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 *  This is my little *boogie board* .  I love it for my lists.  However, I've asked Santa to bring me the bigger size. I am a HUGE writer.  I was once asked by a supervisor to write smaller and I told her I simply couldn't .   I hope script does not go away due to computers and such.  These are Starbucks cake pops.   Divine.  Moist. Amazing.  I do not want them near me.  Our friends Nick and Dayna brought them over last week for AL's get together.  Everyone loved them.  Without exception.  PomPom...the knitting crocheting magazine in booklet form.  Al mentioned it to me.  I found one at another Knit shop this weekend.  Fun, fresh, new look, and for the youthful for sure. Have you seen it?  One last good thing for today: I learned how to download magazines from my library in a one on one session yesterday.  Wahooo!  They ...

  I finished my Square Circle Hat. Pattern by White , free On Ravelry. No decreases necessary.  You divide your stitches by 4 (on 4 needles) You turn inside out and do a three needle bind off with the opposite needle.  Then you knit a bit more on one needle and join it the same way to the last needle.   Miss Pie says HELLO!  

  Happy with how my cashmere hat is knitting up. Mongolian Cashmere purchased at my LYS during a big sale.  I'm going to make a Square top as in the Square Circle free hat pattern on Ravelry.  No decreasing!  Wheeee!    Fireman carved a wood bread basket for us. He's really enjoying this new hobby.  This big deer was oh so tame in the woods. My father would shoot that deer. Oh how could one? 

  My family was together all week. !!! Al flew in for a few.  The pattern is called FLYING HOME! She knit this Quince and Co pattern out of a skein of charity yarn. All yarn proceeds go to Doctors Without Borders.   I NEVER thought we would be a running family. NEVER. Last night we all went running together.  A preserve near us has a solar lit trail. It was cold but kind of spooky and kind of cool.  We ALL wore hand knit hats for the run.   Zach took this amazing shots at the Pilsen day of the Dead parade/procession on Monday. It has been a wonderful week. 

1. Because the days are shorter 2. Because I want to love all of winter this year 3.Because Christmas radio is back on Pandora  4. Because I want to visit my Minnesota sister and her dogs this winter 5.Because it always feels good to do something postive for yourself 6. Because I sit by the computer for the allotted 20 minutes every morning anyhow thanks to BLOGGER!  7. Because it is a hundred dollars well spent 8. Because I've been told on good authority they can be helpful 9. Because anyone in the family can use it and likely benefit from it 10. Because it is a heck of a great light for seeing tiny stitches on the needles.   

The shawl in alpaca icy blue is almost half knit.  I'm still loving these lace tipped Karbon needles.  This lace is basic and hardly challenging, but I love the results.   ***** Fireman and I tried PHO recently.  It was a bucket list thing for him.  I lied. He tried Pho, I watched him. My bucket list food adventures rarely involve much risk.   My idea of a bucket list food experiment is candy.  I have a thing for marshmallows. I have always been told that homemade marshmallows are so different then store bought. So I ordered some. They were (past tense) soft and wonderful. I won't go so far as to make my own, but if I get the opportunity to purchase fresh again, I surely will.  You all know Meredith's Lil Buddy loves trains. I took this image just for him yesterday at O'Hare.  I've decided it is a cool crossroads of sorts.  Our "L" is headed underground, and the Jet is taxiing (y...

My roses continue to "show" beautifully. Maybe because the rest of the garden is put to bed, these last blooms are striking to me.  I'm trying to reduce my carbon footprint in small ways.  I am using my coffee grounds as mulch in the garden instead of throwing them out. Does that count? I bought a BOOGIE BOARD which is a small screen that I can write on.  No more paper lists.  I got it at Staples and I love it.  I also love that you use a "pen" and write in your own script.  I bought the mozzarella stick strings in one big lump yesterday. I don't need individually wrapped sticks and unwrapping them drives me nuts anyway.  I think we, collectively, as knitters reduce our carbon footprints by having hobbies like knitting that create clothing and gifts with our hands.   That counts right?  Do you take small steps for the planet Earth?