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Where but in the knitting of an intermediate <strike>novice</strike> <i>(see side bar)</i>can you find such great hope in the next finished object?sophannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07571217197138831872noreply@blogger.comBlogger1626125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38717514.post-30489427661340260322020-02-28T20:56:00.002-05:002020-02-28T20:56:42.384-05:00Happy Anniversary in three weeks-This guy cracks me up!<br />
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<br />sophannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07571217197138831872noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38717514.post-33794353742612551872019-10-09T20:05:00.001-04:002019-10-09T20:05:19.762-04:00Secret squirrelsWe are secret squirreling at school do nice things for a few months- end with a Christmas present and a guess.<div><br></div><div>In the month that’s passed there has been minimal action from my squirrel. But I am not the most pathetic recipient. Our 5th grade teacher has received a crocheted cross (she’s not at all religious) and a kitschy collection of post-it notes. The thing is the post it notes were a welcome back to school thing from the admin at the beginning of the year to every teacher in the building. As in 5th grade teacher now has two of them.</div><div><br></div><div>Yesterday I suggested that she and I become not so secret squirrels. Pseudo-squirrels as it were. We were both good with it because we’d rather know a good squirrel than be disappointed by a secret one. Today I gifted her one of my knitted knubblekins (she has a little one at home it was perfect for) and another kitschy collection of said post-it notes.</div><div><br></div><div>This evening she sent some photos-</div><div><br></div><div><br><br><img id="id_ada1_36f0_a8ea_b8ac" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/sUFA0-zxBbgRe_lnctlcUL_znWwGq8Nw330yk1Q3O8V14Ed4uG7F8hTvsww" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 188px; height: auto;"> <img id="id_9c09_7b1e_eee6_a805" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/S8uRz-nxhMqzyQapzJhwpkrDe1Fdn--nlZtGEhpM4IyRS4a58EikA40K8bA" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 193px; height: auto;"></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">I love when knitting makes people smile.<br></span><br><br><br><br><br><br></div>sophannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07571217197138831872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38717514.post-42224998339150638872019-09-29T09:58:00.001-04:002019-09-29T09:58:25.471-04:00once a week will have to doI know I'm teaching 8th graders when the intercom announcement of "spaghetti with meat sauce" for lunch leaves the boys giggling ridiculously.<div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38717514.post-47342901988141724382019-09-21T10:36:00.001-04:002019-09-21T10:39:36.838-04:00Things that make me say YES!High school was overwhelming a few classes ago. There are just so many people. I expressed this to “president of my fan club.”<div><br><div><img id="id_42c2_3864_7256_7971" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/1lf9QrrD3jQ5gzxrjH8WpO3CbNXmb7VR_naTqItBoi1-SR4rVN18RByYEh4" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 164px; height: auto;"><br></div><div><br></div><div> I can do no wrong in her eyes. She also sits near where my notes for class are. On this particular day I was using a scrap sheet of throwaway paper to keep track of my plans. At the end of class I tossed it in my backpack and forgot about it. While cleaning said backpack out I found this note-</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_64ad_81bd_5635_c579" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/mZaSWotY0l6qfDKAVykpAfdGDH-ukwDg_SUPpxjRzQqu6VKjT5KP2M6Fk_0" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 271px; height: auto;"></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">Secret squirrel update- yes we drew names- yes against my better judgement I decided</span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"> to play. I say against better judgement because years ago I played and my squirrel secreted the wrong person. My “victim” loves Hallmark Christmas movies, the movie Hocus Pocus, root beer, chick-fil-a and I’m just guessing Disney. She’s been easy to buy for. </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">We had to give our squirrel ideas on the secret drawing paper. I said hot Cheetos, dark chocolate and anything ridiculous to make me laugh. Four weeks in I had received a bag of hot Cheetos and a dark chocolate sea salt candy bar. That is until monday-</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><br><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pQWvkZglde4" width="343" height="193" id="y_id_2ac_2076_8eb3_7298" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div><br></div><div>When this handmade chicken pumpkin was on my desk. Acknowledging both my recent love of birds and all things handmade.</div><div><br></div><div>Sitting in the last hours of safety crisis training. It’s good to have some laughs.<br><br></div></div>sophannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07571217197138831872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38717514.post-17260428338867658532019-09-17T20:34:00.001-04:002019-09-17T20:34:10.352-04:00Where are all the posts?I wish there was more time to post. <br />
