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Name: Nellie
Gender: Female


Interests: Reading, cooking, knitting, Baking with freshly ground wheat!
Expertise: Baking bread & muffins, breastfeeding (after nursing 6 children I should know), parallel parking a 15 passenger van, finding parking in San Francisco, teaching others to knit
Occupation: Education/training


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Member Since: 12/5/2005

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Saturday, November 12, 2011

Hoping to win my wish list at Knit Picks

Knit Picks is having a contest for you to win your wishlist.

 

here is the link to mine!

 

http://www.knitpicks.com/cfCart/viewWishlist.cfm?wishlistid=96BEDDD5-DC01-A8CA-C60D043C5FE3767E&media=WLBL


Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Its March!

It is hard to believe that March is coming to an end. I have sadly neglected this blog for much too long.

My dad died in October. I still find it hard to believe that he is no longer with me. I miss him so much.

Knitting is going slow. I am still working on the curves of pursuit aghan. I am neglecting my dishcloth group. I feel like I cannot knit another item until this afghan is finished. I am at the stage where a section is now 2-3 hours to complete. It is large and bulky to carry around to work on. I will upload a photo once I finish writing.

My dds keep taking my needles.


Friday, October 01, 2010

busy busy busy

I have been busy with starting school, getting organized and finding an assisted living place for my father.

 

Knitting has been coming along. I knit several items for a friend in March. I then knit a kitchen set for a nephew who was married in late June. It included 4 towels that had knit toppers (for hanging on the refrigerator or stove), days of the week dishcloths, and a tribble. I have another set to knit. I also am working on a Curves of Pursuit afghan in dark and light blue.


Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Knitting

I finished a precious layettes pattern Baby Blue for a friend's son.
I changed the pattern to instead of binding off, I knit an I-cord tie. I then used applied I-cord to finish it off and knit the other I-cord tie. I was pleased with the results.




Monday, August 17, 2009

House repairs

I have been back home for only one week but it seems as though it has been longer.

We have been doing minor repairs all week. We received the vouchers for the low flow toilets. A plumber was going to charge us $200/per toilet since we had 3 to be replaced. Dh instead watched videos on the This Old House website. He decided to attempt this project himself.

I am happy to report that we have 3 low flow toilets in the house. I hope to see a reduction in our water bill. While at the plumbing store he inquired about the shower head for our bathroom. Back in May we had attempted a water survey for our place but it could not be completed as our watering system does not work. The person did leave behind low flow shower heads and adapter for the faucets. The shower head did not fit on our fixture.

When we went to the big box store, we were told that we would have to replace the entire pipe. At the plumbing store, we were told that the extension would be able to be taken out and it could be changed. The part ended up being quite inexpensive. We now have a new shower head!

Dh also installed the "new to us" dishwasher without a hitch. I will post photos later (once I take them).

The next project will be blinds for the living room and a curtain rod for our bedroom. My children were complaining that there is no door from our bedroom into the bathroom area. I was at a store and I found these "car wash" type curtains. I thought this would be perfect! It is not a solid curtain and light will still be able to come through.

I have decided that I would like the kitchen to be painted a pale bright yellow. Our bathroom is going to be a pale mint green.

Dh has mandatory furlough days from the university. There are a couple of weeks where we will have a 5 day weekend!



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