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Yarn and Life Update

April 20, 2009

I’ve been a yarn machine lately. Above is my first knit hat, Fire Flower! I adore the yarn and colorway. Below are a couple of hats for some little girls Neice Hat & Everliegh Hat. It’s all about the bobbles!!

My brain is so full of ideas and inspiration and motivation… but my [...]

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Marriage Officially Redefined by Merriam-Webster

March 18, 2009

Per Towleroad, via Joe My God with Right-Wing Freak-out by WND.
Marriage has officially been re-defined by Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Rock on lexicographers! As Joe My God said, it would be prefered to read as “Marriage: the state of being united to another adult in a consensual or contractual relationship recognized by law.” But we [...]

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Easy Chili Recipe

March 13, 2009

Yummy Chilli!

Ingredients are based on TASTE. Use what you love, use what you have.
This is a great way to do a pantry purge. You could add any beans you have, any spices you want, any vegetables you want. Have at it.
Chili

2-3 Bell Peppers [different colors if you got'em]
1-2 Small Onions
1-3 Cloves Garlic
2-3 [...]

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Homosexuals will not be counted in 2010 Census

March 9, 2009

“I mean, why count the gay people? It might provide a basis for giving us some rights.” – Andy Towle
“Census takers will ask same-sex couples who live together to define themselves as “unmarried partners,” as they did in 2000 before some states – currently only Connecticut and Massachusetts – allowed gay marriage.” – Press-Telegram, Long [...]

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New FO: Baby Hat

March 8, 2009

For a co-worker’s baby girl. She’s yet to be born, but I thought I would get a head start.
Tunisian stitch stocking hat, with 6 petal flower. Reclaimed cotton yarn purchased on etsy.com from alphacatmom. The flower yarn is from reminents of the Debbie Scarf.
Hat Pattern:

TSS a swatch about 5 1/2″ (height) x [...]

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It breaks my heart

February 7, 2009

I cried watching this video. Thanks for the link Rachel! I signed the petition and you should to:
Ken Starr — and the Prop 8 Legal Defense Fund — filed legal briefs defending the constitutionality of Prop 8 and attempting to forcibly divorce 18,000 same-sex couples that were married in California last year? The [...]

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Draw a Dinosaur Day 2009

January 30, 2009

Today is the 3rd Annual Draw a Dinosaur Day:
http://toddpage.livejournal.com/356045.html
The day is not quite up yet – you still have time to Draw your Dinosaur!!

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January 20th, 2009 – A day of Hope

January 20, 2009

Obama: “Hey you, Old Man.”
Bush: “Yea, wazzup?”
Obama: “I’z da prezident! Fo’ Realz!”
Bush: “Daaaaamn!”
Today is a gloriously happy day. Barack Obama is breathing new life into the world. He is bringing change in the form of hope. Unapologetic hope. Hope will bring us up from the depths. Hope will bring us together. [...]

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Bobo’s Oat Bars

January 8, 2009

“Organic rolled oats, Earth Balance soy and vegetable oils (100% expeller-pressed), organic brown rice syrup, organic Sucanat (cane juice).”

bobosoatbars.com
Boulder, Colorado.
These have been displayed at Full City Coffee for quite some time now. My New Years Resolution is to try and eat better, and drink less coffee. I’ve cut back on my Double Soy [...]

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White and Green Baby Alpaca Scarf

January 5, 2009

I am finally opening my etsy shop! So, I have a day job, a night job, and now a part time business, add on the fact that I’m starting school at OSU… I’m a busy little Beaver… Go Beavs!!
Wish me luck, I think I’ll need it.

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