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Block scheduling at the high school/middle school essentially means I am planning 5 90-minute lessons a week which is a whole different mental process. I've also had to spend two Saturdays getting re-certified as a member of our school crisis team. This means I respond to calls when kids start throwing chairs. We have several chair throwers. <br />
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I found a dog I loved. He was young, energetic and too much for Liza. It was sad to send him back.<br />
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It's been a week at the vet's office and my vet friend Dr. Cink has been on vacation.<br />
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First it was Liza who had stopped eating and started limping. She tested positive for Lyme disease and a urinary tract infection. She is on two kinds of penicillin and some pain medication and is back to her usual self.<br />
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We have been talking about a second dog since the beginning of the summer. I took Annabelle's leftover supplies to the Animal Shelter and steeled myself for a walk through the dogs. I did not anticipate seeing any that fit the bill and then I reached cage number three.</div>
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This little guy- formerly known as Cactus popped his body up and I knew immediately. I dragged GHB to the shelter. He took one look and said let's get him. I filled out the application then and there, the director of the shelter was in and she approved it immediately. We have to wait for a vet appointment for him to be neutered but he will soon be coming home and will henceforth be called Lucky Louie the Wonderdog.</div>
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After GHB approved and went home to watch WVU football, I went back for a visit. The play area was occupied with 2 other dogs meeting and greeting so we had to wait. It was all he could do to not hang himself on his collar while we walked the parking lot. He pulled and jumped and dashed and darted. I became a little wary. Once we were alone in the play area he was still distracted by all the goings on and pent up energy but we had some bonding moments.</div>
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His papers say he is part wire haired terrier and pit bull. I don't see either of that in there much except his nose does have a wire haired angularness to it. His tongue is GINORMOUS. I believe that goofy dog pictures will be the word of the day.</div>
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Because I took those pictures with the new phone I added to our plan (which only added $20 to our bill- why didn't I do that sooner?), the internet was eavesdropping on me and this came up on my facebook feed for the low cost of $29.95. We made so many training mistakes With LizaJane that I am ready to learn from a professional to get this right. 24 half hour lessons.</div>
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With my new schedule, I am home by 3:30. This means I can make it to the gym and do the awkward bits before the boy gym rats arrive. Although I think they may be just as wary of my fat farting old lady stinky sweat. After a lunchtime conversation it was determined that if it starts feeling too weird in that situation I'm just going to look them dead on and say "Bro, this is how cougars are made." or else I'll just meow.</div>
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Was I blogging way back when I took 8th grade Maggie to NYC? She is now 26 and in addition to having never had a dad, having lost her mother (to a drug overdose)when she was 8 and her younger sister was 4, she is now the primary caretaker for her grandmother- known as g-ma who was once her caretaker and who is struggling through the onset of dementia.</div>
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Last week, little sister got pulled over for cutting off a police car in traffic (though I think it was a set up, he could have just let her in.) In addition to having no insurance she also had an expired license. They are both recently employed full-time and were just starting to catch up financially (and able to get insurance in a few short weeks). Their car was impounded, they live in the middle of nowhere, they were missing work and needed n adult in their life. They showed up in my classroom on Friday afternoon. Fortunately we had a 1/2 day of classes and I was done teaching for the day. We went to lunch, got insurance, went to the police station for the car release form and freed their car by 4:00 pm that day. I definitely stacked up the karma points helping them through the city of Morgantown on a holiday/gameday weekend.</div>
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There was an Exclusion Act- part of the reasoning is that men who must eat beef and bread at meals can not work with men who can live only on rice. Racial stereotypes prevailed. The fact that the railroads were near completion and the Chinese were still around looking for work was a contributing factor in the discrimination<br />
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The poster celebrates the Democratic president signing the Democratic Chinese Exclusion Bill and was an advertisement to come out and celebrate the democracy of excluding Chinese from the country. With so much discrimination and exclusion in our country, it must be hard to keep track of it all. The food itself transformed as the Chinese worked to improve/transform their image. Chop Suey (not a traditional Chinese dish) became all the rage. </div>
