Thoughts for the day and Crazy Aunt Purl

Crazy Aunt Purl has a great pattern for knitting arm warmers.   CrazyAuntPurl: My hands are officially warmed.  Hers are such great colors too.  I think I will make a pair.  Right after I finish my Harry Potter scarf and the socks that I started early in 2008.  I have also bought four skeins of 100% wool, northern [...]

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WE HAVE TICKETS!!!!

Sheryl here:  jumping up and down, clapping my hands in glee, Master’s Daughter and I have tickets for the Harry Potter show at the Museum of Science and Industry | What’s Here | Exhibits | Harry Potter: The Exhibition | Exhibit Guide | Introduction.
 
I really love Chicago and all of the museums.  I used to [...]

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Guilty Pleasures

Guilty Pleasures on Allison’s Blog. Guilty Pleasures « That’s What She Blogged
 
Here’s a quick list of mine :
 
1.     Yes, People magazine.  You don’t look so guilty reading it in the doctor’s office though, you know.
2.     My third watching of Tortilla Soup this month.
3.     South Bend Chocolate Company, Dark Chocolate
4.     Watching CBS Sunday Morning in my pajamas.
5.     Taking [...]

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Web Design

I have designed my own web page for years and, believe it or not, I HAVE redesigned it several times.  When I was creating little eight inch fairies, and selling them on eBay, I realized it was time to again redesign my page.  However, that web page, that was up there then and still is [...]

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Happy Thanksgiving to all and to all–less arguments!

I have noticed a strange thing.  Since I have begun blogging, I have begun to sound like a “Valley” Girl, but only on my blog.  I blog things like, “I so agree with you.”  What is it with that?
 
I have also discovered why you’all, and I am not southern either, even though I live in [...]

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This blogger’s total humiliation, is complete.

Master’s daughter always gives the greatest gifts. I have received a Japanese tea set, a miniature Stonehenge (we’re still waiting for a Scottish fellow to time travel through), a circular knitting sock kit, complete with a neat bag, and “The Aspiring Writer’s Journal.” 
Too bad she can’t give me a better memory, because I know [...]

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The Chemistry of Death by Simon Beckett

On a lighter note, after baring my soul about my grandkids and after reading Pollyanna’s reading challenge at http://prsunshine.wordpress.com/pollyannas-reading-in-wonderland-challenge/ I thought I would tell you about the THE BEST mystery I have ever read; and believe me, I started with A and went to Z in Mysteries, at the Lake County Public Library. It’s a [...]

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Children’s books and the CIA

Mom likes to add her own touch to the world, where there is no villain and the wolf isn’t trying to eat Little Red Riding Hood, he just wants to play a game of cards with her. Mom used to purchase Little Golden books for my girls and edit them before the girls ever read them. Some [...]

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Books: Electronic wonders and paper treasures

I was in Bloomington yesterday, with some time to kill, so I stopped at Barnes & Noble. A bookstore is one of my favorite places. Whether it is for killing time or because I have a definite purchase in mind, I love bookstores. Its quiet atmosphere and the candy counter of book jackets is a [...]

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