Author: Annie

After a few days away from home I start to hallucinate. I think I see my kids in different places, or someone turns their head in a car ahead of me and I swear it’s Gerry. That’s when I know how much I miss them and how much I want to be with them. No…

Jeeze Louise what a day! The Yarn Over Event is in it’s 20th year, and I am astounded at the work that the guild put into it! Shelley Hermanson and all of the other Guild folks worked like Amish at a barn raising to make an event that was well planned, effiicent and a butt-load…

I arrived in a rainstorm, and was REALLY not looking forward to the hike to the baggage claim, the struggle with the bags to the rental car bus, the long wait – soggy – at the rental car place and a less-than-friendly counter person giving me a sub-standard car. But I’d steeled myself and I…

Hannah’s decided that I’m really a secret agent, and that my cover is as knitting teacher. Not a bad story, huh? The kids are bummed that I’m going again, but this time for only a week. I’m out to Minnesota today and I’m SO excited! I’ll be teaching at the Yarn Over event – which…

Tomorrow I have company coming over, so instead of cleaning the house, like any sane person, I went to home depot and spent $90 on soil, plants and a shovel so I can make MORE of a mess. “Hi, I’m Annie, won’t you come into my messy house after spending exactly 30 seconds on my…

I’m getting my stuff together for Minneapolis, and I’m getting excited! Although I need to fly – and I hate to fly – I’m so excited about finally making it to the mini-apple! I worked through a few deadline projects yesterday – hooray – and I’m feeling pretty fabulous! I also visited the doc and…

Was there ever a more beautiful word than batching? Batching is the word for automatically altering a group – or batch – of images in Photoshop. The fact that I’m batching means that THE CALENDAR IS FINISHED and I’m doing the last step of making sure all of the images have been converted to CMYK…

Yesterday was big doings around here – boxes arrived, visitors came by and I started a new project! Vdoes anyone remember that show, V, about the visitors? Sabrina from Knit Knit came by with her photographer (I’m such a spaz – I’ve forgotten her name and she was so lovely!) and we chatted and took…

But I had a terrific time (or maybe that’s part of why I had a terrific time?) I arrived at Saybrook College, part of Yale, mid-afternoon and that gave me enough time to go to my room, rest a bit, brush my teeth and comb my hair and just enjoy the feeling that I was…

We haven’t had a seder this year – various reasons (my breathing being #1 among them – it’s irritating and annoying, but it does prevent me from planning any kind of a guest/invited event) but last night we had some friends over, folks we don’t have to ‘dress up’ for, and had a little mini…