shell on August 4th, 2008

Now, remember, we’re under contract. This is in no way a done deal. The inspections are set for Tuesday and Wednesday and we’ll know a lot more then. But for now…
And that’s it! It isn’t perfect by any stretch, but we love it and we have big plans to take the [...]

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shell on April 23rd, 2007

The curse survives! Jessika once explained to me that the bad things that have happened with our home are a direct result of living on top of a Native American peoples burial ground. How else can one explain all the bizarre stuff that has happened with our home improvement projects? Guess what! [...]

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shell on May 17th, 2006

We had a meeting in the City on Monday afternoon. When we got in the car the thermometer read 99 degrees. As we crossed the bridge I looked up and it read 68 degrees. Yes, people the temperature fell 31 degrees in less than eleven miles. How is a girl supposed [...]

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shell on May 11th, 2006

Here in the castle renovations continue, but at a much slower pace. We’ve been struck almost dead by the bird flu. And what good Americans are we? We’re bunkered down in the castle and avoiding people like we have the actual plague. We’re stopping the bird flu dead in its tracks [...]

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shell on May 10th, 2006

In between getting a sunburn, trying to eat all of the chocolate in the castle, and doing some actual work I managed to get a couple of coats of paint on both the walls and the woodwork yesterday. Last night David pulled out some the extra pieces of flooring from “The Floor Debacle of [...]

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shell on May 9th, 2006

Creativewares is moving! Right now I stumble down the hall from bed and fall into my chair at my desk. My desk, which is in our liberry. For the new people, our liberry is actually our library that is painted a beautiful berry color. I love this room. However, I’m [...]

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shell on May 4th, 2006

Still with the extra long wrap. I added about 9 inches last night. Even though everything went ape on LOST last night, it still wasn’t enough to compel me to put down the needles. So it’s about 22 inches long now. Just another 58 to go!! The allergy medicines, making [...]

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shell on April 25th, 2006

I should stop calling it the super-long wrap and start calling it the “I’m not yet sleepy.” wrap. I cast on the other day when I wasn’t yet sleepy and last night I picked it up because I wasn’t yet sleepy. I absolutely love the yarn. It’s soft and feels so wonderful [...]

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shell on April 20th, 2006

Cast on last night while waiting to get sleepy …

It will eventually be the “Superlong Wrap” from the Knitting to Go deck of patterns. I upped the needles to 11’s and substituted Nature Cotton. It’ll go to David’s stepmom when it’s finished. Because I’m a giver that way. No matter that [...]

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