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    Hats, Thanksgiving, and other Monday ramblings

    Charity hats #1 and 2. White one is Twistygoo, black and white one is Hadley. That’s 2 down, 8 more to go (with one kid-sized one on the needles currently). It’s hard to believe that we’re in the final days before Thanksgiving. We’re hosting again this year, which means a…

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    Sunday Baking: Banana Bread

    Took a go at a new-to-me banana bread recipe. Years ago I was given one of those Better Homes & Gardens binder cookbooks, which is where my original recipe had come from. I hadn’t made banana bread in years because, well, I didn’t like my old recipe. Or that cook book,…

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    Little cabin in the woods

    2nd annual weekend with my knitting girls. A cute little cabin in the woods with some really amazing people that I’m lucky enough to call my friends. Lots of delicious food, knitting, laughing, movies, and overall just plain relaxing. I even purchased some ruffle yarn at Walmart on a food…

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    Cheers!

    Home brewing success! That, folks, is my first-ever brew of hard cider. Which tastes more like wine than the Woodchuck I buy.  Still rather than fizzy, with a higher ABV. I’d like to wax poetic on how amazing it is, but truth be told I’m not sure if it’s very…

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    A weekend of orange

    The trees were in peak color this weekend, and before long the wind will shake the rest of the leaves off the limbs and leave us with the stark, bare branches of winter. I can’t help but want to repeat “Winter is coming” over and over again, to which my…

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    On a quiet, gray Monday

    Tea and knitting at the dining room table and candles aglow. I’ve tried several times today to watch some TV while I knit, and every time I just felt… uncomfortable. Tired of the background noise, and in need of quiet. It’s strange – I used to be the kind of…