tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-203751362011-08-31T20:27:16.158-04:00and a little of this and a little of thatrhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07857144840375879009noreply@blogger.comBlogger1431100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20375136.post-30805172265886218652010-09-09T12:03:00.001-04:002010-09-09T12:03:55.792-04:00

First off what a glorious grey cool morning - and the nights are getting almost chilly. Fall will officially be here soon and I am loving it already! Now to the funny part of the the post - poor Rich hurt his back then re-hurt it worse last week so he is crookedly hobbling around - soooo the other day when the washing machine alarm went off I ran downstairs to fix it - the blasted thing had

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Aunt Tillies Cucumber Casserole (by way of my Dad and Aunt El)4 qt container6 medium onions chopped3 qts chopped cucumberPut chopped cucumbers in colander and let set for awhile - then take out by handfuls letting the juice that drips off go ..put into a pan Put onion in then mix cucumber and onion up with 2 beaten eggs 1/2 box Royal Milk Crackers (broken up or crushed) Put 2 inches cucumber mix

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The last time I said I would try to post more was exactly a year ago - guess that didn't go so well. Now I have this (hopefully) set up so I can post on my iPad so perhaps I will do better this year ;)I'm trying to get lots of caffeine in this morning before 8 am since that is my cut off until after the nuclear stress test tomorrow. acck acck acck. I am a bit of a wreck about this so send good

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the guy on the police call I just heard --seems his moped ran out of gas on the Ponquogue Bridge last night coming home from one of the bars (he didn't say that but I am positive of it - and you will see why) so he left it there and walked the rest of the way - he just went back and it isn't there! I'm sorry but this is the one occasion that D'uh really fits......

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but I am sure it will still be pretty sparse - especially right now - it is hot - as in - it is Stinkin' HOT -- and what am I doing - making macaroni salad - usually I think to do it early in the morning before it gets this hot (85 in my house already - in the living room don't want to think what the kitchen is with the steam) but it will be good tonight to have something cold - right?Off to

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I am getting so sick of knowing people who have aneurysms or die of them - a friend from the Fire Department died of one this morning - 50 yrs old - in a car going to the airport to go to a golf tournament - he was in the back seat and everyone thought he was asleep. He had a wife, kids in college, a good business and was very active in the community - he will be greatly missed.Tonight is the

rhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07857144840375879009noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20375136.post-66737563700529989202008-11-08T21:54:00.002-05:002008-11-08T23:07:22.273-05:00

IGNORE THE LAMPSHADE BEHIND THE XRAY AND THE CAMERA FLASH ON IT SORRY FOR ALL CAPITALS BUT IT IS A CHOICE OF CAPS OR ALL SMALL BECAUSE OF THIS - YEP IT IS MY RIGHT ARM - WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR THE EXTRA LOUSY TYPING.CAN'T KNIT PROBABLY FOR AWHILE -CAN'T COOK, DRIVE, SHOWER --WELL TO BE HONEST CAN'T DO PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHINGI HAVE TO TRY TO NOT SHIFT THE BONES - THEY ARE A BIT CLOSER THAN THE PICTURE

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You Are Teal GreenYou are a one of a kind, original person. There's no one even close to being like you.Expressive and creative, you have a knack for making the impossible possible.While you are a bit offbeat, you don't scare people away with your quirks.Your warm personality nicely counteracts any strange habits you may have.What Color Green Are You?Thanks Martha that was fun -- but like I said

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last night I went out to check the irrigation (which is new) and walking around the house - I'm staying close to the house to avoid the sprinkler that was going and as I stepped next to that sprinkler I sunk up to my knee with the mud filling in behind me - I pulled my leg out (not an easy task btw it was really really stuck) - then I reached in to pull my shoe out - which by now has been

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3 deer in field across from my house 8/23/08Originally uploaded by rho1640We have been watching this family of deer all during the summer - it is a little hard to see them I know but that is as close as they come to the road. The two smaller ones have grown so much even in the last month - This year there are 3 last year there were 5 total. And no - none of them ended up in our freezer. We

