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    November 2004



    Home Again, Home Again!

    Monday, 29 November 2004 11:31 A GMT-08
    It was a lovely Thanksgiving, even though Mr. Ken wasn't able to drive as much as he wanted, which means I had less knitting-while-riding time than planned.  Why is it that the drive to Santa Barbara seems to take 15 hours when I know it really take
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    Parents - more from www.SundayBrunch.com

    Sunday, 28 November 2004 12:00 A GMT-08
    Parents"Parents are often so busy with the physical rearing of children that they miss the glory of parenthood, just as the grandeur of the trees is lost when raking leaves." -Marcelene Cox1) What do your parents do for a living?  Mine are
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    Furball Farm, Part 4

    Friday, 26 November 2004 12:00 A GMT-08
    or, We're Almost Done!Nipper is another of Sylvia's kittens.  She has what our vet calls "a serious case of self-preservation".  What that means is that she's basically feral.  No matter that she was born inside, played with like the oth
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    Happy Thanksgiving

    Wednesday, 24 November 2004 11:40 A GMT-08
    Well, y'all, this is undoubtedly my last live post until Sunday or Monday, depending on when we escape from  leave the in-laws and return to our little part of paradise.HAPPY THANKSGIVING!It's my favorite holiday, and celebrating Thanksgiving always
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    Let The Stress Begin!

    Tuesday, 23 November 2004 12:26 P GMT-08
    Last night I couldn't get to sleep.That's pretty unusual, even with 5 or 7 cats on the bed, but my brain just wouldn't turn off.  Finish the current mystery, read a catalog or 2, turn out the lights again.   My brain is just filled with ideas.  
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    This 'n' That

    Monday, 22 November 2004 12:01 P GMT-08
    Pilgrim's ProgressIt was a quiet weekend, and I'm happy with the results.  Got parts of the enormous (really, it's 42 feet long and 21 feet wide) front room cleaned, organized and vacuumed.  Realized that there's not a lot more to move to the attic
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    Sunday Brunch - Fruits and Veggies

    Sunday, 21 November 2004 11:59 P GMT-08
    Fruits and Vegetables"The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling. Yet we do not treat ourselves nor one another thus tenderly." -Henry David Thoreau1) What is your favor
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    Eureka! I Found It!

    Thursday, 18 November 2004 2:53 P GMT-08
    I found it!  Or rather, I found them!  I know you're wondering what in the heck I'm babbling about...The rose patterned Russian inspired sweaters from VK, back in the early 90s (you didn't really think I'd actually remember which issues, did you?).
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    Furball Farm, Part 3

    Wednesday, 17 November 2004 11:59 P GMT-08
    The next 5 cats (3 in this post) are Sylvia's kittens from her final litter.   We'd noticed that she was getting really fat after moving in with Mr. Ken, and it finally dawned on us that she was pregnant!  The litter was 6 kittens; 5 survived.Litt
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    Of Cars and Things

    Tuesday, 16 November 2004 4:38 P GMT-08
    Erica of Fillyjonk's Progress (www.fillyjonk.blogspot.com) mentions that she's been the Trouble Tree for everyone for the last week.  What great imagery!   First, of course, the idea of the Trouble Tree where you leave your troubles before enteri
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    Blue Monday

    Monday, 15 November 2004 12:58 P GMT-08
    Just 40 days 'til Christmas!  Just 22 days 'til Hanukkah!  Just 10 days 'til Thanksgiving, and it's Monday again, all too soon.The weekend was pleasant as all get, but other than a few rows on the green Opal Magic socks, it was a knitting wasteland
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    Sunday Brunch

    Sunday, 14 November 2004 11:59 P GMT-08
    Questions from www.sundaybrunch.org  for a day when my brain just won't get in gear!1) What is your favorite Disney movie and why?Fantasia!  I can't hear "Waltz of the Hours" or whatever it is, without "seeing" dancing hippos in
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    This and That

    Thursday, 11 November 2004 1:45 P GMT-08
    Today is Veterans Day.  No matter how we feel about the war in Iraq, our fighting men and women deserve our support.  It's also a time to reflect on the sacrifices of previous generations of fighting men and women and to be grateful.I was such a sl
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    Random Thoughts...

    Wednesday, 10 November 2004 3:12 P GMT-08
    45 Days Until Christmas?!  And Other Random Thoughts...Someone on one of the lists mentioned that, and it just makes me nuts!   It's not that I'm not ready, or don't have plans, and haven't given it any thought.   Indeed, most of our gifts are
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    Furball Farm, #2

    Monday, 8 November 2004 11:59 P GMT-08
    Introductions to the second group of kittiesMaya is about 8 years old, and pure white.  She's a princess and would like to be an only cat, however, she picked my house when she was dumped so she'll have to endure the others.   She's green-eyed (i
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    Books I'm Reading

    Sunday, 7 November 2004 11:59 P GMT-08
    Books I'm ReadingBell, Book, and Scandal, Jill ChurchillCyanide Wells, Marcia MullerKnitter's Stash, ed. Barbara AlbrightRowan #36Sky Woman Falling, Kirk MitchellBirds of Prey, J. A. Jance Angels & Demons, Dan Brown Murder At Fenway Park, Troy So
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    100 Things About Me

    Saturday, 6 November 2004 11:59 P GMT-08
    100 Things About MeI'm a triple Pisces My favorite color might be red I enjoy stream fishing for trout Super Slow weight training isn't fun ...but it gives great results I'm Daddy's girl! My Ford Explorer has over 200,000 miles and now lives in Conro
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    Thursday Ramblings

    Friday, 5 November 2004 12:27 P GMT-08
    Thursday may be my favorite day of the week.  The garbage has been picked up, the housekeepers have done their thing - the house looks good, the laundry is done, and it's a TV night to enjoy: CSI and ER.  Two hours where I can knit and actually mak
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    ...Off The Needles!

    Thursday, 4 November 2004 11:59 P GMT-08
    ...Off the needles!Socks: Fixation shades of lime green Florida footiesRegia Crazy green 3 x 1 ribOpal Brasil yellow 3 x 1 ribFortissima mexico 3x1 ribbed socks Charcoal Regia linien plain 3x1 rib Other items:      Peach Dolcino ShapeIt scar
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    Drivel and more drivel...

    Wednesday, 3 November 2004 11:59 P GMT-08
    Went to sleep last night not sure who won the election, but hoping it would go Dubya's way.  Woke up and they still weren't making a prediction but it had gotten a lot closer overnight.  I'm not so politically naive that I believe terrible things w
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    Voting and Not Knitting

    Tuesday, 2 November 2004 11:59 P GMT-08
    Well, having heard from other blogs, lists and radio news that hopeful voters were lined up for 2, 3, 5 hours and more, I was really glad for the sock (leg barely started) and book in my bag.Got to my polling place at Exactly The Right Time, appare
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    Monday Musings

    Monday, 1 November 2004 11:59 P GMT-08
    Quite a few trick-or-treaters this year; probably the most we've had since moving here!  At least 30 little and not-so-little ones, all dressed up and venturing out in the dark, most with parents in tow.Great excuse for knitting, and I got the 2nd s
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