Category Archives: Life in General

Top 10 Dog Peeves about Humans

Blaming your farts on me… not funny… not funny at all!!! Yelling at me for barking ….. I’M A FRIGGIN’ DOG, YOU IDIOT! Taking me for a walk, then not letting me check stuff out. Exactly whose walk is this … Continue reading

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Anyone Know an Engineer?

Understanding Engineers – Take One Two engineering students were walking across campus when one said, “Where did you get such a great bike?” The second engineer replied, “Well, I was walking along yesterday minding my own business when a beautiful … Continue reading

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Stitching Progress

For a break, I decided to stitch up this month’s ornament for the Chartswappers JCS SAL. Fortunately, it was a REALLY quick stitch, so I finished it last evening. This month’s selection was the Cardinal Snowflake ornament from Thea Dueck … Continue reading

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The Truth about Barbecuing

Barbecuing is the only type of cooking a real man will do. When a man declares he will BBQ the following chain of events is put into motion: The woman goes to the store and buys everything. The woman makes … Continue reading

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Words to Live By

As seen in the latest Nordic Needle sales newsletter: Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them. Accept that some days you are the pigeon, and some days you are the statue. Always … Continue reading

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Saturday Was Strenuous

Yes, it’s completely my own fault. I’ve been on a kick since last weekend about moving all of my craft supplies from the spare bedroom into the small bedroom (originally known as the craft room). Yes, I went through the … Continue reading

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Faerie Lights and Canine Conniptions

While exasperatedly trying to get the dog to go outside last night, I sat down on the step and decided to just take in the scenery. As I did so, I realized that the fireflies were out in full force, … Continue reading

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Take the MIT Weblog Survey – I Did!

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Marietta In Print!

My online friend Marietta just had a lovely article about her published in a newspaper in her home state of Connecticut. Check it out: ——————– Surround-sound for the out of doors: The pealing of carillon bells inspires a devoted following … Continue reading

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Wardrobe Successes and More

My Chadwicks replacement order arrived today and 8 out of the 10 pants are keepers! Hallelujah! I just tripled my wardrobe of pants… woohoo! Now I can do a big load of laundry and then relax about the clothing issues … Continue reading

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