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a picture of my hair since I started letting it go naturally curly - not to mention naturally white. I'm loving how much easier it is to go with the flow rather than fighting it everyday only to have it do what it wants anyway. Of course for this hot humid weather I end up wearing it up - but that is ok too. In fact I found a new use for Harmony DPN's - they make great hair picks - and they

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I just can't believe how long it has been since my last post. I would love to say I was just too busy to post but it is more that I was too cranky or uninspired to post. Ahh well. . . .I seriously am going to try to post something more often - If it were a perfect world I would say I will blog everyday - but I know myself too well to commit to that - and anything is more often than in I have

rhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07857144840375879009noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20375136.post-40241988961070675552008-03-16T20:04:00.004-04:002008-03-16T20:11:46.444-04:00

I can't think of any more to say about my friend Trish - so I am going to use what I posted on Ravelry -I considered Trish one of my best friends. So how can you get so close to someone you meet through this thing called the Internet? Trish and I met originally on Knitter’s Review and started by PMing (private messaging) each other. Then it went to email (though neither of us gave our email

rhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07857144840375879009noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20375136.post-4501322314253365812008-02-11T21:17:00.000-05:002008-02-11T21:20:14.683-05:00

I just took this quiz and I absolutely love the results so I had to post it immediatelyYou're The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy!by Douglas AdamsConsidered by many to be one of the funniest people around, you arequite an entertainer. You've also traveled to the far reaches of what you deem possible,often confused and unsure of yourself. Life continues to jostle you around like a marble,but it's

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hasn't it - time just gets away sometimes.I've had a few bouts with various flu strains going around then MIL was in the hospital and then on hospital hospice so there was lots of running back and forth there. She passed away last Sunday and last week was the wake and funeral - so it has been busy here.I did take the entire weekend and did nothing at all - I even napped one day for about an hour

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And here are some pictures - first off my new pet - My Ashford Joy being modeled in what is apparently my modeling chair - this is the wheel that Jane helped me pick out and pick up - Thanks :DIsn't she pretty..... Second up is some of my spinning of some wonderful blue that Jane picked for me at Rhinebeck and surprised me with - she knows my color for sure doesn't she? - Can I say thank you

rhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07857144840375879009noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20375136.post-87161178067393319352007-10-27T10:43:00.000-04:002007-10-27T10:47:23.716-04:00

to mention that I just got a new charger for my camera battery - batteries are charging so maybe by tomorrow I will have pictures of my new wheel up :DI was going to order a new camera for me but then I decided to look and see if I could get a charger all by itself ..... and they had it -- not only that but it is a better charger because it plugs directly into the outlet AND has an adapter to use

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you do a quiz! You're Watership Down!by Richard AdamsThough many think of you as a bit young, even childish, you'reactually incredibly deep and complex. You show people the need to rethink theirassumptions, and confront them on everything from how they think to where theybuild their houses. You might be one of the greatest people of all time. You'dbe recognized as such if you weren't always

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I got a spinning wheel - well I tried to upload a picture but blogger isn't letting me do it right now - they say they are aware of the problem -- sooo just plug in Ashford Joy Double Treadle into Google and you will see what she looks like. And since I still don't have a working camera that is most likely the picture I was going to use so you are seeing what you would see here. If it lets me

rhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07857144840375879009noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20375136.post-74929364917967355782007-10-03T23:40:00.000-04:002007-10-03T23:47:12.247-04:00

the trellis shawl kicked my butt... I gave up on it for now - after ripping it out 14 times I figure it was trying to tell me something. Something like don't do me now!!!!So I am not using that yarn to make a simple seed stitch which also seems to be giving me a problem - I think I have to put some of the blame on the fibro flare I am in and the fibro fog I seem to be in the mist of. Hopefully

rhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07857144840375879009noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20375136.post-29363601925943194202007-10-02T17:30:00.000-04:002007-10-03T23:22:59.168-04:00

we had a teeny tiny bit of influence in helping someone get their dream - I know I would - so here is a request from a knitter friend of mine - I voted and I think she deserves the chance to get her book read by a publishing company. It is a fun read and I just know that the "junk" in the cottage is so much more and want to read the whole story to find out what it is. Plus it looks like the

