Bj’s parent’s (that is the only problem with the Nikon battery, it’s so long lasting sometimes you forget you ever need to charge it, oops!).
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    Kinda of a crap picture, but I made two of these quilts from Last Minuet Patchwork and Quilted Gifts book. I freaking love that book! The things that makes these quilts really nice is a hand bound edge. All I have to say is thank god for the thimble I got back in the day. I still managed to poke myself a few times though. And…
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    They liked it! So did Bj’s parent’s, which is similar with different fabrics. I would say these take about 12 hours total, with 4-5 being the hand bound edge, so if you machined it, that would be one quick quilt!

    My mom and Bill didn’t get a joint gift because I had started spinning her present in the fall, and we decided on Sigg bottles for the boys. I handed this off to my mom yesterday:
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    It’s actually a lot of yarn, enough to do a baby sweater, or a scarf and hat, or something similar. I can’t wait to see what she knits up with it. (Here’s a link to it on my Ravelry page if you’re on there). Oh and one more easy knitted thing:
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    This is actually for Tex, but I bought way more yarn than I thought I would need so I’m going to make a couple. If you have any Rowan Big Wool sitting around it took me about 2/3 a skein on size 17 needles. Details here on Ravelry.

    Bj is having some neck issues, so we didn’t get to go to the Depot for their awesome New Year’s dinner as planned, but we did have yummy homemade dinner from one of his presents (the totally awesome Apples for Jam cookbook), lit a fire, and spun, spun, spun (well I did). Not what we planned, but that’s okay. Nothing about this year has been as planned, and I find I’m totally fine with that. Things happen, sad things, happy things, and everything in between. That’s life, and I’m looking forward to seeing what this year has to offer. I say, "bring it on!"

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  • It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s????

    I need to catch you up on everything, but first, let’s take a minuet to see what Bj and I saw on our drive up to the Tri-Cities to visit his parent’s. I didn’t get the first shots of it since I had to reach for my camera, but basically it looked like the weird smoke monster from Lost. It was crazy. This sequence is about 20-30 seconds.
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    a cloud?
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    it’s birds!!!
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    um, what?
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    And it wasn’t even windy. I mean maybe a little up there, but not enough to drive the birds this nuts.

    I asked Bj, "What were they doing?"

    Bj, "I think they were prepping for nationals."

    edited to add: Erin’s dad (a bird lover) says: "The only birds here that flock and swirl in such large numbers are Starlings (with a few Brewers Blackbirds mixed in).  Not sure why they swirl in groups, but suspect a social aspect."

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  • The Pence Family

    Last night was a little get together for my dad’s side of the family at my aunt and uncles, low key, dinner and games. The thing is we get serious with our games:
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    I love that picture. Here we’re playing electronic catchphrase (boys versus girls). So the guys try to get the other guys to say what is on the screen, and the gals do the same thing, thus the alternate seating. My family is very loud and if you want to be heard at all you best keep up with the shouting.
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    (My second cousin "Reno") So yes, we’re crazy. But I love it. And I love that we yell at games and laugh at each other, and tell stories. Now it is Christmas Eve and I really am going to go finish all those gifts, swear!

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