By Lisa | October 1, 2007
Thanks to everyone for the insightful and supportive comments on my earlier post. I am feeling more at peace now that some time has passed and I’ve come to accept a new phase of being in my own skin. Its pretty damned comfortable here (if slightly roomier than I like!).
My last two weeks [...]
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By Lisa | August 15, 2007
I have been busy, but very dizzy these last few weeks. In no particular order I…
Dyed Wool!On the 4th, the loveliest of hostesses J at After Asia invited the Ottawa knitters to her place in the country for a day of dying on her lawn. In addition to J, there was Leanne of the fabu [...]
I went to Canada’s Wonderland with the dear son and proved that 37 isn’t too old to go on a ride that made me think I was going to die. Actually – this is more accurate. Except that in addition to the screaming I heard Alex say, “THIS IS AWESOME!!!!” That’s when I knew I [...]
As of 2 p.m. today I am on holidays!!!! I have no idea if this will mean more blogging or less – depends on how the spinning-knitting-travelling-house renovating goes. Of news-worthiness…
The Ashford Joy is heading off to Port Hope to be consigned tomorrow.
The Little Gem is also travelling to Port Hope because the [...]
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Last evening I managed to completely psych my kids out…which is always fun, but it also got me thinking – though not about knitting so I’m going to manage that expectation right up front.
Madeline was happily watching a Beyoncé videos on the computer (please DO NOT get me started – I am not a fan) [...]
By Lisa | December 7, 2006
If I haven’t completely lost you yet with my lack of posting I beg your patience and understanding. A number of significantly insignificant (but somehow still a “big deal” in government-speak) are coming up for me work-wise next week and so I’ve kinda been intellectually trapped at work, emotionally trapped by escalating sibling rivalry at [...]
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By Lisa | November 15, 2006
Last night I read Madeline my blog entry (below) about how you know that you are knitting or spinning too much.
Since I wanted it to make sense to her…I explained what steeking is.
Her face looked a LOT like this.
It is good to have a child who “gets” it, ya know?
That’s how I’m going to go into work on Monday. I am nursing an early dread that will likely grow all weekend until I’m truly raging on Sunday night. I should probably warn my loved ones but they have all fled for the weekend. Which is unfortunate because it means I can’t project my anger [...]