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that is a good thing since I ripped my shawl out AGAIN!! I tried to rip it back to where there was a mistake - and pick up the stitches but I couldn't pick up the stitches. So it has been started again for what the 13th or 14th time -- it sure is a good thing I am stubborn isn't it? This time I am going to do it on my new Harmony Knit Pick needles and use the hole in it to try to do a life

rhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07857144840375879009noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20375136.post-89917603745059700402007-09-08T23:49:00.000-04:002007-09-09T00:01:36.406-04:00

or just plain stubbornness - pays off - and it seems for me that 10 times is the charmed number for beginning a project. I started the second ball of yarn tonight -- and I am a very happy camper - I may actually have this done before the Knitters Review Retreat. YIPPEE!!Second piece of good news - if you scroll to the end of my blog you will see that I have been doing Weight Watchers ----- as

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I haven't blogged because I seriously suck as a knitter - I can't even manage a simple 4 line pattern that makes a trellis pattern - I have frogged my shawl 6 times (yep you read that right SIX times) I was originally doing it with navy cashsoft and red kidsilk haze but after 4 times frogging it I decided to do away with the kidsilk - it is easier to see where I have gone wrong without it - and I

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P1010001.JPG Originally uploaded by rho1640 over at Jo's Celtic Memory Yarn -- isn't it beautiful - I went to a friends house on the canal to use their mailbox for this picture --of Rho's Periwinkle Cove yarn......which will make the most beautiful pair of socks ever - won't it? I wish I could say the same about my picture taking abilities - this was the best of the bunch - sad isn't it?

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Well a really really bad picture of my socks - I need a Richard in my life Jo (my Richard doesn't take pictures :D) but I guess you get the idea and you get to see a shadow of my head and house as a bonus.I haven't worked on anything for the last week - between heat, Harry Potter, and a lousy trip to NYC yesterday 3 hours in and 4 hours out (a trip that normally takes 2 hours -- with no rain and

rhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07857144840375879009noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20375136.post-65250501287204986742007-06-18T00:34:00.001-04:002007-06-18T02:03:39.322-04:00

This list was published by a contributor on the Fybromyalgia Association UK forum boards. It's a compilation of the symptoms of FMS.I actually stole this from a friends blog (thanks Gill) because I thought it was so good. I have other friends who come here that I know have Fibro and I thought they would be interested...but also I think it is good for people who don't have Fibro to see. In no

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we had the irrigation guy stop by yesterday and today hubster went and got all the required parts for that - also ordered a mark out by electric and gas company so no lines get hit. No pictures still - waiting for a grand reveal - maybe when there is actual grass even.The neighbor must have liked our hedges though because she had had hers done earlier in the year but today they were back and did

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You Are: 80% Dog, 20% CatYou and dogs definitely have a lot in common.You're both goofy, happy, and content with the small things in life.However, you're definitely not as needy as the average dog. You need your down time occasionally.Are You More Cat or Dog?thanks to Martha of Marfa's Mewsingswell I know the goofy part is right heheheWaiting on a bit of hedge clippings to be moved and some

rhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07857144840375879009noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20375136.post-26208055579116156862007-05-30T07:48:00.001-04:002007-05-30T08:02:49.351-04:00

mentioned before. After I talked to the wife and he never called back - We went with a 3rd landscaper - a young man who happens to be in the Fire Department with hubster. (I was determined to get this done NOW!!!) He used to work for someone else and is just starting his own company. They got here yesterday at 7:30 am and left at 6 pm.btw - the other landscaper (the one I called and spoke to

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Sarah Blanch Shawl 5/06Originally uploaded by rho1640 It was too large and was a danger to the house if there was a hurricane - but I have to admit I cried as I said bye bye tree -- this tree was our first Christmas tree in this house .....I have been taking pictures of the progress each day - when the debris is all taken away along with a dumpster of stuff we managed to get rid of too I will

