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This is a plastic piggy bank from my childhood. I don’t remember ever not having him! The hat he is wearing was my mother’s. Every summer we would spend two weeks at the Jersey shore in Cape May. The Jersey beaches require beach tags and she collected them on her hat. My mom was a real beach hound and could sit all day in her beach chair enjoying the sun and sand. I don’t know that I ever saw her actually set foot in the Atlantic!

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what do you think,
does she love Suduko or the Pepperidge Farm goldfish?

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Section six is there running from top to bottom on the right hand side. Section seven started of with a 12 round square, which takes awhile, but I’ve got that one done and a few of the others as well.

The pattern for Lotus Blossom shawl arrived the other day and I want to get that on the needles too. It will make a much more portable project than Babette.

Today I am cashing in on my mother’s day gift. The girls and Boar bought me some massage treatments and a facial at a local spa. In honor of this, I thought it might be a nice gesture to shave. So, I am about to get in the shower, when I notice that my razor isn’t in its usual spot. It turned up in the girls’ bathroom. Why do they take mine, when they have the exact same model?

But the bigger question is ……. how long has it been missing? the very scary answer ……. I have no idea.

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sure it’s a pig picture but
check out those adorable girls! awwww

Both D1 & D2 are away this week.

Yes my dears, Boar and I have the house completely to ourselves. Things are hot and steamy around here. We still got the romance, I tell you what! If you were a fly on the wall at Chez Swine, this is what you would have heard ….

Boar and Ann sit in their den, each in their respective chairs.

Boar is cruising the channels while Ann crochets. They have a brief conversation, discussing whether they should go out and get ice cream. The issue is who should be the one to get the ice cream.

Boar: You’re the one who wants it.

Ann: But you have to be the one to get it. I am in my nightgown.

Boar: Yeah. You’re like the Grandma Trifecta over there.

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granny squares

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granny glasses

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granny nightie

That Boar is pretty funny sometimes! We got so distracted with laughing, we never did get ice cream. Now before I get too distracted, here is your pig for the day! I can’t remember if that wine was any good or not, I just had to have the bottle!

ps. those granny squares are section 6 which I will be seaming today.

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These are some very cool Mardi Gras pig beads straight from New Orleans! Cara brought them back from her trip last year. She had a knack for finding great oinkers!

Tomorrow D#2 and I depart for the college trip. Some of you asked where we will be headed ….. first stop tomorrow is Sarah Lawrence. Wednesday we will be seeing both Vassar and SUNY New Paltz. Bard is on Thursday’s schedule.

I shall be taking along the Hex Coat, but I don’t know how much knitting time I’ll manage …….