Author: Annie

… and I don’t know what I’m going to do with the kids for a month! School starts on 9/6. Usually on the last day of camp they have skits and sing-alongs and stuff, but they’ve been pretty long (and HOT) experiences, so this year it seems they’re just having a nice party / barbeque…

It seems from the comments on my last post that there are a lot of us out here – stumbling around in the semi-darkness of a clouded mind some days. Some days my mind is clear. I feel like the Outer Limits folks have control of my brain. Thanks so much for the commiseration AND…

Today I woke up and felt like my brain was wrapped in cotton. I drove the kids to camp, dropped off recycling, even did the grocery shopping and I can’t tell you anything about it. It’s like it happened in a movie that I saw on cable in a motel room 5 years ago. Days…

It’s amazing how being without a computer for a day can throw you off – that is, when you’re expecting to use it! Gerry has me set up now on my new MiniMac (or is that Mac Mini?) and it’s amazing. SO fast, so easy, the OS is wonderful. I feel like I’m floating when…

Yesterday was a very, very hot day. Very. I traveled into the city to meet my editor – and it was nervewracking! She’s a lovely person, I really enjoyed meeting her and some of the other folks who’ll be working on Knitting Jewelry, but I felt so nervous! It’s been a long time since I’d…

And in honor of Ms. M’s great day, I’m organizing and archiving all of my files on CD’s (I do this every month or so) to protect myself from some horrible computer meltdown. Actually, the only reason I remember Martha’s b’day is that it’s exactly one month before mine (take note…) and exactly two months…

Well, this makes me very happy! Lisa Grunwald’s book, Whatever Makes You Happy is getting really nice reviews, and the folks who’ve purchased it at Amazon.com seem to like it a lot. But more important, on page 37 she mentions me! What a hoot (and total shocking surprise!) I was searching my own name at…

I just ran across this in my knit teachers group – some quotes from TR: It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena,…

Sleeping in is one of life’s great pleasures. Waking up with a husband, a dog and a little boy in the bed (the latter two crept in after waking, early in the morning) is a true delight! Hannah’s having a sleepover, so this morning she and her friend made cinnamon rolls (pop-n-bake) and all the…

Something I’ve discovered in my travels with yarn and designing, is that those who work hard, knit from their heart and are open to new ideas are always ready to praise someone elses work freely. They get it – they see the work, and even if they don’t always love the design concept, they can…