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    November 2007



    Sometimes life just isn't fair...

    Thursday, 29 November 2007 9:01 P GMT-08
    Last week, all week, I had a cold.  I cooked Thanksgiving dinner, did a gazillion loads of laundry, went to the International Auto Show in SF, toured the da Vinci exhibit in SF, replaced the gasket on the dishwasher and cleaned the leaves out of
    Category: Whine and cheese
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    Turkey Day and Black Friday

    Saturday, 24 November 2007 7:16 P GMT-08
    It's been an absolutely wonderful 4 days away from the office!  (I can't really say "off work" because I did work a couple of hours every day, but I was at home with my honey.)Thanksgiving Day was very low key.  Friends jo
    Category: Home and Garden Yadda Yadda Yadda Knitting Projects
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    Grateful

    Wednesday, 21 November 2007 4:22 P GMT-08
    Inspired in part by the season and in part by a local newspaper columnist, I give you a list of the little things for which I’m grateful every day: <!--[if !supportLists]-->-         <!--[endi
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    Rippit rippit rippit

    Wednesday, 14 November 2007 9:14 P GMT-08
    Remember Sensational Shirttail?Tonight I planned to post photos of the completed fronts of Sensational Shirttail.  I laid them out side by side, and did a major double-take.They weren't the same!In fact, they were different by about 2 inches
    Category: Knitting Projects Knit From Your Stash 2007 Whine and cheese
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    Wayback Machine

    Tuesday, 13 November 2007 12:00 A GMT-08
    The contest that KitKatKnit had is over, but the idea intrigued me.  Using the Wayback Machine, like Mr.  Peabody from Rocky and Bullwinkle, go back to your blog for November 11, 2006 and see what you were knitting then.I didn't have a&
    Category: Knitting Projects Blog Things
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    A Day Off

    Monday, 12 November 2007 8:09 P GMT-08
    Veteran's Day was yesterday (the eleventh day of the eleventh month) and my company was one of the few non-governmental or banking that was closed today.   Mr. Ken had to work and I had high hopes for the day.I wasn't disappointed.&
    Category: Home and Garden Yadda Yadda Yadda
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    Felted Hats and a Cute Cat!

    Sunday, 11 November 2007 7:55 A GMT-08
    Today Joan and I finally got together to felt our hats.  For some reason, Joan thinks I know about felting (or fulling, to be completely correct) because I made one of Wendy's felted cat beds.  I'm pretty confident that we'll su
    Category: Furball Farm Knitting Projects Mitts, Hats, Small Projects
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    Dining with the in-laws

    Thursday, 8 November 2007 11:00 A GMT-08
    Mr.  Ken's parents were in port in San Francisco today on a cruise down the Pacific coast.  They wanted to  see us, and we wanted to take them to dinner.  I'd asked co-workers for restaurant suggestions and got some really
    Category: Yadda Yadda Yadda Family Stuff Knitting Projects
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    It was Monday all day...

    Monday, 5 November 2007 8:48 P GMT-08
    There's supposed to be a real knitting post with real pictures here today, but my camera and computer are suddenly refusing to speak to one another.  Just like sisters: they worked fine on Sunday, but today you'd think they never even me
    Category: Yadda Yadda Yadda UFOs and UFFOs Socks
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    Expression Number

    Saturday, 3 November 2007 5:06 P GMT-08
    Your Expression Number is 6 You have an outstanding sense of responsibility, love, and balance. You are helpful and inclined to comfort those in need. You have many artistic and creative talents, but you only use them to better others. You are lo
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    What a week!

    Friday, 2 November 2007 4:56 P GMT-08
    This has been another in a series of crazy-busy weeks. I have lots of blog fodder, and no time to actually write it, add photos and post.  Monday I had a new experience at work.  I’d met with a female engineering manager whose compa
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    Happy Birthday, Daddy!

    Thursday, 1 November 2007 4:49 P GMT-08
    (Note:  The next several posts were emailed to the blog and never appeared.  I've decided to repost them now because they meant something to me when I wrote them, and because I refuse to let technology defeat me!) We’re heade
    Category: Family Stuff
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