Sunset Cat

The guys from the window restoration place are putting in our windows today!
Before I left for work this morning the guys were doing some initial placing of the casement windows in the living room (replacing the louvered windows that replaced the original casement windows (sigh)). The windows looked absolutely gorgeous! Pics to follow.
Also, we started [...]

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I couldn’t resist. Virtual Yarns is having a sale. I bought the Seaweed Wrap kit in Dulse.

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I’ve cleaning up some of the documents on my laptop and found the list of recipes for our housewarming party. We kept to a Spanish theme, serving some Spanish red and white wines, several types of cheese, bread, olives etc, as well as a selection of warm tapas. My only main non-theme food [...]

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Okay, I’m on Ravelry now, since last week. What a time sink! but very nifty.
I gifted the scarf and the chenille washcloth to my mom. I gifted Rosemary with the brocade cloth.
I’ve continued work on the Rowan sweater.
And oh yeah, I started a scarf (for me!) with the sealing wax red Malabrigo, doing a [...]

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Someone (anonymously) commented on my previous post that I need to watch my language, that kids read Houseblogs.
The aforementioned post perfectly and succinctly captured, and still captures, my feelings regarding SOMEONE FUCKING STEALING OUR APPLE.
I think the outrage needs to be directed at the fact that someone thought it absolutely fine to walk into our [...]

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Someone fucking stole our apple.

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No swimming this week because I’m on the ‘Mom’s Trip’ in Marin. It’s a Sierra Club outing — hiking and painting. I’ll try to fit in the following workouts.
Monday: Bike 1:15-1:30 Z2 with 6×2m hills z4/5
Tuesday: Run 50m w/ 3×5m z4/5 with 1 min jog rest btwn
Wednesday: Run 2 hrs [...]

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Monday: Rest
Tuesday: Swim 1750 yds
Wednesday: Bike 1:15 Z2 w/ 10 min Z4/5 then run 45 min with 1×6min Z4/5
Thursday: Bike 1:15 Z2 w/ 7 min Z3
Friday: Run 40min Z2, swim 2250
Saturday: Bike 2:15-2:30 Z2 with Run 60min Z2
Sunday: drive to Marin for Sierra Club trip

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