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Category: Very Domestic

  • Thank you so much for all your kind words. I just had to do that little vent, need you think that my life is all gumdrops and roses! Here’s another thing that will make a down girl fill much, much better: friends! And lots of candy! Tonight was the annual ex-crew girl ginger-bread house making and gift swapping happy fun time (we’re still working on the name). I whipped some lights on the tree, cleaned up a bit, added leaves and chairs to the table, set out lots of empty dishes, filled a bit barrel with pretty old-fashioned cokes on…

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  • This chevron scarf from Last Minute Knitted Gifts was so much fun to knit… when I started. I added an extra repeat in the middle to make it wider because I like to wrap scarfs around my head in the rain. It’s such a mindless easy pattern, with only one pattern row out of four: And now a picture of me with my secret identity. Did you know I wear glasses? Probably not because I avoid wearing them at all costs. I used to only have to wear them when I drove, but I have been having killer headaches lately.…

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  • I should totally be asleep by now but I’m still on a high from the best episode of Bones. Ahhhh love that show. Just a little post to tell you I’m finally finished with that scarf from Last Minute Knitted Gifts. It’s You know a book is good when you are thinking of how you’ll work on 15 projects at once… no joke! Oh and those little paper clips. Couldn’t resist the coolness, even if it is like fake sign language.  Oh wait to click around on that site. They also have emoticons! Must have!

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