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A New Year

I'm not going to dwell on how long it has been since I shared projects and stories with you on this blog. It is a new year so we will start fresh.The first finished project on 2010 was Rosamund's...

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Isabel's Cardigan

One navy blue cardigan has been delivered to a sweet little 2 1/2 year old girl, Isabel, and her mom this morning.Both are very pleased and it was a terrific reward to see little Isabel running around...

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Holy crap I'm stupid

The stupidest thing a knitter can do is to knit blindly away with instructions they had wrote down that were wrong. I've just wasted 2 nights of knitting using instructions that I had already once...

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FOs

I just returned from a work trip to Las Vegas. Not much knitting done on the trip, just one sock that I haven't taken a picture of yet. Prior to the trip however, it seemed like I was trying to finish...

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Options are not optional

For those of you familiar with Knit Picks, you will for sure have noticed they make a beautiful wooden needle they call Harmony. Not only are they beautiful to look at but the tips are the pointiest...

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The WIP black hole

While at London-Wul yesterday Heidi confessed that she realized she had WIP projects that she had actually forgotten about. She felt it was time to sort through them all and make note of them all so...

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Unfinished business

Well apparently my last post stirred up some emotions. Some even going as far as calling some of us freaks LOLHere I thought I was going to get harassed for lying to the knitting group in my state of...

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Troy's Perfect Sweater

I set out to make Troy a sweater which is not an easy task. He doesn't like things too itchy, he doesn't like them too tight and he doesn't like any pattern work at all. He is very picky in other...

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Update on Project List

Thank you for all the great comments on Troy's sweater. I enjoyed reading them and he's still enjoying his sweater too.Since I've adopted the practice of only knitting the top 3 items on my combined...

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Introducing Rosie

It has been a long time since I've blogged and I miss it. Lots of new and exciting things have been happening but I think I'll just start with the present and move forward.I've acquired two new wheels...

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Introducing Bugsy

Crazy as I am, I purchased a second wheel just before the postal strike from a posting I saw on Ravelry. I had been thinking that I needed a travel wheel and then I saw the Merlin Tree Roadbug!He was...

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Fibre friends are wonderful people!

I had the opportunity to spend a weekend with my maritime fibre friends at a Adair cabins in Kingston, NB a few weeks back. What an amazing time we had! How could it not be fun when you are surrounded...

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Journey of a lifetime

We are about to embark on a journey that will change the course of our lives forever. A couple months ago I was approached to take a position with my company in Las Vegas.  The position sounded...

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First leg of many

All packed and ready for the first leg of this journey to Las Vegas.  I'm calling this trip the "Visa Trip" since that is the main purpose of it.  Tomorrow I fly  to Toronto, rent a car and then drive...

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Mission accomplished

Today was a big day!  I'm happy to report I have been granted my Visa to work for 3 years as a Senior Development Manager in the US.  This is a big milestone and I'm so happy it is complete.I managed...

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Las Vegas bound

The journey continued yesterday and I have arrived in my destination of Las Vegas.  It started with an amazing flight from Buffalo to Chicago. The pilot decided to take a detour to Niagara Falls and...

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The Summit at Sunridge

I've found a new temporary home for us... The Summit at Sunridge.  It's going to be perfect: 15 mins to work, 2 pools, lots of grass and paths, garage for storage, 2 beds, 2 baths, patio, all we could...

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President Obama

Today I had a chance to do something that most American's who have lived here all their lives do not get to do... Shake the hand of the President of the United States!!This photo was taken immediately...

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Got the keys!

I'm really excited about our new apartment!I went there tonight to drop off all the luggage and items I've collected over the last 2 weeks and don't want to bring back to NB only to bring them back...

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Farewell cute house

Tonight is our final night in our house on McClelan Avenue.  I'm happy and sad about this, but mostly excited and anxious to get the move all completed now.  Tomorrow the movers arrive at 8:30am and a...

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