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Year: 2012

books | family | thinking out loud

A Good Afternoon

Bymichelle May 18, 2012July 27, 2022

It doesn’t take much to make make me happy. When the cat’s fur is still warm from sitting in the window. When I stand right in front of the bathroom…

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50mm | family | my home | parenting | thinking out loud

Boy Stuff

Bymichelle May 17, 2012July 27, 2022

I won’t be seeing this stuff all over the house forever.  Even now, my son says when he and his friends talk about things they’ve built with legos at school,…

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50mm | knitting | linkage | phoneography

Paulie

Bymichelle May 11, 2012July 27, 2022

I’m finally getting around to making the Paulie cardigan.  This is the last of my cool weather knits before I focus on summery things.  This was just a disappointing winter…

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50mm | knitting | linkage | new to me | thinking out loud

Streamlined Knitting

Bymichelle May 4, 2012July 31, 2022

This appears to be a serene little slice of hand knitting life.  But just a few inches over sits the truth.  After my last post about downloading books onto my…

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books | homemaking | knitting | linkage | thinking out loud

Ibook Shelves Don’t Have to Be Dusted

Bymichelle April 30, 2012July 27, 2022

So, buttons… don’t really have anything to say about them, in particular, so I’ll just ramble about something else.  I mostly just wanted to post these photos so I can see…

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An Old, Familiar Beatnik

Bymichelle April 27, 2012July 27, 2022

No, I don’t mean Maynard Krebs.  I’m talking about a pattern that has become very familiar over the last month or so and in a yarn that feels that way,…

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cheap stuff | craft | diy | my home

Cheap DIY Memory Foam Platform Bed

Bymichelle April 17, 2012July 27, 2022

I received a comment on my DIY Memory Foam Bed  post recently asking for plans to our pine platform frame.  I didn’t go into much detail with that post because…

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camping | linkage | running | stuff | ttv photo

In Praise of Cheap Shoes

Bymichelle April 16, 2012July 27, 2022

This is just a “stuff” post.  But it’s stuff that has really helped me, as a runner, walker, and bi-ped, so I thought maybe I’d share it. My mother was…

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family | film | parenting | phoneography | photography | thinking out loud | travel

Eighteen Years

Bymichelle April 13, 2012July 31, 2022

We’ve been together for eighteen years.    I love my husband and the family we began all of those years ago.   Eighteen years means we didn’t give up.  I’ve…

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50mm | cheap stuff | garden | homemaking | linkage | music | new to me | thinking out loud

Pioneer Style

Bymichelle April 10, 2012July 31, 2022

I had a “Little House” experience recently.  Remember that big garden that I’ve wanted since I started blogging?  The one my husband was never too excited about?  Well, with the…

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