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So long

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Along with the marriage came some bonus kids, a house with no mortgage and innumerable other gifts. What a special gift for my 17th anniversary. For 17 years I’ve been married to a wonderful man. The yang to that yin is that we live next door to a very dilapidated, smelly mobile home. Thank you karma.

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Merry Augtember!

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Some are marked with a card or phone call, while others require gifts, purchased and or handmade. In case the cards/gifts/phone calls/skype chats don’t arrive on schedule, or before there are more additions to the family calendar, here are felicitations for you one and all, in the order of appearance.

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Multi-tasking

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In running your business, it’s either a gift you’re born with, or a demand you’ll have to delegate to an assistant. Who doesn’t multi-task these days? You may even be multi-tasking in areas you’ve never tackled before.

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In the Moment Thanks to Photography

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One of the coolest gifts my parents ever gave me was my first camera, a Polaroid Swinger. (If Overlook railing at Gilbert Riparian Preserve. If you haven’t heard of the Swinger , all you need to do is watch this commercial to know when it was popular!).

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Steeks & Felts, giving new life to timeworn objects

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Perfect for some quick knits for gifts and then overhauling some rather forlorn items. I’ll work on a pattern and see if I can replicate these for others on my gift list. Project 1: Steeking a sweater that was never right for me to begin with. As a knitter myself, I rarely purchase knitted items. I LOVE the slippers!

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Trying to escape my needles

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This may reflect degree of difficulty or ease of transport, an important gift deadline… things like that. Most knitters strive for a balance within our works-in-progress (“WIPs&# ). A large blanket which exceeds its project bag’s capacity, for example, has to stay at home.

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AZVAs the Podcast Episode 10: Creating a Business in the Practical Arts

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Kristin has generously offered a FREE GIFT to listeners of this episode (the deadline to get it is December 31, 2010). Kristin has generously offered a FREE GIFT to listeners of this episode (the deadline to get it is December 31, 2010). To find out how to win, please follow the directions as explained on the podcast.

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