You put $1200 into a great car that runs near perfect but just happens to be about 12 years old, and what do you think happens? It gets totalled.It's a good thing that's the only thing we can complain about though.I was at home. I had just got in from de-flowering the garden and was in the process of emptying the dishwasher and ran outside to have a smoke. And the phone rang. It was the cabana boy, who asked if I wanted to good news or the bad news. The good news was he was walking, the bad...

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Monkee, this one's for you!

I was out and about for my job today, and ran across a store.In case it's hard to see (which is highly possible, seeing as I took the picture with my phone camera) the sign on the store says "Monkee's".See Monkee, it's all yours! I suggest you go claim it and turn it into a yarn store. While I like shoes and all, the area this little shoe store is in sure could use a cozy yarn store, maybe with...

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political with a bit of contempt...no knitting, sorry

So, if you have anything along the lines of a white magnet that says "bigot" or maybe "asshat" on it, I'd love to have one. There is a car that parks in the parking deck of the hospital/university I work for that has this bumper sticker on their car. It makes me fume everytime I go past it. How hateful and evil. I would love to slap something over it to show what a bigotted statement it is.Not that I think it would change their opinion, but it would make me feel better.*scre...

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Sooooo many good things!

I should mention this is going to have a LOT of pictures. So if you don't have high speed dial up (WHICH WE DO! but I'll get to that in a bit) be patient.First we'll start with Saturday. If you've read Lisa's blog you already know that we took Heather, who is new to the NC area, on Yarn Store-palooza. We had a great time, and made a really great new friend. The highlight of the entire trip was...

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Beary Beary Good!

I hate when I forget my sunglasses on a super sunny day!I forgot just about everything this morning. I had to run back for my gym clothes.What I didn't forget was every single thing I need to work on the next bit of beary goodness!The first bear hanging out with me at work.I think I'm going to have to make myself a bear too, because I'm going to miss this little guy when I finally send him up to...

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and your inner dragon is a ....Topaz DragonIn the war between good and evil, a Topaz Dragon tends to walk the fine line of Neutrality.When it comes to the powers of Chaos vs. those of Law and Order, your inner dragon is a risk taker and answers to no one.As far as magical tendancies, a Topaz Dragon's nature does not lend itself well to the ways of Magic.During combat situations, whether by spells...

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Hummingbirds are back, a Jayne hat, the Dragon Lair is where it's AT!

Wow, was that bad or what! I had that title stuck in my head since yesterday afternoon, I just had to use it! It came to my while enjoying a Yeungling on our wonderful porch, watching the hummingbirds beat on each other. Hummingbirds really are vicious creatures! We have three feeders, and they still fight each other for food. So yes, yesterday the hummingbirds were really back. I saw atleast...

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