Friday Quote Day
on Jan 2, 2009Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm. Sir Winston Churchill (I’m resurrecting Friday Quote Days here; I used to do them over at Shrinking Knitter and found them somewhat helpful. If not helpful for...

Hoppin' New Year!
on Jan 1, 2009 in hoppin' john I was born and raised in Ohio and my family always ate barbecued ribs and sauerkraut on New Year’s Day. I’m not sure why pork and kraut is supposed to usher in good fortune, but that’s the custom where I come from. Hmmm. Didn’t work too well...

I'm ready, how about you?
on Dec 31, 2008 in new year's eve Sure feels like a good day to turn over a new leaf, start a new page, wipe the slate clean, yadda, yadda, yadda. Yeah, I know it’s the last day of 2008, not January One, but heck. We’ll get a head start on the rest of the pack. I’m already reg...

A day at a time
on Dec 29, 2008If I thought about all the things I need to do in the next few days I’d probably just go back to bed. The only way to manage is to do what needs to be done in the next half an hour, and then the next and then the next. I’ll be going back to Indi...

Clean for a day
on Dec 26, 2008It’s over. The food orgy that typically accompanies Christmas is, finally, over. And since my husband and I didn’t decorate our home or exchange gifts this year, the food orgy was Christmas. On Christmas Eve we went to church and then to an ope...

Merry Christmas!
on Dec 25, 2008...

New Rule: Never leave home without your knitting
on Dec 24, 2008 in knitting The meeting I help facilitate at the prison ran a little late last night. We had a gratitude meeting, in which everyone in the room got to say who she was and what she was thankful for. Last year the group was smaller and everyone’s gratitude fit i...