Knits With Cats
Knits With Cats
I'm a senior technical project manager at work, a knit project starter at home and a list-maker everywhere! I'm married and have too many cats, lots of books, almost enough rose bushes, and way too much yarn!
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August 2005
Disturbed - Tuesday - August 30, 2005
Tuesday, 30 August 2005 11:59 P GMT-08
In addition to the disturbing images of the devastation in Katrina's wake, I've had a bit of disturbing news from someone near and dear to me today. Somehow, my planned post feels a bit frivolous and flighty. There'll be a real post tomorrow, aft
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Classic Dame - Monday - August 29, 2005
Monday, 29 August 2005 8:37 A GMT-08
Katharine HepburnYou scored 19% grit, 28% wit, 47% flair, and 14% class! You are the fabulously quirky and independent woman of character. You go your own way, follow your own drummer, take your own lead. You stand head and shoulders next to your par
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It's the love - Friday - August 26, 2005
Friday, 26 August 2005 9:22 A GMT-08
Since I started knitting about 15 years ago, I've knitted a lot for others: my ex husband, my ex-niece (who got me started knitting), my granny, my nieces and nephew, my brother (one of them), his wife, my sister, the babies of friends and even me.
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Horoscope - Thursday - August 25, 2005
Thursday, 25 August 2005 9:40 A GMT-08
PiscesBreak out the watercolors, sculpting tools, knitting needles or whatever your favorite medium of choice. The stars emphasize art and creation. That might mean exploring a museum you've never been able to get to, or looking through your old sket
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Movie Night - Wednesday - August 24, 2005
Wednesday, 24 August 2005 11:59 P GMT-08
Tonight is silent movie night at the Stanford Theatre, and the feature is Nosferatu, made in 1921, and the original movie adaptation of the Dracula story. (The credits, if translated correctly from German, say it was freely adapted, and it certainl
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Home Work - Tuesday - August 23, 2005
Tuesday, 23 August 2005 11:59 P GMT-08
I'm working from home again today, taking breaks every hour to do something around the house. Since the work day started at 5 a.m. again, with another conference call, and won't finally end until 11:00 p.m., with yet another conference call, I'm pa
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80s Song Lyrics
Tuesday, 23 August 2005 2:51 P GMT-08
<!--- score graphics code --->Lifted from chicknits.com, just because. I've always felt like I missed the 80s because I was working so hard, but apparently the music managed to permeate my brain.
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Blah! - Monday - August 22, 2005
Monday, 22 August 2005 11:59 P GMT-08
BLAH appears to be taking over blogland. As much as I'd like to be chipper, chirpy, cheerful and all those other really annoying things, I'm not. I'm pretty blah today too.Ever had one of those days where you do things all day long, only to reali
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Busy Weekend - Sunday - August 21, 2005
Sunday, 21 August 2005 3:46 P GMT-08
Mr. Ken and I had a "date" Friday night. We went to the Stanford Theatre and saw two Audrey Hepburn movies: Charade and Wait Until Dark. Geoff joined us, and decided that Audrey Hepburn is "hot" and that these would have be
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Freebies - Thursday - August 18, 2005
Thursday, 18 August 2005 10:33 A GMT-08
Thanks to Ryan, from Mossy Cottage Knits, for this: http://www.acrilan.com/patterns.html . Check it out. The patterns are free and available until September 1 only. I downloaded several patterns from designers I love - Nicky Epstein, Melissa L
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Over The Hump - Wednesday - August 17, 2005
Wednesday, 17 August 2005 11:59 P GMT-08
Knitter's Group was really fun today. As always, we played show and tell with current projects and talked about our projects-in-waiting. Inspiring to say the least.I'm amazed at the fortitude of one of our members. She bought a shawl kit from P
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Altered States - Tuesday - August 16, 2005
Tuesday, 16 August 2005 7:57 P GMT-08
I've finally reached the point where I am completely and totally tired of Summer. I'm ready for Autumn, and cooler breezes and the promise of rain. Sweaters and sweatshirts are calling me. I want comfort food and casseroles, not salads. We've
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It Was A Good Weekend - Monday - August 15, 2005
Monday, 15 August 2005 8:39 P GMT-08
It was a busy weekend at our house! We didn't do everything we'd planned, and still Saturday was crammed full. We did our Super Slow weight training, then went to the Ohlone Flea Market. Mr. Ken really hit the jackpot on tools this time! We a
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Wedding Anniversary - Saturday - August 13, 2005
Saturday, 13 August 2005 7:41 P GMT-08
Five years ago, Mr. Ken and I were married. It's the best and smartest thing I've ever done, and just gets better and better. We danced our first dance to Louis Armstong's What A Wonderful World.I see trees of green, red roses tooI see 'em bloom f
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TGIF - Friday - August 12, 2005
Friday, 12 August 2005 6:37 P GMT-08
The first half of Cable Eights is blocking. It's not a very exciting image - a rectangle is pretty much rectangular - but the color and texture show nicely: The color is a lovely bright apricot, the yarn is Cotton Monterey from Crystal Palace.
