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Word. I managed to avoid it during the first two seasons. Season three started when I was eight months pregnant and bored out of my mind. I got sucked into the vortex. On the plus side, I think my interest is waning. I still haven't watched tonight's episode and I'm not overwhelmed with a desire to do so.

So adorable! And the skirt looks good, too.

I'm not cool at all, so of course I watch it. Got it Tivoing right now.

I just heard from the donation person at the children's hospital in Portland. They'd love to have stuff for the babies in Natalie's honor. Here's what she had to say:

:dancing Happy birthday!

A few more photos: Maudie's flowers: Kate, lighting candles: Fluff's sculpture: Flowers & messages, floating downstream: (It looks better here.) The rest of my photos are here.

Maudie, it was beautiful, and your flowers played such a huge part in that. They looked and smelled amazing. Before we left my house, we were having a hard time keeping my kiddo out of them. She thought they were the coolest thing ever.

The poem was beautiful, Jen.

That kid needs to hook up with my kid. She's been singing "Come Together" since she was two. Hasn't mastered the guitar accompaniment yet, though.

So cute, Jammy! Those mittens are too much!

Last night's ceremony in Ste. Genevieve couldn't have been more perfect. First we walked through downtown Ste. Gen. We found Ste. Genevieve Winery just as they were closing, but they let us come in and buy two bottles for the ceremony. We were going to go into the Church of Ste. Genevieve and light a candle, but Mass was in session. Even though Ste. Genevieve sits on the Mississippi River and was under over 40 feet of water in the 1993 flood, there's not much in the way of river access. We had to drive down a gravel road into unknown territory. We came to the tiny ferry boat dock, which had

We Got the Neutron Bomb - Marc Spitz

"Modern Marvels" on the History Channel. Topic: "High Tech Sex". I just heard someone say this: "In effect, they [Victorians] were waging a technological jihad against wet dreams and masturbation." The only part that offends me about this is the use of the word "jihad". That just seems silly.

I think I can handle the length of a Dr. Who scarf. I recently knit a huge, lacy scarf for myself that wound up being taller than me (not that this is difficult, as I'm a shortie). When I drape it around my neck, it comes to my knees. Today I was walking through Target, and didn't realize the scarf had slid down on one side until I stepped on it.

No, but I'm starting to consider making one just to get rid of all the yarn scraps cluttering up my house.

That had crossed my mind. Could be a potential hazard, especially if I happened to get it hooked on my eyelid. Which I most certainly would. Yum! Sleepytime! Because we're horrible parents, the moms in my "play group" (also known as my "drinking group" when someone else is watching our kids) have discussed how the tainted Aquadots might not be that bad for the 2-3 year-old crowd. We refer to those days as "Playdate at Thunderdome". Crafting for the Hopelessly Klutzy? Crafting for Moms Who've Become too Haggered to Do Grown-Up Crafts? Yesterday, I took the kiddo to storytime

I'm not allowed anywhere near Superglue or hot glue guns. Way too many mishaps. This is why I'm a decent knitter - can't be trusted with glue, sharp scrapbooking supplies, anything involving heat or glass or super-fast motorized needles ... so all of my craftiness goes to knitting. It's the one craft where I can't injure myself. Well, until I impale myself on a needle. Then I guess I'll move on to latch hook. Or those potholder weaving kits that are made for little kids.

That was the hardest part for me. After several years of trying and failing, I realized that since I don't hold pens correctly (I rest them on my ring finger instead of my middle finger), I can't hold knitting needles the way instructions describe. Once I started using my ring fingers instead of my middle fingers, I had it down-pat in no time. So cute! That's why I knit instead of doing crafts that require glue! I just finished the first preemie hat, using this pattern. It's so tiny, it doesn't even fit over my fist. The yarn's a heavy worsted weight cotton, and I used size fi

I started knitting a preemie hat tonight to donate in Natalie's memory. Also did a little research and found a possible place to donate them: Legacy Emanuel Children's Hospital in Portland.

A friend of mine lives in Akron, and caught the Black Keys' Christmas show. She said they played a bunch of the new stuff and it was awesome. Can't wait to hear it first-hand!

Go for it. My husband keeps requesting one. I made him a fancy-pants scarf for Christmas two years ago. It was nearly as tall as he is, and he commented that he would have liked it a bit longer. I told him to knit it his damn self. Scarf length does not correlate with other ... things.

I figured. I just like the idea of using a scarf as fish bait. I like my knitted items to have both form and function. I made more than my share of shitty scarves when I first started knitting. Examples: The 12" long scarf with the lopsided ruffles - Boulce + Fun Fur = This was made for a man. Because nothing says, "Father-in-Law, I'm somewhat fond of you," quite like tassles - And those are the early projects deemed successful enough to merit photography! You should see the garbage that didn't make the cut.

I'm using it to replace about 70% of the music I've lost over the past 20 years.

Meat or fishing?

Gorgeous, Kate! I love how the varigation is coming through. You definitely got the hang of the short row technique. I want to broker some sort of knitting-for-beads deal with Tracy! She was my secret Santa and totally spoiled me with gorgeous stuff. I still need to take pictures and post them. Bwahahahahaha!!!!!!! Once the new wears off, you'll be a knitting machine. Even less will get done around the house, but damn if you won't do a lot of knitting! Just look at my projects on Ravelry. I've got, like, five or six things in the works. Pre-Ravelry, I never worked on more than one p