Month: March 2015

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Monarch of the Glen Sweaters

Here’s a nice drop-sleeve sweater with an interesting stand-up collar, almost looking like a funnel neck. Duncan’s traditional Aran has a raglan sleeve. I haven’t been able to get a good look at these cables. Seriously, every episode I find […]

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Sticky Habits

This is the day that I begin a new habit under the Sticky Habits system. One habit I’ve been trying to get is that of taking a more intense exercise break at lunchtime. I’m doing my 30 minutes of stepping […]

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Palm Sunday

I love the chaos of Palm Sunday. Children smacking each other with palm fronds, toddlers wandering about in complete bemusement, grownups happily making their way through the jungle of palms and children. And the choir of course. There we were […]

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Pantry

I must confess that I have been coveting those OXO containers you see everywhere in people’s pantry shots. $100 a set they are, and the typical Pinterest pantry shot includes more than a single set. However, when I cleaned up […]

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Product

So I still can’t quite bring myself to put all my clothes on the floor and check them for joy, but I did gather all the products from the bathroom. I get a lot of product — the industry uses […]

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Alleluia, and Tidying

I went to choir last night, first time I’ve been back since my mother died. Oh, well, aside from the time I tried going back and wept all the way through “Precious Lord, Take My Hand.” I don’t think I […]

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Habits, Habits, and More Habits

If I were That Kind of Person, I might decide that the Universe was sending me stuff about habits. For one thing, I’m listening to a curious book about Tidying Up which a Facebook friend suggested to me. This book […]

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Lunch

I went to lunch with a client today. Of course, I woke up dreading it, but we went to Mermaids and I enjoyed talking with the client. She’s a chemical engineer, and while she politely pretended to care about shades […]

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The Magic of Tidying Up?

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and OrganizingMarie Kondo; Ten Speed Press 2014WorldCat•LibraryThing•Google Books•BookFinder I’m listening to this book on my Kindle during the interstices in my day. So far it has been a disappointment. […]

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Spring Break

The boys were here for Spring Break all week, since it was #2 son’s Spring Break. They’ve been camping and hiking. We’ve played Discworld and spades, had breakfast from Rick’s, talked a lot, had lunch in a courtyard restaurant and […]