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why do I want to sing that??tagged by SachiThe rules:1. Each player starts with 8 random facts/habits about themselves.2. People who are tagged write a blog post about their own 8 random things and post these rules.3. At the end of your blog you need to tag 8 people and post their names.4. Don’t forget to leave them a comment and tell them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.1) I started going

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Remember I mentioned the landscaper who gave us a quote on doing our yard -- well.... I hadn't heard from him and called his cell phone number from his business card with no response -- so tonight after knitting circle I called the other number on his card which was his home and one of his children answered and I asked for their dad - but the mom came on the line -- I explained who I was and said

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My socks done in AprilAnd next are the socks I am working on now - this is the yarn from the frogged 2 socks on 2 circulars that I hated and frogged when they were done - they were in a time out in my bag but I needed yarn that I didn't have to wind into a ball so they got taken out earlier than planned - so far they are behaving themselves though.Just realized how blurry the second picture is -

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now I have to remember where the heck I put the cords to put it on the computer - I KNOW I put it somewhere I would never forget and it was a perfect place.... hmmmmm wonder where it could have been?Gill - thanks for letting me steal your Fibro Fighter button - I also put a Fibro link in my links list that takes you to a site with information on Fibro written by a doctor who has it. OK here is a

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and have even been knitting - almost done with a pair of socks. But I am in a pretty big flare from travel and am not doing much. I will try to get some pics up of the sock before I start the pair I am going to felt for slippers.Of course, despite my flare - today hubby asked me to help him in the yard a bit so I did. Hopefully I won't feel worse and really really hopefully the sun allergy

rhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07857144840375879009noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20375136.post-30380045285460545422007-03-26T15:55:00.000-04:002008-12-09T03:18:01.893-05:00

To get a real idea of what it looked like this morning add about another foot to the length and about another foot to the width and you get an idea of the beforemy normal way of wearing it - up in a bun.And now the new me --OH - ignore the letter L coming out of my head - and ignore the bad quality of the pictures since it is really hard to take a picture in the mirror in the bathroom using a

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and told him I felt like a fraud being there - when he asked why I told him I wasn't feeling THAT sick - but wanted to shut the hubster up from bugging me to go to see him. I guess my Dr's idea and my idea of what THAT sick is are different. I ended up with 3 shots, a double round of zithromax and a double round of the cough syrup with codeine. So basically since I started the meds yesterday I

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coughing too much to even pick up the needles - blah. Going to the doctor tomorrow - will probably be given wonderful cough med. with codeine so then at least I will sleep and a couple of shots in the butt (I really hate needles!!). Someday I will make it a whole year without bronchitis!

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to my new address.As you can see everything is the same other than the new name and address ...Thanks Rhonna for all of your help!!

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to rho's knitting goes... I wanted to change the whole thing but couldn't figure out how to do it without deleting the blog and starting a new one - sooo .... even though the address is still the old address the name is new. Not so many knitting woes and my knitting is like the energizer bunny that just goes and goes and goes....even when I don't blog about it is really is still going.. honest

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it was requested that I have some knitting content - thanks Jo for working the guilt angle ;DBut, it is such a dark, dank, dreary day today that I will only describe it - pictures tomorrow if it is brighter. I finished the back of my vest and am at the decreases on the left front of the vest and it seems to be going along pretty well. And I love the color -- what color is that???Why BLUE of

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I am trying throwing them in the dryer with a damp t-shirt. Think it will work. Apparently I left our dinosaur of an iron somewhere along the East Coast while traveling. Just shows how often I worry about wrinkle free clothes doesn't it LOL wish me luck - I guess I will be shopping later in the week for a new iron -- any tips or recommendations -- this one was about 35 years old - I doubt new

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forgot to take pictures while this was all colorful but here is part of it winding down - - There is much more just yellow and green bruising on the front of my leg but it was just yucky..Jeez my legs are dry - I really need to moisturize them ...

