To some families this may seem a rarity, but it is only new to me this year – the year my eldest daughter (of 4) went away to college. She isn’t too far away – only about 45 minutes to an hour, but she isn’t here, under the same roof, day in and day out…
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The Keyboard or the Pen
_When you are writing, do you prefer to use a pen or a computer?_ While I do love writing with a pen – at times – I prefer to write at the keyboard. The main reason? I’m a fairly fast typer and I am more likely to come closer to keeping up with my brain.…
NaBloPoMo 2011 my first year
Like many others I’ve decided to use NaBloBoMo to get me back into blogging more regularly. I keep feeling the call back to it, dang life just keeps getting in the way. So I will use this opportunity to be held accountable to my plan and to meet more people along the way. Today was…
Happy August 2009
Well, we survived Blogathon 2009! Thank you again to all that donated! July was beautiful temperature-wise, but WET!!!! Now that August is here, the Midwest/Top-of-the-South summer has returned. Hot and humid days, with foggy, sultry nights that don’t dip below the 70′s much. We had a pretty bad thunderstorm last week that blew our porch…
Quick check-in
Yesterday’s goals for today: Set pole for mailboxes in concrete -Plant some more in the garden- _some_ Go for a walk Dock lamb #3’s tail Work for a few hours Spin – if only for a little while One thing was done, at least partially. We planted 4 more hills of zucchini squash, to go…
Happy 6th Blogiversary to me!
“My first entry, 6 years ago.”:http://starzabove.com/articles/my-first-entry
Mystery Decisions and My Blogiversary is Coming Soon
Well, we have more mysterious decision-making going on. I think we’ve made the decision, now we are just waiting for everything to be finalized. Once it is, I’ll spill the beans. I’ve been feeling a cross of scared/excited and I am working really hard at focusing on the positives, now that we’ve worked through most…
Multi-tasking is relaxing – to me
I was sitting here earlier and all at the same time I was: * Knitting * Playing on-screen UNO * Listening to a podcast And I was relaxing.
I need to runaway
Donations are now being accepted for the Mom-who-needs-to- getaway-before-she – loses-her-#@*% campaign. Is there such a thing? Well there should be!
First Repeat on the Trellis Cardigan
Well, time is scarce around here. I have SEVERAL design projects to wrap up – we have company coming next wednesday that is staying for 3 weeks – and the normal chaotic hubub around here continues on a daily basis. I have snuck in a row here, a couple of rows there, and voila! I’ve…