By now, everyone had either liked their holiday presents and are very happy with them; while others had to return or exchanged them. This year, gift cards were the big winners when it came to gift-giving. Gift card was the non-thought searching, easiest way to give someone who were either hard to give to, or didn’t know [...]
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Gift Cards: They Matter
Posted in books & magazines, family, gifts, holidays, memorable events, special occasions on Sunday, December 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Giveaway Preview #3
Posted in books & magazines, giveaways on Thursday, December 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This is my 130th posting!
One more item being added to the 150th Post Giveaway box. It’s a great short read of a book. Here’s one review about it.
Please click here plus here for the other items that are being given away, as well as here to explain why I’m doing a giveaway.
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It’s officially Christmas now, but where [...]
OFFF 2008 & The Blade Show
Posted in blades & knives, books & magazines, family, giveaways, knitting, special occasions, yarn & fiber on Monday, October 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Oregon Flock and Fiber Festival was 2 weeks ago. Saturday, September 27th was the day I chose to go. Last year, there was a last minute decision to go and wound up going on a Sunday. So, it was a rush-rush trip culminating to excitement since it was the first time I went. Excitement meant [...]
Random Blabbering, Random Visuals (RBRV #1)
Posted in Food, Plants & Garden, books & magazines, pets & animals on Saturday, August 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My Typical Summer Lunch
I bring this dish to work. It consists of salad greens topped with cold rice noodles with onion, basil, bean sprouts; and best of all…..CRISPY ROAST PORK! Oh my, I’m in such a state of swooning!
A local Vietnamese restaurant has been serving this meal forever, but I just discovered it this summer. The [...]
It’s The Usual Summer Excuses
Posted in books & magazines, knitting on Friday, July 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Let me remind you that it’s summer. Time to relax, slow down, be lazy, read tons of books and forget about knitting. Oops! Did I just say….forget about knitting?
I haven’t. Forgotten. But wish to. The Cap Shawl project is only about 3/5’s done. It’s slow going. It may take another week or so before it’s [...]
Early Summer Reading Plans
Posted in books & magazines on Tuesday, June 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’ve been thinking about what summer reads I should get myself into. Ambitious as I am when it comes to reading, I usually wound up with several books read enthusiastically at the beginning, then either abandoned for either:
lack of excitement in mid-portion; or
a necessary diversion came up; or
totally forgotten because of brain-drain (forgetfulness more like).
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