It's not the table of love, but it's perfect for this space, sports leveling feet for my unlevel floor–and was a vintage bargain to boot. What's not to love?
I should have done this sooner—a proper dining table changes everything! For example, as photo two shows, it makes a pleasant place to read the latest copy of People magazine (for shame!).
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I finally finished painting the livingroom and the entryway this past week. After a tragic experiment with a burnt orange, I settled on this interesting yellow color called 'Ripe Oats' instead—it matches exactly the color of the walls of the old town in the sunshine from an Antibes postcard (that I can't seem to find at the moment–I'm sure lots of you have a copy of it though!). I also finished painting the floor a few weeks ago, it looks much better now even though it's just a temporary solution, at least it's not carpet.
Now I just have to hang some more artwork and do something with my disaster of a kitchen. -
I had no idea this happened on my sister's street until just the other day. good lord.
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Dad and technology are having a rough time this week. He says it's easier to take out a gallbladder than it is to send photos online. And now, his tractor won't shut off. It's been running for 12 hours straight now, is almost out of fuel. The tractor guy is coming to pick it up for repairs.
'The Tractor Guy'. Who is the tractor guy? Does every town have one?
Funny, related story:
I have a customer, very friendly and chatty, who happens to be from Wisconsin. Turns out, when he was a med student, the school farmed them out to spend a few days working with 'country doctors' in small towns and rural areas. He got sent to…..wait for it……..Fond du Lac!!!! -
As the world thinks about the passing of the Pope, I can't help but recall how important his foreign travels and visits were to our 5th and 6th grade Current Events classes. Challenger, Mt.St. Helens, Beirut, Geraldine Ferraro, Chernobyl, and the Pope—grade school in the eighties.
We're no longer a religious family, but I'm sure my Grandma Mickey has some thoughts on John Paul II this week. Once Catholic, you're kinda always Catholic. -
damn you, Rick Steves, and your PBS special on the Cote d'Azur–I'm soooo very frenchie-homesick!!
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How could I (k)not know that March is National Crochet Month? That article, brought to my attention by sister Peg, only makes passing comment on crocheting, focusing on the 'hipper' hobby of knitting, but it's still sticks and thread.
In honor of this special month, I'll share the best crochet story I've ever heard:
When my mom was a young administrative assistant at the hospital in Evanston, IL (where she met my father), she worked the quieter late shift. To pass the time, she crocheted. She crocheted little triangles. Dozens of them.
When someone asked, preferably a male dr. or med student, she would say she was making herself a bikini. Visual—mom coyly holding up a teeny triangle and asking "What do you think? Will it look good on me?"
Crocheting may be cool again, but nothing beats that!
p.s. I have vague memories of playing with a basket of colorful, crocheted triangles as a small child. Just my imagination? I can't say. -
It's also the little (to us because we don't pay attention) policies and positions of our current government that gain us such ill-will from other parts of the world, for example, his (GWB) stand on marriage and abstinence over condoms, described in this article from IHT about how even marriage in Africa can kill.
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It's getting the recognition and celebration it deserves, the movie Uncle Bert calls: "the best movie ever, man".
This years fest was held a block away from my brother Thomas' house. A BLOCK AWAY. And he didn't go.
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yarn: aarlan's arwetta 75/25 wool/poly blend (from Grandma Eileen's stash, possibly from mom's Fibre Shop)
pattern: 6 Mos. Baby Set from http://www.crochetpatterncentral.com ( I LOVE the colors shown in the pattern directions, may do another like it).
I just finished this sweater (not the complete set) today, as you can see it's blocking and I have to attach a button yet at the collar. I ran short of yarn for longer sleeves, but I think short ones still work. The only question now is, WHICH baby gets this project? Is there something in the water?
