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Archive for 'Current Events' Category

Still Alive…

Jun 4th, 2008 by Esther | 4

I’m still around…still here….just have been taking a break from blogging - lot’s of “life” got in the way for awhile and I wasn’t even knitting really…
Things are still a bit off, but I’m getting back in the groove and I’m hoping to get back in the knitting saddle soon and have some pictures to […]

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Happy Valentine’s Day!

Feb 14th, 2008 by Esther | 2

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone!
My husband and I don’t do much other than exchange cards on this day because money tends to be “tight” - but the little things mean so much sometimes….when I got home last night (after two grueling hours in traffic, and beyond tired) I found this waiting for me:

Nothing out of this […]

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Finally Some Lace On the Way

Feb 11th, 2008 by Esther | 4

It’s been WAY too long since I’ve picked up a lace project…Hiawatha scarred me a bit - lol…so, I finally decided to take the plunge and start on the Frost, Flowers and Leaves Shawl from A Gathering of Lace Book. I’ve loved this shawl since I purchased the book 3 years ago but […]

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One Down, One to Go…

Feb 5th, 2008 by Esther | 4

My dad’s results came back from the biopsy and he is CANCER FREE!!! The overwhelming feeling of joy and relief is more than I could muster writing about at first so it took me a couple of days - we’ve all been enjoying the relief and happiness and thank God every moment.
On the […]

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No Witty Titles…

Jan 25th, 2008 by Esther | 4

My dad had his prostate surgery - he’s home recuperating and we’re all waiting for his pathology report to come back so we can take that ‘deep breath’…since the surgery we’ve all gotten horrible chest colds and my son now has strep and an ear infection so we’re all just a big ol’ mess to […]

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The Tree is Up

Nov 26th, 2007 by Esther | 3

So turkey day is over..the long weekend was nice. Great to actually have some time to sleep seems like I never get enough of that anymore.
We finished putting up the tree. Usually we put up about four different Christmas village collections, animated figures, music boxes, you name it, however this year we […]

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Another Hat for Titi and Some Holiday Pics

Nov 19th, 2007 by Esther | 2

I whipped up another hat for Titi - she wanted a plain “big” black hat. Something stretchy and “BIG” because she says without hair her head is TOO TINY for her body..lol. So, I whipped up this simple garter stitch plain hat (I promise to post pattern details later forgot to bring the info). […]

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Visits, Sewing, and Finished Objects Oh My!

Nov 5th, 2007 by Esther | 5

This weekend was the first good weekend in a long while…no cold, no headaches, no sick kids, no other familial issues, etc. But the best part - my buddy Betsy came over with goodies from SAFF (since she was one of the lucky ones that went) and she brought yummy home made cookies […]

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