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Entries from September 2007

Native Plants Round 2

September 30th, 2007 · No Comments

Most of our native plants did make it through the summer.
We’re still harvesting tomatoes and zucchini.
And apparently we didn’t dig up the old roses as well as we thought, because some are coming up (I figure if they make it without water and fertilizer etc then they can stay).
However, it is fall.
I’ve sowed seeds for [...]

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Tags: Yard & Garden

Espresso Bean aka Tomato is done…

September 30th, 2007 · No Comments

…finally! I decided to finally finish it up today. I’ll eventually post pics to Flickr & Ravelry.
I’m very excited — I found a copy of Scottish Collection on eBay for a decent (relatively speaking) Buy It Now price. It’s a book I thought I’d never get.
Never mind I have yet to complete [...]

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Tags: Knitting

Sick

September 11th, 2007 · No Comments

Malibu is this weekend and I’ve been sick for about a week. This sucks.

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Tags: Triathlon

More on the screens and windows and various other chores

September 11th, 2007 · No Comments

The screen guy came out about a week and a half ago. He’s gotten very busy so we won’t have screens til January. Bummer. He was really nice, though.
I’ve been sick the past week so we haven’t done any house chores.
On the list of to be done as soon as possible:

Prime & [...]

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Tags: House

Espresso Bean — almost an FO

September 11th, 2007 · No Comments

Well, I finished Espresso Bean last weekend, but I don’t like how loose the sleeves are, so I’m going to rip them and redo them. I also re-did part of the neck. In my frustration I’ve set it aside for a few days.
In the meantime:
While on my day of jury duty I cast [...]

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Tags: Knitting

Espresso Bean — home stretch

September 2nd, 2007 · No Comments

Body done, sleeves done, all ends woven end except for what will be associated with the neck!
We went diving yesterday at Anacapa, one of the California Channel Islands, on the Spectre out of Ventura Harbor. Despite my Scopalamine patch I was miserably sea sick for most of the day and only made two of the [...]

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Tags: Knitting · SCUBA · Travel