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2023 Running Progress Update : June & July

Monthly running progress update A quick review of goals: 700 miles for the year, or 58.34 miles for the month, or 13.47 miles a week, or 1.92 miles per day For June I ran 11 days for monthly miles of 25.74 (32.6 short of the monthly goal). We also started going to the gym. We… Continue reading 2023 Running Progress Update : June & July

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2023 Running Update : Feb – May

Multi-Month running update: February To say that it was cold in February was an understatement. A quick review of goals: 700 miles for the year, or 58.34 miles for the month, or 13.47 miles a week, or 1.92 miles per day Is this what is meant by "heart wood"? Friday morning Eagle run 2/10 -… Continue reading 2023 Running Update : Feb – May

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Monthly Mending ~ May 2023

Vintage Wool Cape Putting it all back together again Several Years ago, my grandmother gave me a lovely thick wool cape. It was fun to wear and always got compliments. Someone suggested that I take a pattern from it, so they could make one. This was years ago and I have learned many new ways… Continue reading Monthly Mending ~ May 2023

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Finished Friday ~ Crib & Mattress

Crib Sometime ago I found a darling doll crib on Craigslist. It was within my price range so it came home to live at my house. My idea of a Victorian crib was of black iron, not the gold color that it had been painted. My idea was that it would be of iron. One… Continue reading Finished Friday ~ Crib & Mattress

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Dolly Dearest 9 inches I really don't have large blocks of time that I can devote to working on this project. That shows in the length of time that it has taken to make the progress that I have since starting this project. Last time we chatted about this project I had made considerable progress.… Continue reading Workbasket

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Monthly Mending ~ April 2023

April Monthly Mending My plan was to get this out the first Monday of this month. The first Monday of May this year was also May 1st, my Son's 32nd birthday. Ok, so 2nd Monday, until I was sick. bleh. Feeling much better today, so here you are... 🙂 Zipper Mend Broken zipper pulls and… Continue reading Monthly Mending ~ April 2023

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Finished Friday – Bees

Bees Dress #1 On July 11, 2022 I saw the pattern "Bees in the Thistles Dress" by Bridget Pupillo for Knit Picks. It was WAY-TO-CUTE! I HAD to have it!! I ordered it that very day. It was the perfect dress to knit for my grand-daughter's first birthday, on August 27th. I had plenty of… Continue reading Finished Friday – Bees

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Weekly works in progress: Dolly Dearest Measuring from cast on edge = 7.25 inches Measuring from beginning of plain stockinette section = 5.5 inches I've been making it a point to work on this project whenever I get a chance. I knew that I needed 10 inches, but I'd forgotten where I was supposed to… Continue reading Workbasket

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Workbasket – W.I.P.s

This week's works in progress Just over a month ago I shared updated progress on many of these projects. Some of these projects have wonderful forward progress and some are frustratingly stalled or in backward motion, this being a side "benefit" of new and improved knowledge, especially if the project isn't completely finished. Although I… Continue reading Workbasket – W.I.P.s

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Mending = Money Savings

So much mending... It has been a very long while since I mentioned any of the mending that I have been up to, and I HAVE been mending. None of my mending is anything grand, but then my mending never really is. I'm sure there are many grand mending projects like The Second Empire Strikes… Continue reading Mending = Money Savings