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After walking through the history of Chinese restaurants in America (that included a myriad of menus from across the ages), we reached the chicken exhibit. Note- all exhibit chickens died of natural causes as indicated by a sign nearby.</div>
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After a walk through the chicken exhibit we stood in line for some Chinese food prepared on site. A crab rangoon made with fake crab, some egg foo young and some coconut rice milk pudding.</div>
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We finished here and did some walking around Williamsburg- found an artists collective with some unusual exhibits and items for sale including a crab coat and an astronaut costume. While here I purchased a batik bandana to help with the crazy heat of the day.</div>
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Our next scheduled stop was at a place called WonderWorldNYC at 7:30. It was 2:30. We were in Williamsburg with tired feet and five hours to kill. We had heard tell of flea markets along the river and walked in that direction. What looked to be flea markets was actually a food truck sort of event called smorgasbord. Having just eaten at MOFAD, we were not interested and walked toward the water's edge where there was a great view of Manhattan.</div>
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By now we were beyond exhausted. And still four hours until WonderWorldNYC. In desperation, I was struck by insight. WWNYC had multiple times available when we purchased the tickets. Why not call and see if it was o.k. to come early. Success! </div>
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The cab dropped us off at a bright pink warehouse looking building. This exhibit was advertised as an <i>immersive exhibition that invites you to the realm of the fantastical. </i>This was accurate if by fantastical realm you meant carpet attached to the walls and fake clouds hung by fishing line and a glue gun. It also advertised many instagrammable options. Watching others take advantage of these options proved to be more interesting than actually trying to stage any.</div>
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One of the highlights was the machine meant to create the illusion of a windblown look. Fortunately drknitnightjustine had the foresight to video rather than snapshot.</div>
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I can't even imagine what our state of mind would have been if we had killed 5 hours in Williamsburg to see that. The hilarity gave us a boost and we took the L train back to the city headed towards Chinatown.</div>
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We dined at the same vegetarian dim sum place as the last time. And took a walk into Little Italy for a cannoli for dessert.</div>
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And though we were ready to call it a night and had no room for any more food, we had to stop at the local Rice Pudding store where we shared some lemon poppyseed rice pudding. (no toppings.) It's of particular note because drknitnightjustine, on an earlier NYC adventure, spent 3 hours on a quest to find said location. It is the Baskin Robbins of rice pudding. And they deliver.</div>
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My first purchases of the morning were prints of birds on a wire from a woman who had set up shop along the sidewalk. Notable sites as we headed toward the city reliquary included a giant snail mural, a sidewalk appliance store,</div>
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and a vegetarian restaurant featuring carrot hot dogs.</div>
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The carrot dog image makes them look less than palatable but when you consider what is usually in hot dogs, anything is likely a step up.</div>
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This sign is pointing to the department of education- I've got to believe there is something amiss given that it's pointing to a junk yard.</div>
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Finally, The City Reliquary, which was actually a small collection of weird and/or old stuff from around the city. Exlax containers, seltzer bottles, metro cards, subway tokens from across the ages. My favorite part was the art installation. The artist gave materials to people to use to create a three-dimensional self-portrait and made a giant neighborhood including these works.</div>
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<br />sophannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07571217197138831872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38717514.post-15645151950367912952019-08-07T12:42:00.001-04:002019-08-07T12:42:02.996-04:00So what if school’s startingI’ve got plans anyway.<div><br></div><div><img id="id_bb69_2d35_d2cf_b741" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/22i60o0SSKPKhP9VqINn98t4cRNsPSCREZeAJlnEY47yB2-71_iMRjqr9ek" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 368px; height: auto;"></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">Rack was assembled by me. Sometimes I surprise myself.<br></span><br><br></div>sophannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07571217197138831872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38717514.post-47834383816037437182019-08-06T11:39:00.003-04:002019-08-06T11:40:28.322-04:00NYC- FridayA photo as the train approached the city-<br />
