Sunset Cat

Finally here’s a pic of the card I’m sending Allegra tomorrow….sorry it’s so late! (at least this way she’ll get a preview!)

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And the pics of the red themed cards from Cat! My postcards to her can be seen here.

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Here’s a pic of the lovely card I received in April from Sydney! The card I sent her can be seen here.

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Here’s the nifty card from Allegra! Thank you again!

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I think I mentioned earlier that Mel signed up with Acme Coaching, and that we’re both doing her training plan.
Wow.
And ouch.
I don’t see how we’re a) not going to get a lot better and b) not going to lose weight if we follow this. It’s a huge difference from our ‘oh, let’s run a [...]

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I have two new works in progress: the Lady Eleanora socks, for which I’m using some lovely rose handpainted merino from Carol at Black Bunny Fibers, and Starmore’s Fern, for which I’m using some Jaeger Shetland Aran in a lovely green (purchased awhile ago from Jannette’s Rare Yarns on eBay).
I learned how to do [...]

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Yeah, I know, I still owe a Wildflower report. It’ll get here, sooner or later.
Alcatraz is coming up, very very quickly. Apparently everyone who told Mel and me that if we could do Wildflower, Alcatraz would be a breeze, was LYING, according to Mel’s new coach. But Mel’s coach is telling her [...]

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Rosemary and I had a great time visiting LYS’s.
She went a little crazy in Alamitos Bay, picking up some lovely Fiesta La Boheme as well as some other items (well, she picked up three different colorways and I cruelly made her choose ONE). A quick visit to LisCat (doesn’t have a lot that [...]

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Yikes. Hadn’t realized I put off posting for so long.
My mother-in-law Rosemary is visiting. She’s a new knitter, so of course I get to drag her around to all the LYS’s! We’ve visited Alamitos Bay Yarn Company (prior to having tea at the Vintage Tea Leaf), LisCat, L’Atelier, and Beach Knitting so [...]

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I had a nice easy run with Melanie yesterday morning — with no ankle pain! Yeah!
Of course, the various portions of my anatomy that I worked out in the weight room have been, shall we say, complaining. My problem is, I can’t really do a ‘light’ weight workout. I nearly always do [...]

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