Entries from July 2007

July 31, 2007

secret knitting revealed at last!

So, as I’m sure many of you guessed, the secret knitting that I was doing was for my big sister’s baby shower =)
The first item I knitted was a set of baby booties, find the pattern here:

These were SOOOOO much fun to make! I did use some modifications – I braided the green yarn for [...]

July 30, 2007

randomness: Harry Potter Mania

randomness…feed your mind and your blog
week of July 29: harry potter maniaOK, so I’ve been hooked on Harry Potter books
like so many others and this week’s meme will be about ‘The Boy Who Lived’
So do tell, are you hooked on Harry Potter too?
Do you prefer the books or the movies?
Have you read all the books [...]

July 30, 2007

Dear Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,

I could not put you down. Brilliant!

July 24, 2007

Donkay!

So. We totally went to The Donkey Sanctuary of Canada. And it was fantastic! A picnic lunch was packed (double-decker P.B.&J, anyone?) and off we set! To see all the photos, just click on my flickr widget in the sidebar!
We played with some donkeys (this one was 37 39? 37 years old!):

We learned about mules [...]

July 21, 2007

you’re going where?

Tomorrow I’m off to see a good friend in Guelph. We’re going to The Donkey Sanctuary of Canada! My friend Mary Anne specializes in finding fun things to do when the world seems boring – there is certainly never a dull moment around her! When I told a friend at work that my friend suggested [...]

July 19, 2007

Procrastination is my friend!

I’ve been a good girl the past few days! Yesterday I did all the laundry, met a friend for Italian sodas, made plans for this weekend and then unexpectedly went to see Pirates of the Caribbean 3.
Today I got up, cleaned the bathroom, went to the market, vacuumed, and then baked some oatmeal chocolate chip [...]

July 17, 2007

How much is just right?

I was reading this post over at the Yarn Harlot’s blog and it got me to thinking. Brad and I talk quite a bit about how much time we are going to allow our future children to spend watching/playing the tv/internet/computer/video games. Since we do not have cable and get no channels, the tv’s a [...]

July 15, 2007

My soul’s desire

“You are my soul’s desire, I was wandering,
Wandering all my days from my Father’s house
From the heights to the depths Love was calling
Calling out to me, just to bring me home.
Lord of the earth, the sea, the sky,
In glory and power
How can it be that I’m Your child
And You are my Father?“
(Soul’s Desire, Robin Mark)
Mmmm [...]

July 13, 2007

Hmmm … Librivox review

Friday afternoon post. I wish I had an idea of what to blog about! I realize it’s been like, 4 whole days since I last posted, so I knew that I had to post *something* now what?
Oh! I can blog about Librivox!
I found this website I few months ago when I was looking into getting [...]

July 8, 2007

Randomness: Vacationing

randomness…feed your mind and your blog
week of July 8: Vacationing
I’ll be going on vacation next week, so that inspires this weeks meme:
1. What is your favorite vacation spot? Hmmm … I’m not sure I’ve been on enough “vacations” to say. It depends on what type of vacation it is – sight-seeing or relaxing. [...]