Yeah, no post for over a week again. I have no excuse other than I have clearly forgotten how to read a calendar. I have been keeping busy with work, household chores, taking Baby Man out, etc. I’ve also knit one sock of the Polly Jean socks I am knitting on commission. The yarn is [...]
Reflections in the Pond
Thoughts about life from a cold Canadian Wiccan
Browsing the archives for the Socks tag
20 Apr 10
An Award and some WIPs
A few weeks ago, Loretta of Loretta’s Stitching Blog was kind enough to award me with the Sunshine Blog Award. But, me being me and not feeling well, it slipped my mind. I don’t know why, since I was so excited to get it. Sadly, though, that is par for the course right now. Anyway, [...]
14 Feb 10
Knitting Olympics Update 1
Happy Chinese New Year! Gong hei fat choi! (That more or less means “Congratulations and be prosperous.”) Welcome to the year of the tiger. I’ve been a bit of a busy bee the last few days. On Friday afternoon I finished up my pair of Francie Socks. They are fabulous and fit perfectly. Oh, aren’t those awfully pale [...]
5 Feb 10
Finished Heather and a Single Sock
Baby Man is not sleeping. In fact, we were up at 4:30 this morning. The stress of dealing with a 2-year old on little sleep combined with all the nights I’ve spent sleeping on the floor has lead to a very, very sore back for me. At this point I am running on fumes and [...]
28 Jan 10
Groundhogs Instead of Sleep
In the past two years or so I’ve been surprised by the deep reserves of energy I have found. In the first weeks of Baby Man’s life I think I had no more than three or four hours of sleep a day, and yet I was able to function, keep the house tidy, cook, and occasionally pick [...]
23 Jan 10
Socks, a Sea Turtle and Some Cleaning
I’m a little bit rough around the edges these days. We’ve gone from Baby Man going to bed very easily at night, to him crying for up to an hour before falling asleep, to him waking up sometime between 12:30 and 1:30am and refusing to go back to sleep. That means I’ve spent the last [...]
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Mother, Wife, Daughter, Needleworker, Knitter, Writer
Country: Canada
City: Toronto, ON
Birthday: May 10
Sign: Taurus
Path: Wicca
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