I once made the statement that you can’t swing a dead cat without hitting a gifted kid. After saying it, I sort of regretted saying it, as I tend to regret many of the things I say out loud. (“Quarter Pounder with cheese, mustard, pickle, and onion” is an excellent example of this. Also, the [...]

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I’ve been Doobleh-Vayed! (And it feels good!) And if that’s not enough to make my day, this morning I took Harper to The Little Gym, and I met a knitter! Last week I spent the entire Little Gym hour listening to a mom talk about her servants (Yep. She has live-in help, and she refers [...]

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I have totally sucked at checking in over the past few months. You know how everyone says that your cells change every seven years and it makes your hair change and your skin change and Oh! So Much Change!? After hitting the seven year mark with Fluid Pudding, I almost feel like my motivations are [...]

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So, last weekend got completely crazy and we ended up NOT getting Scruffy. We DID, however, get runny noses, a fever, and a cough that still isn’t completely gone, so we have that going for us. (Scruffy is still there. I still check on her every day. The only problem is that she is classified [...]

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I think you all know me pretty well by now. So, you know that I sort of wish I was a dainty French girl, right? I love Amélie, I eat at least one biscotti per week, one of my favorite meals is champagne and French toast (I just made that up, although I did have [...]

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One of my knitting goals for 2009 is to become comfortable with stranded knitting. To kick off that goal one week early, I sat down on Friday and started my version of this hat. Yesterday afternoon? I finished it. I am not yet done with Christmas shopping, nor have I sent out all of my [...]

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With less than 100 rows to go, I really can’t sit down at the computer tonight. (I’m itching to bang out at least 20 rows each day so I can be wearing this guy before the end of next week.)

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1. Coming soon to a public place near you? Harper and The Tantrums! 2. Meredith’s eyes were dilated today. She’s been crying about The Potential for Dilation (my next book title) for nearly a week now. And when I say “crying” I mean that Meredith may or may not be performing with Harper and The [...]

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NaBloPoMo Day 2: Sunday Afternoon with Fluid Pudding from Angela D. on Vimeo.

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As you know, back in July I auctioned off a shawl to help fund my trip to San Francisco for BlogHer ’08. When the high bidder became the winner, I told her I was going to throw in a pair of handknit socks as a bonus. I then decided to add to the trip fund [...]

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