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Lucky Day Diary Jan 13, 2011

I think that I may have to work a little harder at being lucky today, because it’s the 13th – fortunately not a Friday. 1. I did get up a little earlier today because I wanted the shower first. It is the only way to insure that the water pressure and temperature stays the same […]

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National Rubber Ducky Day

Hen and chickens from Fiber Trends To-day is national Rubber Ducky Day. The link is actually to last year’s listing – but things don’t change much in the world of rubber ducks. I’m really not sure why we need a day to celebrate a bath toy – but it is a toy with staying power.

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Lucky Day Diary Jan 12, 2011

OK, this is shaping up to be a lucky day!  An earlier horoscope suggested that Wednesday of this week was going to be good and so far – it’s 10:00am – it has been. 1. The 6 or so inches of snow that fell last night and is still falling was fortunately very dry and

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Lucky Day Diary Jan 11, 2011

Well, today’s date certainly looks lucky either way you present it – 11/01/11 or 01/11/11 and today: 1. I was lucky enough to have left some gas in my car so the gas lines didn’t freeze over night and I could start the car to-day.  Must get to the gas station p.d.q. 2. Things were

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Chuck Berry and the next generation(s)….

Line Dance from Red Bird Knits Dinner conversation with late teens and early twenties can be a challenge; but when the nineteen – year- old remarked on a recent performance by Chuck Berry which was all over Facebook – we found a common ground!  I must see if there is a group on Ravelry following

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Lucky Day Jan 10, 2011

1. Well, so far to-day, hasn’t had the lucky hits that yesterday had. Still, my meeting tomorrow, which I was dreading, has been cancelled – yeah! 2. It was still a lovely sunny day and a cheque came in. I always like those surprises. 3. I found out that two of the designs that I

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Lucky Diary – Jan 9, 2011

1. Well luckily my daughter’s cell phone alarm went off at 8:00am giving me an hour or two more of Carpe Diem (sieze the day). Actually my daughter is in Halifax and we are in Toronto, but she has a Halifax phone and a TO phone. It was the TO phone, which she leaves behind

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Get Lucky – part 2

Beaded Shamrock Socks from Heartstrings I have become fascinated with the idea of luck. The day I posted “Get Lucky,” I had an appointment at a clinic – just something routine. I got a bit lost getting there, so I was running short of time. However, when I arrived I not only had to park

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Get Lucky!

Bunny Fun from Fiber Trends According to this article in the Globe luck is something that you can learn – maybe something like “get lucky 101.”  The main thread of the article is that through trial and error you can train yourself to have more lucky breaks. For example: When looking for a parking spot

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Vogue Knitting LIVE ….leaks

OK this is not Wikileaks – but it is a little bit of insider information….I am thrilled to announce that we have an amazing Canadian finalist in the Vogue Knitting LIVE  in NYC  January 21-23. Out of the incredible array of garments submitted (100) to the competition, Lynette Meek of Le Tissier Designs was chosen

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