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Monthly Archives: January 2008
And so the sickness spreads
I jogged on the dreadmill tonight. Not that I mind doing that. Derned glad to have it really. Don’t know why the boys don’t like it. I like the control of it. I know its there… whenever I need exercise and it will tell me precisely how fast, how far and how long. It tells [...]
Posted in Running
Contest Entry
Been meaning to post this for a while. Sam wrote this in response to a contest being run in National Geographic Kids. I was pretty impressed. He took this picture for it too. No, I don’t want to even think about the possibility of what if he won. -:<>:-:<>:-:<>:-:<>:-:<>:-:<>:-:<>:-:<>:-:<>:-:<>:- Things that I have discovered [...]
Posted in Homeschooling
Literary Wildflowers
Week three of Wildflower Morning’s blog-a-long Found this at The Baldwin Project: THE VIOLET Down in a green and shady bed A modest violet grew; Its stalk was bent, it hung its head, As if to hide from view. And yet it was a lovely flower, No colours bright and fair; It might have graced [...]
Tuesday C&I
Since Barb has got me thinking of Tuesday’s as sketch/art days, I decided to work on a scroll blank during quiet time today. The color copy is the inspiration for this one. I like this style because it is so much like doodling. Granted my versions are usually not as airy as the original piece. [...]
Posted in Art, Homeschooling, Misc C&I, SCA
Swatch-smatch
Usually, I don’t do knitting swatches. Life’s too short sez I. But for this yarn I really want to make sure I get the pattern and stitch just right. First was just plain ol stockingette, nice but I wanted some texture. So then I tried a bamboo stitch (new one for me), pretty but maybe [...]
Posted in Fiber Arts, Knitting
Winter Flowers
We’re in week 2 of Wildflower Morning’s blog-a-thon (or would it be more aptly named a blog-a-long…?) Anyway. The assignment was to find a winter wildflower. Given temperatures in the negatives after factoring for wind chill, I haven’t ventured very far in my search. Monday may bring an opportunity. Temps are forcasted for in the [...]
Adverbs, Knitting & Science
What do those things have in common? Well, they were all part of my day.. LOL! Up late searching for adverb practice for Sam and came across Daily Grammar Lessons Archive. It’s FREE baby! Part of the reason I’m up so late is that I went to Kaldi’s to knit tonight since no one piped [...]
Posted in Homeschooling, Science
Favorite Wildflower Photo
Wildflower Morning is sponsoring a themed blog-a-thon (I guess that’s the word for it) about wildflowers. This week’s subject is your favorite wildflower post. There are so many I took last year. Like this, and this, and this, and… I love them all! But here’s one that I can, at least, identify. I believe it [...]
Chef Ketchup
Or is it catsup? I’ve been threatening Sam with making his own ketchup for a long time. Finally, we ran out (we had a bit of a stockpile) and I had him do just that with this recipe. I was skeptical that he’d actually like it. The recipe calls for things like cloves, powdered mustard [...]
Posted in Condiments, Recipes
Getting smaller
Been really watching the intake and making sure I exercise this past week. Last Wednesday: 170. Today: 166. Woot! I know I can’t keep up that kind of pace but still it is encouraging. This is the mumbledymunth time I’ve lost this same 10 pounds.
Posted in Life