Category Archives: Family

Low-impact packaging

Posted on December 23, 2007 by

(Can’t you tell a knitter wrapped this?) Growing up my mom always meticulously opened her gifts, using scissors to slice off the tape at the seams, gently folding it when she was done, and then she’d re-use that wrapping paper … Continue reading →

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To the one who started it all

Posted on September 13, 2007 by

I’ve been doing more frogging than knitting lately. Both of my WIPs (Monkey socks and EZ’s February Baby Sweater) are lace-based, and I have just not had the concentration for either of them lately. So I was going to post … Continue reading →

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Best! Weekend! Ever!

Posted on September 10, 2007 by

Oh my my my did I ever need this weekend. It was crazy busy and filled with good stuff. Friday night we went out with some coworkers and met at The Sloop, one of my favorite hangouts, just because you … Continue reading →

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Save the Car Kebab!

Posted on August 16, 2007 by

My uncle forwarded me an email the other day warning me that the Car Kebab in Berwyn, IL (immortalized in “Wayne’s World”) was at risk of being demolished to put up a new Walgreens!! I quickly forwarded the email to … Continue reading →

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Grandma’s socks

Posted on August 14, 2007 by

My paternal grandmother (the one who taught me to knit) gave me these socks last time I saw her (along with a bunch of other stuff she’d knitted over the years) and I just found them again in my dresser … Continue reading →

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Freakiest bathroom eh-ver

Posted on May 27, 2007 by

This is the main bathroom is T’s parents’ new house. They recently bought a house in, well, Del Boca Vista, and we’ve been busy helping them move. I won’t go into it here, but let’s just say it hasn’t been … Continue reading →

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Happy Mother’s Day

Posted on May 13, 2007 by

Happy Mother’s Day, Mom! I love you!

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Dear Internet, I love you.

Posted on March 21, 2007 by

A couple of years ago I was over at T’s parents’ house and for some reason (not because I didn’t want it, but because I am notorious for losing things) I talked his mom into letting me borrow this cute little … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday to me!

Posted on February 19, 2007 by

I celebrated my 29th birthday on Saturday night with great friends, good food, long laughs, and TONS of Pictionary. Then T and I spent all day Sunday snuggled on the couch playing our new Wii. What a perfect weekend. Koigu … Continue reading →

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Family history

Posted on January 9, 2007 by

My uncle randomly sent me this bit of family history in an email this morning and I thought I’d post it here. Not to get too heavy, but my paternal grandfather suffered a stroke the year I was born and then passed away when … Continue reading →

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