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Arriving at The Hotel Pennsylvania, we were pleased to find a "self check in." That was until we reached the room the computer assigned. It was one double bed that collapsed as I sat on it to use the phone that didn't work. This hotel has seen better days and has deteriorated a good bit since greathusbandbob and I stayed there 15 years ago. After some disagreeing as to the type of room requested and haggling, we did get a room with 2 double beds and a working phone. And really, those were the only two amenities provided. It's why I never go through the expedias of the world.</div>
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We had fresh legs on Friday but that didn't last long. Fitbit says we logged 7+ miles after an 8 hour train ride. Dinner was at a restaurant called Altesia where we began the food photography. Pictures can not do justice to the subtlety of flavors and the impeccable service the city offers.</div>
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We tried to go to The Color Factory and The Kellogg's Store but both were closed. We found our way to Washington Square. It's one of my favorite places and was alive in a Central Park Sunday sort of way. There is a dog park nearby and we watched the city dogs play.<br />
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I would call Friday night "absorb the city" night. It was hard to pay attention. It was hard to hear. It was distracting in a delightful way. An endless loop of Mary Tyler Moore spinning in a circle and throwing her hat in the air in Minneapolis kind of evening.</div>
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sophannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07571217197138831872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38717514.post-30532122038933470422019-08-06T10:19:00.001-04:002019-08-06T10:20:49.867-04:00Before and a little bit after<img id="id_1a80_c99d_3d96_5bd8" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/MFnP_YXr8Ex9ri6qgr7fYTcGLaIl0PLX83N1c8QEyJ0x4ruOtNwEiBiDsPQ" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 394px; height: auto;"><br><br><br><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">There is plenty NYC to blog. What a whirlwind. But I’m just putting this here because I can see a difference. The first one was before summer started. The second was last weekend.<br></span><br> </div>sophannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07571217197138831872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38717514.post-71017622958999892212019-07-29T13:35:00.001-04:002019-07-29T13:35:59.339-04:00A nothing day can turn on a dime. Or ride on a bike.A text exchange with my friend now known as FirstgradeRobin- a teacher at my school- brought up the subject of bikes. She asked if I had one and told me that she’s been riding a lot. It was only a few weeks ago when I realized that greathusbandbob and I could bike ride no more. I can’t be too excited about it ay home because I know it’s something he loved to do.<div><br></div><div>Today I reviewed and remembered how to remove and attach the front tire of my bike and ended up with this-</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_ca2b_7a39_1e33_4b0e" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/x4qtZX8k8uy_HExqlFA6dNHym2slTmYPm2K8H7l3oDyYqBe-TIOXr5KizM8" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 360px; height: auto;"></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">It fits in my car! I W-D 40ed all of the rusty looking spots and the gears. I took it to Sheetz to attempt to put air in the tires. I filled them enough for a test ride. I’m still a little afraid of over-inflating and will likely take them to the garage owned by specialedCassie’s husband to make sure they are road worthy. When we went before, it was always a big ordeal to the trail. FirstgradeRobin will be happy at the fairgrounds, in the Walmart parking lot or along the industrial park road by the gym. The last two locations are surprisingly beautiful. I am so excited.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">The next task of the day was to put the treadmill we have at home near an outlet.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><img id="id_6c58_5c0e_be5e_7d1c" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/x-6FFUdOtHuHCCpRpxIProt6iXxVqo2ow_hk00NnMoABBfk8V2AHr6Dr4dE" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 266px; height: auto;"></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">No excuse on Saturdays and Sundays when the gym closes at 4:00.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">Today’s other project involved bird knitting. 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In May of 2015-right before all of the family care taking hit the fan- Drknitnightjustine and I went by train to New York City. We stayed at the Pennsylvania Hotel. We started out with a walk on the High Line. Knitted fences told us we were where we should be.</div>
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After that stopped for a flight of whiskey at a random whiskey bar televising the Pittsburgh Penguins finals. The next night, just before seeing The Book of Mormon we enjoyed a beverage (I remember clearly the tequila margarita that wasn't made from a mixer) at this gorgeous establishment.</div>