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for example - I picked up the book I had ordered from our local bookstore - because we have a storm coming - I had planned on having the book to read and knitting to do and since we probably won't be going out to get our lobster in the storm tomorrow I bought shrimp to make scampi for dinner tomorrow. But I guess the universe decided I wouldn't stop and enjoy the book and the knitting so it put

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I got this in an email from another Bonacker today and laughed hysterically at it - hopefully non-bonackers will think it is amusing at leastLONG ISLAND.... You can use the back roads to get home quicker than the average tourist, but you don't know the names of any of the streets...it is all intuition.You live in the shadow of the greatest city in the world, but you almost never go there.You

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This was hanging in my home as long as I can remember (and in a bright red frame so everyone would read it as they walked by) - I had a devil of a time finding a copy of it to put here - but it was so worth the search. I had forgotten how much I loved this and how perfectly it puts into words the memories and feelings, and spirit that was the Bonac I remember as a child. Bonac I

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This is a picture I have had on my computer for awhile - I love watching the boats and people fishing at the inlet - I enjoy it almost as much as actually fishing at the inlet.Thanks guernseygal This will be a fun meme.OOPS - it is blue again isn't it -- I guess I see a real theme in my life going on here - maybe I should just give up and go with my love of blue and stop trying to bring other

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Or how I spent my winter vacation -- I can't figure out how to post by each picture so you will have to forgive me -Picture 1 is a manatee eating and resting in the shade - where I was happy to be in the heat also#2 is a new way to surf - no waves needed#3 after surfing we get to splash the audience#4 is in the wrong place as it was near the end of the show#5 incredible divers who were lifted

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This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing. I'm trying to figure out how to post the vacation pics so this is a part of my setting it up

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it has been crazed since we got back -- MIL had a few episodes over the past couple of nights so we were over there getting her calmed down and meds into her (she decides we are all trying to poison her during these - so we have to get her out of the rage then get the meds in - fun) I am so glad I have knitting to bring with me- still using my shrug as my mindless knitting for times like this...

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but no vacation post just yet - instead I did a quiz and got this resultYour Winter Look is CasualYou go for warmth and comfort, yet still manage to look greatWhat's Your Winter Look?and while I will agree with the warmth and comfort part -- I don't know about the look great part LOLOnce I get the camera in from the car and the cables to download the pictures I will do a vacation post...

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and it is up and running -- it only took 3 stores to get it - I tried to give the business to our nephew who owns a camera store - but those batteries were used in old cameras not the new ones -- also a friend with an eye glass/hearing aid shop - but those batteries wouldn't last long in the pedometer. Final Stop --- Radio Shack - they had it . . . oh well, think of the extra steps I took right?

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I wore it all today - and walked about 4 miles in all my running around -- and got home to look at what the exact number was and it wasn't working -- I have to replace the battery I guess. Well at least I can look for a battery tomorrow. But Dang!!!!I am thrilled that I was able to get in to see the chiropractor where I used to work so I can get my neck adjusted - hopefully one adjustment will

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Just switched over and I am trying to see what the heck I got into - And I have to try to put my buttons on the sidebar and I have no idea what to do with that so it may take me awhile to get that done. I did save a copy of the template on what was on my blog before so maybe I can manage

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Rachael has set up a blog for everyone doing the 100 miles by 4/1/07 Here go join in - I think it is going to be a lot of fun and a great way to get up and do a bit of exercise. I will be keeping track of my steps while we are away and posting when we get back since I won't be taking the laptop with me. So I will have lots to catch up with by then.Off to look for more warm weather clothes to wash

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I'm not a huge fan of New Years Resolutions but this seemed fun and maybe a way to motivate me to walk more. And by walking more I would be accomplishing most anything else that could/would have been on my resolution list - other than organizing my life better (which is a perpetual resolution that may actually take sometime)So I joined 100 miles by April 1st in my case it will be walking not

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for this that I don't remember the rules sorry - but here are my weird things-- 1) I cannot sit with my back exposed in a public place like a restaurant. If I end up in that position I keep turning around to see what is behind me - I actually have a weird sensation on my back --- Hubby swears I was a gambler in a past life who was shot in the back at a table.2) I make lists - lists of lists even

