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Entries from April 2006

The End

April 15th, 2006 · 2 Comments

I finished the book in one day. I cried.
I love when a book has absorbed me so deeply that it cannot possibly end without my wanting more from it. I can’t get it out of my head. I am wondering, if they could have changed things, would it have been better or worse for Henry […]

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A Page Turner

April 14th, 2006 · 2 Comments

My employer declared today a holiday and gave me the day off. Nothing personal, they told everyone to stay home. I have taken advantage of the long weekend by catching up on some me timeĀ. I slept in until a little past 8 am. I’m normally up between 4 and 5 am. I made some […]

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Quality Knit Time

April 12th, 2006 · 1 Comment

Work has me upside down and inside out. Not literally, but I’m lucky to have thirty minutes uninterrupted for knitting. By the time I get home, eat dinner, say “hello” to the hubby, it is almost time to go to sleep. Thus very little dusting, vacuuming knitting.
I haven’t given up on the Aran cable, just […]

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Sunrise Coaster

April 8th, 2006 · 3 Comments

I absolutely love this pattern. It might actually convert me into a doily person. I’m trying to think of a hundred good reasons why I would need to knit a hundred more of versions of this doily. It took me less than 90 minutes to knit the center.

Oh, wait. . . it took me 3 […]

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Yellow & Orange

April 5th, 2006 · 4 Comments

According to this source- Crayola first introduced yellow and orange crayons in 1903. In 1949, lemon yellow, orange yellow, and yellow orange were added. 1958 saw the creation of burnt orange and goldenrod. Ultra orange and ultra yellow arrived on the scene in 1972. Not to be outdone, dandelion, vivid tangerine, and unmellow yellow were […]

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