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Long weekend love
I've had the last three days (and today) off from work. I didn't have any specific plans, but each day became a "fun" day, rather organically. It's been delightful to have a bit of a staycation.
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Little loving rituals
Years ago, back in the days of being Nicholas' girlfriend, I bought a book called What Happy Couples Do: The Loving Little Rituals of Romance. I think this was before we had said "I love you" to each other and I remember thinking some of the rituals...
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Strawberries
Not all that's easy is good, and not all that is good is "easy."
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Toaster #2 sweater, finished
I did it. After owning a serger since Christmas, I finally overcame my fear of the serger and put it to good use. And in the process, I made the coziest sweatshirt (sweater)? I'm not sure what to call my Toaster #2 sweater, but I do know that I love...
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Creative grace & works in progress, spring 2018
As is my custom peridically, here's a little snapshot of my current creative endeavors. It helps me stay organized and motivated to see everything in one place, including finished projects, works-in-progress, and future project planning.
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Favorite things, spring 2018 edition
Sometimes there are little things in my life that I want to share that don't necessarily fit into a larger blog post. And so, that's where these list-y type posts come into play. Plus, I love lists.
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Grace upon grace upon wildflowers
A few days ago, I wrote a draft of a post with this basic premise: "I'm stupid." I have this tendency where if I'm worried something won't happen at all if it doesn't work immediately, then I'll dive in headfirst, completely uninformed. Determined...
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Finished Reversible Metamorphic dress
I'm slowly chipping away at the list of things I want to knit or sew in 2018, and in the process, I'm gradually overcoming my apprehension about garment making. My first sewing project of the year is a Reversible Metamorphic dress. I love this...
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Finished Mavis baby hat
With spring, it's also baby season, isn't it? I have so many sweet friends expecting babies in the next several months, so I plan to squeeze in some baby knits between my larger projects, because they are so fun to knit and every new little babe...
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Little victories
I've never considered myself a "spring person." And yet, every year, when the weather warms and the green comes back in waves (truly earlier here than pretty much anywhere else), I find it fills me up and surprises me far more than expected. So...
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Creative progress, March 2018
My first love gets to go first, of course.
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It might be a Sunday at our house if you...
We both had the day off today, and it was a lovely balance of rest and preparation for the rest of week. These are my favorite kinds of days, filled with little things. If you were over at our home on this particular Sunday, you might:
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On eating well
I like to bake a lot, which anyone who reads this blog on a semi-regular basis will not argue. But cooking? Overall, we have a good relationship, but we also have our more difficult moments of avoidance and food waste. What usually happens is that I...
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No ray of sunlight's ever lost, or a discussion about fear
We have many friends and family members in the north who are likely rolling their eyes at talk of "spring," and I won't blame them, but indulge me for just a minute. We have had so many days of temperatures in the 50's and 60's, and even as someone...
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A winter visit
My parents flew in from Minnesota for a visit this past weekend. As I wrote about before, Nicholas and I were sick for part of their visit, but we still managed to have a lovely time, and so far, my parents seem to have emerged untouched by the...
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A bit unexpected
For some reason, I thought we were going to make it through flu season unscathed.
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Finished Mae sweater
For my birthday this year, my parents and my Grandma Donna gave me some money to buy yarn, which is such a fun gift for me. And also, it was a timely gift, since my friend, Maeve and I decided it would be fun to do a mini Knit-A-Long (KAL), where we...
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A rainy February day
There's nothing particularly special about today, the sixth of February. But it's also a really nice day. I'm sure you've had unexpected nice, normal days like that too? We slept in, and when I did wake up, it was to the sound of rain outside our...
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Creativity check, winter 2018
It's time for another little creative check-in! I write these about every month or so, just to check in and keep a log of future/completed/current projects. It's fun to document, plus it keeps my not-so-good-at-multitasking brain more organized.
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Him, 28 years
Today is Nicholas' birthday and each year, around this time, I write him a love letter.
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A season of little things
Life is made up of different types of seasons, and regardless of my general feelings about the current season I'm in, I'm here, living in the midst of it. At any given point, I can look at my life and think, "Why is nothing happening?" when in...
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January manna
Hello! Apart from my creative goals for 2018, I haven't made a list of resolutions for the year. I'm not sure I'm going to, but that hasn't stopped me from practicing a few new healthy behaviors. I hesitate to call these behaviors resolutions,...
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Creative goals, 2018
Each January, I like to gather all the ideas, motivations, and plans for projects that are jumbled up in my brain and document them here, in a more organized and tangible way. I've found having a plan for what I'm making helps me actually finish...
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2017: A year in review
For the last few years*, at the very beginning of the new year, I write a post summarizing the previous. And this year, while many people are writing out their resolutions for the next year, I want to look back and remember all the details of this...
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2017: A (knitting) year in review
You could that 2017 was a rather knit-productive year for me. I took a headstrong dive into colorwork with the modern colorwork class and cowl, and then later with my glacier park cowl. I knit a lot of socks and slippers, as they became comfort...
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