Archive for November, 2005

Books into movies

Sunday, November 6, 2005

Jeanne suggested that we talk about books that have been made into movies.

When you think of books that have been made into movies, what one comes to mind first? The first one I think of is almost always Gone with the Wind. I read the book when I was in junior high, probably eighth […]

Color by number

Friday, November 4, 2005

If you have stitched for a while, can you usually pick out the DMC colors you need from memory when you go to your LNS? (For example, you know that 610 is a brown.)
Well, I almost always remember that 310 is black, and the 336x series is green, especially if I’m stitching or have recently […]

What to knit?

Friday, November 4, 2005

What kinds of things do you like to knit? Personally, I love knitting socks, sweaters, shawls, blankets, that sort of thing. My friend Beth shared a link to this knitted digestive system with me. The guy who knit the digestive system, even posted his as yet untested pattern. What a riot!

Starting to perk up a bit…

Thursday, November 3, 2005

Charlie got me on the right path this afternoon. It sure felt good to laugh! Later I got a few rows in on Kiri, in fact I started repeat eleven. Cool. And then, after dinner, I made good progress on that Santa stocking while we watched an old Banecek re-run, filling in a bunch of […]

I hate feeling so gloomy!

Thursday, November 3, 2005

I just got off the phone with my Leisure Arts rep, Charlie. Charlie’s cool. He has the cutest Arkansas accent, and a sunny disposition. It’s impossible not to giggle and laugh through a conversation with him, even when the news for part of it is bad. He is always filled with hope and good thoughts. […]

I’ve been down

Thursday, November 3, 2005

Things are ganging up on us again. The last few weeks have been rough, what with this and that. Nothing that can’t be easily gotten over, gotten past, gotten through, with a little perseverance, just that they all piled up at the same time. And then on Tuesday this week we had a meeting with […]