Nuthin' Again - Thursday - August 11, 2005
Thursday, 11 August 2005 11:59 P GMT-08
Yet another quick entry!(What's with this week? LIfe is mostly back to normal, but every night has been "bizzy bizzy" with no time to post or much else.)Mr. Ken and I were waiting for Geoff to join us for dinner at a favorite dive tonight
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Just Dropping In - Wednesday - August 10, 2005
Wednesday, 10 August 2005 11:59 P GMT-08
No pictures today. Somehow time has gotten away from me again, and I barely have time to make an appearance here.Knitter's Group was good. Wendy finished her wrist warmers and started on a bag. Another knitter is working on a beautiful slip-sti
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Geeky Stuff - Tuesday - August 9, 2005
Tuesday, 9 August 2005 8:55 P GMT-08
So, I admit it: I'm a bit of a geek. And tonight I'm doing geek stuff in San Francisco with other geeks, most of whom have been to Linux World today. It's a bit of a fly-by for me, because I won't get to Linux World until Thursday, if I go at all
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Time Flies - Monday - August 8, 2005
Monday, 8 August 2005 7:52 P GMT-08
Can you believe it's already August? When I was younger, August meant summer was over and school started. In fact, my nieces and nephews will start school in Texas and Georgia within the next week, if they haven't already. School doesn't start
Productivity- Sunday - August 7, 2005
Sunday, 7 August 2005 7:04 P GMT-08
It's been a good weekend, even slightly productive. It was still Too Hot for me, but tonight it's already cooling down nicely.We finally took down the last of the fancy window treatments our house came with when we bought it 6 years ago. The mas
I Got Nuthin' - Thursday - August 4, 2005
Thursday, 4 August 2005 11:59 P GMT-08
Truly, I got nuthin' today.No knitting yet. Perhaps after I move 80 pounds of cat food from the back seat of the car to the kitchen, and fill the bins with about 1/2 of it. Maybe then I can knit.Mr. Ken's eye is much better; about 50% healed. W
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The Best Laid Plans - Wednesday - August 3, 2005
Wednesday, 3 August 2005 7:55 P GMT-08
I spent the early hours today with Mr. Ken, first at the emergency room of our local hospital and then at our not-quite-local optometric office where it was determined that he had a corneal abrasion. (Our hospital is normally quite good, but there
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Yadda Yadda Yadda - Tuesday - August 2, 2005
Tuesday, 2 August 2005 7:26 P GMT-08
If you're looking for knitting content today, you'll need to look elsewhere. So far (and it's after 8 pm) I haven't knit a stitch. My only knitting-related activity was this morning when I took one of my prized nylon circular needles away from Mu
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I'm A Morning Person - Monday - August 1, 2005
Monday, 1 August 2005 1:47 P GMT-08
I'm a morning person, always have been and always will be. My idea of sleeping in on weekends means setting the alarm for 7 or 7:30. I haven't slept until 10 or 11 since I was in college mumble mumble years ago unless I was deathly ill.But it's b