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that this happened this week so it can get fixed before we go to Florida - but still .... CRAP!! I was going to knitting circle and stopped at MIL's on the way to drop off some seafood chowder and a water bottle for her to drink from (she is having problems holding a glass straight when she goes to drink from it and spills and she is having problems chewing and swallowing so soup is good for

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Go to the Yarn Harlot blog and check out how the Knitters without Borders are doing in the donations to Knitters without Borders. Since Friday night she has raised over $80,000 dollars for them - I am putting the banner on my blog now that I have made a donation to this worthy cause. My eye doctor is one of the doctors who has done lots of work with this group and now I can feel that I made a

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Jo (of Celtic Memory Yarn) wrote in her blog some memories of horseback riding as a child. That brought back some fun memories of my childhood and horses and fun fun fun. Now I never had a horse of my own -but so many of my friends did - and some of them even lived in the city during the week so I got to exercise their horses.We had scavenger hunts on horseback for birthday parties, we rode in

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which shows I am not 100% yet but I am not lying in bed in a fetal position so we have progress. Tomorrow I will do shopping that I have needed to do for a week (hubby shopped for basics in the meantime) and I AM going to go to knitting circle for a while at least. here is my quiz result What Color is Your Brain? ORANGE:At work or in school: I need to be "hands on": I like to play games

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just a quick quiz that I took that was right on for me ....What American accent do you have? Your Result: The Northeast Judging by how you talk you are probably from north Jersey, New York City, Connecticut or Rhode Island. Chances are, if you are from New York City (and not those other places) people would probably be able to tell if they actually heard you speak.The Inland North Philadelphia

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Tonight I set the first fire in the wood stove - the wind is from the north and the living room is on the north side of the house - It is just a small fire to acclimate the stove and take the chill off but it is a fire. Not to mention I get to burn a bunch of credit card offers and other mail you don't want to throw in the dump. It feels wonderful -- I do love winter and wood stoves and I

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1. FIRST NAME?Rhoda -- Rho2. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?it is an old old old family name - weird names run in my family which makes genealogy easy for me.3. WHEN DID YOU LAST CRY?I cry at the drop of a hat - so I know it was yesterday at something I read.4. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING?it is ok - at least it is legible most of the time5. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCHMEAT?ham or liverwurst --

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Was talking to a friend tonight and he was saying that he and his dear wife decided to go out for dinner tonight - they went to a little place a couple of towns over from us and had ...... 1 beer, 1 margarita, split an appetiser, he had soft tacos and she had fajitas no dessert nothing else to drink - so how much should that have been .............................................................

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And how scary is this You Are 64% EvilYou are very evil. And you're too evil to care.Those who love you probably also fear you. A lot.How Evil Are You?And I am a goody two shoes -- imagine if I were truly evil.....hmmmmm though I must admit I like the idea that someone could fear me.......

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sweater for class Originally uploaded by rho1640. Here is the start of my little sweater for sweater class -- I am loving the yarn (Rowan Cashsoft) so much that I may have to make myself something from it ... :)

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You cannot believe the rain here - here is what the Emergency Weather bulletin had to say about it .....* AT 755 PM EDT.NATL WEATHER SVC DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAIN FALLING OVER PARTS OF THE NO. & SOUTH FORKS OF SUFFOLK COUNTY. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING OF NUMEROUS ROADWAYS. ANYWHERE BETWEEN 5 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER

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I was up for a change and decided today's rainy day was the day for it. I'm still trying to dry out after shopping for Christopher's birthday present - of course I try to park a ways away from the door to try to get in some additional walking and when I went in the store there was no sign of rain -- and when I came out -- GOOD LORD the skies had opened up -- by the time I got to my car I looked

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MD Bib's O Love & Baby Genius Burp Cloths 9/06 Originally uploaded by rho1640. I have been knitting my fingers to the bones. I finished these Friday and delivered them to the mom-to-be at her baby shower yesterday. I was a little disappointed that I couldn't find the buttons I wanted but these will be easy to button and unbutton for the mom and with twins I guess that is a good idea :

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that will be coming my way next week from Martha at Green Mountain Knitting Bags --- it is a thing of beauty? I can't wait to get it in my hot little hands. It is going to be so perfect for going to knitting circle. And she was able to do the Portabella, accessory bag and circular needle case in the same material as my original carpet bag. I am such a happy camper!!