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We spent an afternoon and evening starting in Chinatown (<i>designer bags, you want a designer bag?) </i>with vegetarian kosher dumplings and finishing with multiple desserts in Little Italy.</div>
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Our afternoon in Central Park took us to the far edge- "the other side" as I think of it- where there was a book store on the street and a candy store called Dylan's (owned by Ralph Lauren's daughter and where Unbreakable Kimmy Schmitt had her first job in the series.)</div>
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I was absolutely enchanted by the candy store and it was the source of my souvenir for the trip. A bag full of candy with a hat tip to David Sedaris' brother's Fuckit Bucket. <i>(it should be noted that at this point in the history of care taking, Aunt was safely secured in a rehab and we were scheduled to move her to Morgantown the following month, but I had spent January to May driving back and forth to her Ville of Steuben every time she fell and was sent to the hospital-hence the fuckitbucket)</i></div>
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And to this day this bobble from the bag remains my keychain and fond memory of an amazing trip.</div>
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The thing about drknitnightjustine is that we travel well together. We went with a very loose agenda. The dumplings and the musical were really the only must do things on the list. When we got to the city, our quirky sense of what is interesting matched perfectly. "Let's try this" from either of us was always met with a "yeah! That sounds great" from the other. Even more so after the train ride washed any cares and stresses away.</div>
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And while I love greathusbandbob and all of the adventures we have travelled together, this trip was the most carefree and relaxed I can ever remember being. It felt like I was vacationing alone (I could do all the things I wanted to) except I wasn't.</div>
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<i>(and as I write this, I realize how crazy life must have been that I never even blogged about it when it happened. I couldn't even remember what pictures I had from it!)</i></div>
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and tickets to an interactive art show called WonderworldNYC, which has an Alice in Wonderland Exhibit with plenty of photo ops. If the pictures online are any indication, this has a decidedly Asian sensibility to it as well.</div>
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And if we have the time and the stamina- the theaters are a 15 minute cab ride apart- we will attend an evening performance of Drunk Shakespeare. I have to believe these two might be polar opposites. So there's a little more planning for this trip but the only tickets actually purchased are for wonderworldnyc and sleep no more. Everything else is up for grabs and easily changed should something else pique our interests.</div>
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We are definitely near summer's end when I am happy to spend time watching <i>Bewitched, What's Happening, </i>and <i>Welcome Back Kotter.</i><br />
<i><br /></i>My trainer upped the ante on Thursday and there will be a few days of soreness as I try my latest assignment. The bad news is that she is an athletic trainer at a local school which means there will be no after school sessions. She opens the facility (at 5:00 am) on Tuesdays and Thursdays which makes my weekly training sessions happening at 5:00 am, meaning I've got to get up by 4:15. I have not yet had success in practicing rising that early. I'm hoping I'll do better when there's someone there waiting for me.<br />
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There's been a good bit of time spent organizing teaching. I'm doing the sorts of things that I used to do when I played school and also medical receptionist as a child. Organizing paperwork, making lists etc. Only now I don't have to make up the names.<br />
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Thee's been some knitting. There are too many projects that my brain wants to try. There is a cotton vest with an open pattern- not really lace but lots of yarn overs. There are people I want to knit for. There are birds I want to knit. There are toys I want to make for the grandniece. There's a crocheted mandala that will either go to my accountant or to the eldest granddaughter as she ends her gap year and heads to college when it's finished.<br />
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I'm hoping to at least finish a collection of these to complete my vision- 6-7 of these in various sizes attached to a found stick to look like a tree branch, hung by twine from either end of the stick up to the middle. Homemade art for my classroom.<br />
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In spite of regular gym attendance the scale has not been my friend- I know- muscle weighs more than fat- but still. I photographed this food in case I go searching the blog for something to make for lunch or dinner. A tortilla, hummus, cucumber, cherry tomatoes and a sprinkle of feta cheese.</div>
