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(I know, I owe you the adoption story, but this is important. Ish.) Last night, I brought Gibbs upstairs at bedtime. I placed him on a blanket on the floor. Spooky the Cat, age 20 (who sleeps in my bedroom), saw him for the… Continue Reading “Spooky and the Puppy”
I will have stuff to say about the adoption experience soon, but now I am tired. Because I have a puppy. Kiwi the Grey seems pleased. Spooky the cat is looking imperious and disdainful. Sigmund the Foster Grey doesn’t understand what the fuss is… Continue Reading “Introducing Gibbs”
France Since 1871 is a course at Yale taught by John Merriman. The lectures are posted on Academic Earth, and I just finished them. I chose this one because: I like history classes. Everything I know about France is through the lens of… Continue Reading “France Since 1871”
I managed to do these in DC while watching the rest of that course on Academic Earth. Finally. When I came home, the newsletter from my chapter of Project Linus was waiting for me. It had a note that we donated 50 blankets to… Continue Reading “Blankets 24 & 25”
I’ve mentioned that every time I am in Washington, I try to notice more. Not always easy when my purpose is work and I always stay in the same hotel. But I made my pilgrimage to President Lincoln and look at what I saw:… Continue Reading “Something I Have Never Seen in Washington Before”
http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=leartojugg-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B001E96LIG&fc1=000000&IS2=1<1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifrBand Aid created these awesome bandages specifically for blisters.My feet were pretty torn up after Day 1 at Disney last week. I used one of these on my little toe and walked over 24,000 steps the next day with no pain. The fair warning… Continue Reading “Another Totally Unpaid Product Endorsement”
http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=leartojugg-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=0385341008&fc1=000000&IS2=1<1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifrBook 32This was a book that my mother kept telling me to read. Then she lent her copy to someone else and never got it back. Good thing the library had an audio copy. Seriously, because I am not a fan of the novel-told-in-letters… Continue Reading “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows”
I did these during designated nap times at Disney. I doubt I will be so productive this week in Washington: Fleece from Penny’s stash. Lion Brand Pound of Love yarn in White. Three rows of single crochet.
I learned something important with this Project Linus blanket: The “patterns” don’t work the same way with different yarns. Thus I have a blanket that is far longer than it is wide. It will be decent decent for wrapping around a kid’s shoulders, though.… Continue Reading “Blanket 21”
I was at Disney World with my brother, Scott, and his family. This is the way I will remember it: Alex and his daddy on the runaway train. This was his second trip – I took him the first time and he was so… Continue Reading “Home and Online”
The Next Dark Age 