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I thought I would make a few mouths water -- This is tonights dinner and tomorrows lunch. We will not discuss the cost ok? Or how much yarn it would have bought.

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socks 2 on 2... Originally uploaded by rho1640. I scanned these socks so one is squished differently than the other -- but this is the point where I have hit the wall -- and I am so tired that the more I look at them the more confused I become -- Geeze - you know you can do this -- and after it is done you will wonder how you were so confused -- Yes, I do talk to myself a LOT!!!

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Saw this on gourdongirls blog and being the coffee addict that I am I HAD to take this test - and I got the same result as she did :D You are a Black CoffeeAt your best, you are: low maintenance, friendly, and adaptableAt your worst, you are: cheap and angstyYou drink coffee when: you can get your hands on itYour caffeine addiction level: highWhat Kind of Coffee Are You?On the sock front - I am

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and your size 0 needles are whipping your butt so the sock progress is going sloooow ----you do little blog quizzes. This was fun - Jo -- notice where I should be living LOL You Belong in DublinFriendly and down to earth, you want to enjoy Europe without snobbery or pretensions.You're the perfect person to go wild on a pub crawl... or enjoy a quiet bike ride through the old part of town.What

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and I think pretty close to me....Your Element is WaterYour power colors: blue and aquaYour energy: deepYour season: winter Like the ocean, you evoke deep feelings and passion.You have an emotional, sensitive, and spiritual soul.A bit mysterious, you tend to be quiet when you are working out a problem.You need your alone time, so that you can think and dream.What Element Are You?

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Well first off it has taken me 5 minutes to get Blogger to only put 2 pictures on instead of 4 of each picture so I am not going to play with the placement of the pictures or anything. the first picture was during the talk - It is very similar to the picture on Jane's Blog because I handed her my camera and asked her to take the picture because I had heads in front of me. The Second picture

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I just started the heel flap on my socks - I am trying a few new things -how funny is that - it is all new to me LOL .... But I shortened the cuff because I kept wanting to pull up the other pair so I thought shorter might be better - and I went down a needle size for the heel and foot. I faxed my info in for the Knitters Review Retreat - can't wait to hear if I got it in on time. And I woke

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I figured I should clarify some things - I don't think anything about what we had in the freezer - I've had some varied food items in there over time - caribou, moose, bear, boar, elk, venison, halibut, salmon, tuna, bass, clams, scallops, buffalo, bluefish, flounder, fluke, ducks, geese, etc. Some things I was really glad to be finished with -- like the bear -- bleech (I never found a way to

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my socks -- I am a happy camper today - I have a list a mile long but all I want to do is sit and knit on my socks today -- maybe I will use some flylady ideas and work 15 min then knit for a while (well, I'm being honest - it will be longer than the 15 minutes so why even say knit for 15 minutes) If I get six 15 minute projects in I will be thrilled.Saw this on another blog and thought it was

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everything from my previous post - added to a call to check on MIL who had no clue who I was - which was ok because she was calm and not raging or scared - and her caregiver didn't say there was any problems. Just upsetting .....And last night I went to put something in the chest freezer in the basement (and the light was on on the freezer showing it was and had been working) .... you can all

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2 socks on 2 circulars 8/8/06Originally uploaded by rho1640. My first attempt at this - I decided yesterday when my hands were sore from IVs (one hand had it and the other was a botched job) that I couldn't continue the Knit 2 Purl 2 cuff so I did about 10 more rows and now I am doing straight knitting for the rest of the cuffs.Can we see a theme here with all the blue - yep it is my favorite

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view from my front door Originally uploaded by rho1640. do you feel any cooler??