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Last night Aunt called to see if we were visiting tomorrow. Last week was a nightmare that involved 90 minutes of her complaining that we didn't call her when we left on vacation and didn't call her when we got back. Lots of <i>I felt so unloved... no one cares about me... etc. </i>Greathusbandbob finally slowed her down by talking about how he saw our pictures on the milk cartons in the coffee shop where she lives. But then she whined and complained about being picked on so there was nothing left but 90 minutes of our absence being the main topic. She says she's not mad anymore. Oy!</div>
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This little cutie- greathusbandbob's grandniece- got all of the action. She's 20 months and is an endless fountain of giggles and smiles.</div>
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The next bird will be either a large one done in bulky yarn with peacock feathers eventually added- thanks to another friend who has easy access to such accouterments- or an installation of blackbirds either to be attached to a stick to be hung on a wall or as a mobile. There are bird cages to be searched out at flea markets. There is a fake fica tree at school to be adorned. The theme for the start of the school year will be birds.</div>
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Baby birds in lace weight and size below zero needles. It just feels like the possibilities are endless.</div>
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In other future adventures, said drknitnightjustine and I have the first weekend in August blocked out as a train ride to NYC. I've done some research on off the beaten path possibilities.</div>
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I'm thinking one of the above in lieu of the more standard Broadway show. And while still interested in the kosher vegan chinese dumplings that can be found in Chinatown and some people watching while enjoying cannolis and macaroons in Little Italy, we also may want to expand our horizons and take the subway to Red Hook in Brooklyn which advertises the highest population of hipsters in NYC (along with independent shops and art galleries.)</div>
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It is a collection of events that have made me want to be a writer in the world. The apple pen is foremost among them. It writes on the ipad and I use it in an app called NotesPlus. I've always loved the feel of writing. This makes that happen without having to keep track of notebooks. The feel is amazing.</div>
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sophannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07571217197138831872noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38717514.post-48173159412360687832019-06-28T19:22:00.001-04:002019-06-28T19:22:32.330-04:00Gift number threeIt’s a foot mask after massaging and waiting my foot will shed it’s skin like a snake<div><br></div><div><img id="id_f9bd_acd8_c741_4e2e" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/E1QNBlNJGW2EUhRkuX5y2pwBzqgv6Lu-apX5LwfQGMr_QpDA_zxT7EgNoKI" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 271px; height: auto;"></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">I made some purchases of my own this morning. A trip to Lowe’s to be able to create bird feet and bird glasses. A trip to A.C. Moore for sequins feathers and other fancy fancies.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><br><br><img id="id_4bd8_1133_d717_b91d" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/oXolujlBH3_3pJR9JdPTwc-EPILGz5d3ms6F2gqbkdxeFsgKqMnG43YWmdg" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 235px; height: auto;"> <img id="id_6db8_224_efb9_ddcb" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/C--iindNcKZSaYo1TD8ZepGFC8vvR3KXjjhdsugTIru5FGsnhAIEvw0W5j0" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 235px; height: auto;"></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">I made this bird and nest and have misplaced the bird and am feverishly knitting another so that I can play with sequins.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><img id="id_246d_f905_f122_e756" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/sIlFAiZdpHqCLBoh1epDDDwm3axOpPlOooeseKzqmXhnewgGMtGoF2sLQ9E" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 274px; height: auto;"><br><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span><br><br><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span><br><br></div>sophannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07571217197138831872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38717514.post-72324211545115994012019-06-27T23:26:00.001-04:002019-06-27T23:26:07.372-04:00A very merry unbirthday to me.So more packages arrived from drknitnightjustine. A”foot mask” which was actually the one thing I knew was coming-more on that later, and this book<div><br></div><div><img id="id_5b2d_1b26_39dd_c3ff" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/oFeoPJXMG0LRZ-s_2-5wCHNMoGVZUW1q9vhdWjO3iucXu6FgKVWCZSAPYHw" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 244px; height: auto;"> <img id="id_3c87_af04_a996_d9d3" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/wW8eDwGaBKMGMsnJVdINUT47u6SN5-fpSaSuuXi3tZvDD6yKFhoFs1s1SmY" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 240px; height: auto;"></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">I really didn’t understand how fond I am of thinking about birds on the planet until I measured my response to this. Yowsa. Birds are fun and as soon as I saw the cover my brain started exploding with the possibilities.<br></span><br><br></div>sophannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07571217197138831872noreply@blogger.com0