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please don’t remind the person working behind the counter what a beautiful/warm/gorgeous (you get the picture) day because chances are that person has already heard some variation of that statement at least 15 times in the last 30 minutes. In other news: Emma Jane I’ll post pictures of the new cardi wrap just as soon [...]

I cast it off this afternoon and it’s going to be lent to Megan for display in her booth at the DKC Frolic this Saturday where she will have both the yarn and the pattern (wrap cardigan top down) for sale. This is THE item for the fashionable knocked up knitter to be wearing this [...]

Yesterday I quietly turned 32. I requested a mediterranian pizza from Mamma’s Pizza (my new favourite pizza place) and either a Peanut Buster Parfait or a Pecan Mudslide from Dairy Queen instead of a cake. The Dairy Queen run was back burnered due to the craptastic weather so I’m hoping the weather will comply tonight. [...]

Can someone tell me if the Lee Valley downtown is wheelchair/stroller accessible? Or are there stairs to get into it?

I successfully scanned in one of the images from the ultrasound! We were given a strip with 8 photos which surprised us since both times with Abi we were only given one print off. There are two face/skull images that look like the baby is wearing a Luchador masks but this one is the most [...]

My Gods that was a busy day! It started at 10:30 with the ultrasound which started about 30 minutes late due to a backlog, then I had a meeting at work which Abi got sit in on, next we met up with Jenn for a jaunt to Little India for some bachlorette pad decoration shopping. [...]

After Abi was laid down for the night my Lovely Assistant and I went into the backyard to take some measurments. My garden plot as it stands right now is about 15 feet x 11 feet, perfectly respectable size, perhaps a bit big for the three veggie eaters in our household (me, Abi and Smaug [...]

Perhaps it’s the nesting instinct or that last years garden was less than sucesfull, I have decided to take a new approach to my gardens layout this year. I’m going to try a square foot garden and (hopefully) some better vertical use of my garden space with the help of the plumbing section of the hardware store.   [...]

This is why all spinning must be done once Abi is in bed… She even asked for a blanket…

What is the plural of Fleece? Is it fleece, fleeces, fleecei? Anyway they are back and I’m now in the possession of three lovely fleece: (from left to right) Lincoln lamb, Corriedale and Lincoln Ewe. All told it’s almost 13 lbs of fiber… and other than my plan to knit a raglan sweater like Adrienne’s [...]