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Archive for January 2008

The trip that haunts me still.

Posted by: karynforyou on: January 31, 2008

Two years ago I flew with Sunshine, who was18 months, to visit Opa and grandma in British Columbia. My flight home turned out to be the worst disaster of my parenting career. If it had been my first flight with a child I possible may have never flown again.“Get me to the plane on time” 
I [...]

My felted bag and a squash

Posted by: karynforyou on: January 29, 2008

  I just completed my second felt bag. I am pleased enough with the result that I will post the method if you want to have a hand at your own bag. It took me a very long time to knit this up. I wondered more than once if it was going to turn out [...]

Monday’s Conundrum’s

Posted by: karynforyou on: January 28, 2008

On Monday I try to organize, clean, and make banana bread, (the husband say’s he NEEDS banana bread every day). Last night however, I was given a few minuets of no children to complete the mountain of laundry. I was feeling pretty good this morning having all the children’s cloths put away and plenty of [...]

On The Road Again!!

Posted by: karynforyou on: January 25, 2008

 The last few weeks the car has been leaking transmission fluid so I have not been out and about. However, it has been healed of its weakness and I am once again traveling upon the local highway and byways.  Remember your first car? How it felt to take control of the wheel? Do you remember [...]

So close but so far away.

Posted by: karynforyou on: January 23, 2008

A few years ago I spent Christmas knitting a wool bag to be felted (shrunk). Turns out, after ripping out my knitting countless times then washing, boiling, dipping the bag in ice water, shock therapy, stomping, ranting and raving that the wool was, pre-shrunk. Not to be defeated I  recently tried again. This is the bag before I [...]


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