For the past few weeks, I’ve been helping out in Meredith’s classroom. To make a long story short: While in first grade, the second graders learned 100 Word Wall Words. These are high frequency words that we all see every single day. My job is to test the kids on these words to make sure [...]

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While working at the yarn store, I often find myself yelling, “Oh, fun!” whenever someone talks about the project she is working on. My Oh Funs are annoying, brainless, and as unpredictable as an explosive sneeze. Random knitter: And when I’m done with the scarf, I think I’ll use the leftover yarn for a hat. [...]

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I just took this evening’s muscle lallygagger, so I’ll keep this entry brief for fear that fifteen minutes from now will find me drooling and sputtering nasty tales. (And believe me…) Anyway. Here are the facts. I work part time at a yarn store. The employees at the yarn store are allowed to keep a [...]

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This is what I see every other Saturday morning when I step out of my car before crossing the parking lot to work at the yarn store. Someday soon I’m going to see if I can hurdle that fence. (I’m not planning on having any more babies.) ((Wait. Have I ever told you that Jeff [...]

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Thanks so much for your laundry advice. (I have never typed that sentence before.) As I sit here at the computer, I can smell the vinegar slapping those towels around in the washer. The spores are screaming! And, I will NEVER be a fan of Marcia Cross. Marcia Cross, you may now enter My Room [...]

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The new Ben Folds album came out today. I’m loving this: (You can skip the first 54 seconds if you want.) And now I’m getting ready to bail for work. If playing with yarn counts as work… Hey! Maybe tomorrow I’ll tell you about my pistachios! And I’m not speaking in code, Delores!

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I’m about to tell you about my Yesterday Morning. But before I do, go click on this for background music, because it sums up the feel of the morning pretty perfectly. (Incidentally, this is one of two pieces of music that I practiced and practiced (and practiced!) but never seemed to get quite right. The [...]

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