The box. They made me wait until the very end of the present opening to open my two big boxes. In the most recent big box, was a new flat screen television for our bedroom. Frankly the minute that box hit the pile, I new what it was. Mr. Boar had dropped very unsubtle hints [...]
Archive for December, 2006
operation mystery gift
Posted in daily living, on December 26, 2006 | 24 Comments »
Posted in daily living, on December 24, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas! Things are shifting into yuletide gear here at Chez Swine. I wanted to grab a quick moment to wish you all the happiest of holidays!
Posted in daily living, on December 24, 2006 | 10 Comments »
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas! Things are shifting into yuletide gear here at Chez Swine. I wanted to grab a quick moment to wish you all the happiest of holidays!
a post wherein ann seems to have it all. and you’ll hate her for it ….. but she’s okay with that
Posted in spinning, on December 22, 2006 | 15 Comments »
My spinning guild had its holiday party Wednesday night. In addition to fabulous snacks and spinning, there is a grab bag. As with most grab bags, we have guidelines. The cool thing is rather than $$ amounts, it’s weight amounts – 2 oz. of your handspun. Another of my holiday traditions is determining who got [...]
seen around town
Posted in daily living,, dogs, on December 21, 2006 | 11 Comments »
A woman came running into the shop yesterday and said, “Do you see what’s going on across the street?!” Of course, I dropped everything and came running to see. And at first I couldn’t see what she was talking about. No mayhem of any kind. And I looked. And I looked. Finally she told me [...]
this just in ……
Posted in daily living, on December 19, 2006 | 13 Comments »
there have been some new developments …… first off, I did not notice that someone drew an arrow to indicate which way the box should be sitting. This of course implies that the item inside needs to be seated a certain way. Furthermore, someone also covered the peep hole/handle thing with electrical tape. I have [...]
a box
Posted in daily living,, family, on December 18, 2006 | 15 Comments »
Over the weekend, this giant box was brought up from the basement. Here is list of what I have been able to find out …. it is something I will want. Not anything that I’ve said I’ve wanted. it is heavy. it was D#2′s idea once they got it, the Boar took it into his [...]
pom pom envy
Posted in crochet,, daily living,, family,, knitting, on December 15, 2006 | 13 Comments »
I will admit, the concert was good. But not good enough to be worth missing The Office. Mr. Boar had set the machine up to burn the episode to a disc. He even went to Radio Shack to get a blank disc. For reason that remain yet a mystery – it didn’t work. No problem [...]
Posted in family,, knitting, on December 14, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I have finished another ganomy! D#2 was a hostile model so my pictures suck As you can see I ended this one with a pom-pom. And this is the pom-pom after I trimmed it! Maybe I should trim it some more? Yes, I have a thing for big pom-poms. Having completed two successful hat projects [...]
Posted in family,, knitting, on December 14, 2006 | 13 Comments »
I have finished another ganomy! D#2 was a hostile model so my pictures suck As you can see I ended this one with a pom-pom. And this is the pom-pom after I trimmed it! Maybe I should trim it some more? Yes, I have a thing for big pom-poms. Having completed two successful hat projects [...]
