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If you haven’t met Greta before, you’d think that she’s very big and intimidating. She is very big, but unless you’re highly allergic to dog drool then there’s very little reason to be intimidated. You know how little dogs are totally unaware of their size and will bark incessantly at larger animals? Well Greta is [...]

I so needed another hobby like a hair cut needs a handle. I now realize how foolish it was of me to get this little loom in the first place. I should have found something totally unpleasant to try and stuck with it until I was completely convinced that my current hobbies were the best [...]

“Entitled” what does that mean? From the Heritage Dictionary: 1. To give a name or title to. 2. To furnish with a right or claim to something: The coupon entitles the bearer to a 25 percent savings. Every citizen is entitled to equal protection under the law. [Middle English entitlen, from Old French entiteler, from [...]

Edna Mary Boos, May 1923- September 2005 We’ll all miss you.

The weather has cooled off so I can justify forcing Greta to wear her sweater (just kidding, she actually likes to wear doggie clothes.) She’s mopey faced in this picture because she was told to sit when she really just wanted to sniff at the camera. I believe this qualifies as evidence that dogs are [...]

Spinning! This is a dyeing experiment that didn’t quite come out as expected but quite pretty. It was supposed to be lime and dark blue, however all the blue sloughed out in the rinse leaving a light gray behind. I wasn’t quite sure about spinning it up but the grassy color made me happy so [...]

Usually I don’t post things like this but the need is so desperate everywhere that a little link on my blog won’t kill anyone (or shouldn’t, if anyone dies due to a charitable link or two in this post: You have my sincerest apology). For everyone that joins the Oxygen network they will donate $1 [...]

We’ve been having fun with dyes, I didn’t take a picture of the roving because it wasn’t that impressive, but figured I could just use it for some practice spinning. I’m pretty happy with the results, I don’t know what I’m going to do with it yet, but I’ve been tossing around ideas for either [...]

Lexi celebrated her 2nd Birthday. It was terribly hot so we had dinner and cake outside. She’s at a very adorable stage now, where exploring is so much more fun than anything else. During her explorations she’s always sure to leave a trail of moved items behind. For example, a cardboard baby book is left [...]

Wal-Mart is all too often a source of complete and utter confusion. Partially because it’s this HUGE convenient depot for cheap stuff, and in part because I know I really should be buying from small independent businesses. I usually do reserve my “stuff” purchases for small businesses as a rule, and this was the first [...]