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think about knitting now - I can't even pick up my yarn to ball it up to cast on some socks-- It's 10 pm and and my house is still over 90 degrees I have 3 fans on me and spritzing myself with water and drinking so much water I should float -- We went shopping today and it was 101 without the heat index -- AND THEY SAY TOMORROW WILL BE WORSE ............ I'm melting, I'm melting --

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water bottle cozy Originally uploaded by rho1640. from the sock that didn't want to be -- I have to figure out a different way to do the little tie at the top but it works great - the other day it was about a gazillion degrees the water stayed cool far longer than I thought it would ...... hey - at a gazillion degrees you take what you can get -- I can't wait for cold rainy days......

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-- even after I explained that LeeAnn (of fuzzy logic knits ) didn't need anymore bad luck magnets- is now becoming a cozy for my water bottle -- even at Knitting Circle today it continued to act up and I decided maybe it didn't really want to be a sock. So, as soon as this cozy is done, I am casting on some wonderful Cherry Tree Hill sock yarn and will make the most super socks ever. . . .

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my can cozy 7/22/06 Originally uploaded by rho1640. looks familiar doesn't it .... yep it was from leftover yarn from my socks. It has been so hot here that as soon as you take a can out or water out it immediately starts dripping and warming up so I decided it was time to try to make a can cozy. It is working great.... Do you think my troublesome new sock has learned it's lesson and

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first socks 7/06 Originally uploaded by rho1640. Well I finally finished them and figured it was about time to put the picture up. I am pretty happy with them - I know that each pair will get better as I get used to techniques and learn some tricks to not get tiny holes when you pick up stitches. But I really wonder if I will ever learn the grafting thing for the toe - I sit with a

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I think it is by a Photographer named Spencer Tunick - who specializes in nudes - large groups of them, usually in public places. He has done them all over the world - I saw a documentary on him once and it was very interesting - so if it isn't his picture it is in his style big time....

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Also hopefully I will have a picture of my finished first pair of socks tomorrow... long time no knitting posts....

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ignore the pale white leg and admire the sock. I frogged the toe and re-did it because the first toe was shaped like _| |_ now it is more like | \ which is more like my foot as I have a really long toes.Anyway for a first sock I am pretty pleased with it although I already know some changes I will make to the next pair. I think by pair 4 or 5 I should have figured out what I like.

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Well, I am up to the toe on my first sock and my toe class is Wed. so I put that sock on some smaller needles (since I don't have any stitch keepers yet) and started another pair on the longer needles - What a difference in the yarns - the Regia Strato Color is very splitty to me.It is a little hard to see the second little cuff so I put it on the pillow because when it was on the chair it just

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This is the night of my class before I made my mistake of purling away for a whole row -- and to think I used to hate purling..... sorry this second picture is so dark - nothing seems to be working for me today --- this is today after I tinked back 12 rows and redid them. Also Sorry about

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shawl that has to be done tomorrow afternoon. Originally uploaded by rho1640. am I NUTS!!!! I had 2 full pattern repeats done last night and decided it wasn't long enough so frogged the whole thing and started new. This is for my MIL's 90th birthday tomorrow......

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my first warshcloth from MD book Originally uploaded by rho1640. I finally got my brain around the directions for this -- it wasn't the book that was wrong - it was my trying to translate the directions to my knitting. I knit Continental and purl Norwegian so I had to make it a picture in my brain to understand what would work. There are a few mistakes in it but nothing major - in other

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Sarah Blanch Shawl 5/06 Originally uploaded by rho1640. I am the worst photographer - if I keep knitting and blogging (I don't see that I will ever give up knitting) I have to take a class in making artistic show-off pictures. But I would make the next one I do a little longer and also a little wider but I have to say this feels like a dream. I had it on while checking mail and reading

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It has rained so much today - everything is flooded -- this is a time I am so happy that I live on a hill. A giggle today - DH had run into the post office and I was knitting in the car and a guy came out of the laundromat across the street and ran across to his car and opened the hatch of his car to put his laundry in - I fully expected that he would close the hatch and go to the drivers seat

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these are pictures from the Ward Foundation World Decoy Carving Championship - the first one is by a friend of ours and he won second place in Masters Class with itthe next two I just love - the painting on it is beautiful isn't it - sorry I don't know who did it though and the third was for a friend in AZ just because of the cactus (and of course because we loved it enough to take a picture of

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