Sunday Top Ten again

When I was a kid we used to sing this song: There was an old man called Michael Finnegan He grew whiskers on his chin again He cut ‘em off but they grew in again Poor old Michael Finnegan! Begin again! Fortunately my iPod does not contain that song. This week’s soundtrack: 1. Toccata & [...]

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Things I do not have to do

I’ve been really tense lately, worrying about things I have to do or things I want to do but can’t, or things that are completely out of my control. It’s oh so very much fun. What I’m doing to combat that is to list the things that I really don’t have to do at all. [...]

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Sunday Top Ten

I’m stealing this meme from every other blogger. Want to play along? Set your ipod to shuffle all (or play all, whatever) and list the first ten songs that come up. 1. “Dream Lover” by Bobby Darin 2. “Footloose” by Kenny Loggins 3. “Take a Chance on Me” by ABBA 4. “One More Robot / [...]

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Though not without its charms…

… my week has been less than stellar. 1. Migraine. During my second childbirth education class. 2. Less-than-legal midwife at a friend’s birth. Now, I’m not a fan of the Illinois state law that says breech births and twins cannot be delivered at home, but it makes lots of sense to abide by the law, [...]

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Approaching Calm

Things have been a weird combination of hectic and happy here at House of HookOn (… a little alliteration never killed anyone, c’mon) lately, and I’m delighted to report that some of the uncertainty is finding its way to resolution with a bit of “Oh yes, that’s what it’s supposed to be like” thrown in. [...]

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Recap and Review

My Stitches Midwest 2007 Experience can be summed up in the following picture-less points (sorry, the Dada camera is still at the repair shop): 1. If you can help it, don’t go to Stitches when you’re ill. It really brings down your energy level and there is nothing at Stitches that feels better than a [...]

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Big plans

There is so much going on in my head right now, knit/crochet-wise, that it’s kind of hard to keep track of myself. It’s like I’m living a Bright Eyes lyric (“My mind races with all my longings / But can’t keep up with what I’ve got”). I’ve got so many projects on the needles that [...]

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Lack of evidence notwithstanding

I woke up My alarm clock went off at 7:45am like it’s supposed to, but I didn’t get out of bed until 8:23am. A matter of some concern, as I’m supposed to be at work at 8:30 (good thing I live but a two-minute walk to work, eh?). And this afternoon I came home from [...]

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Me vs. my shortcomings

Thank you, thank you, to everyone who wrote nice things about my Ballet Camisole! I appreciate the comments, and I’m glad you all seem to like it. I like it pretty well, too. It definitely stretches out a bit with wear, so I’m glad the Shine can be thrown in the machine for a wash [...]

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Lessons Learned This Weekend

Don’t knit the fiddly bits of your tank top while watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer. That part where it says “k21, attach second ball of yarn, BO 32, k to end”? This qualifies as fiddly, and if you get caught up in the emotion of the episode where Oz leaves Willow after being a total [...]

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