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6 November 2012: two races that will stop two nations
On Tuesday, 6 November all eyes in the US and Australia will focus on a race that will likely come down to the wire. In the US, that race is the Presidential Election. In Australia, it is the Melbourne...
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Six months ago today, we moved to Australia. On the morning of May 22, Paul, the boys, and I arrived at Sydney Airport with eight huge suitcases, several carry-ons, and two car seats. We moved into a...
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Holiday Gifts - Part 1
I know it has been a while since I have posted, but I have been busy applying for jobs, spending time with the boys, and working on Christmas gifts. Speaking of which, this post is the first in a...
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Holiday gifts - part 2
Last week, I started a series of blog posts about the gifts I am making for Christmas this year. Today, I wanted share with you my gift idea for the boys' daycare teachers. The boys have been attending...
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Holiday Gifts - Part 3
In part 3 of my series of home made Christmas gifts, I share with you the adorable toy I made for Desmond. As I have mentioned in previous posts, Susan B. Anderson's book, Itty Bitty Toys, as become my...
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Guest Blog Post: Zachary on American Football
(A couple of months ago, I wrote about my Australian nephew Zachary and his passion for American football. Today, I share with you a short essay he has written about how he discovered American...
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Holiday Gifts - Part 4
In this final instalment of the gifts I made for Christmas 2012, I feature the presents we gave to our nieces. For Lucy, aged 11, I chose a simple - yet bold - heart-shaped pillow pattern. I selected a...
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Vincent, Preschool, and a New Crown
Yesterday was Vincent's first day of preschool. I know it is a bit of a cliche, but it is so hard to believe that he is old enough to be a preschooler! Of course, he didn't think it was any big deal -...
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My Knitting & Crocheting Staycation
For the past two weeks, the boys have been in full-time daycare, Paul has been at work, and I have been home - by myself! It has been great - very relaxing, rejuvenating, and relatively productive. It...
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Our "not-so-sunny-not-very-beachy" sun and beach holiday weekend
This past weekend, we went on our first "holiday" weekend since Desmond was born. Together with a group of our good friends, we drove up the coast north of Sydney to Umina, a small beach town on the...
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Bunnies for my boys
When my sister and I were growing up, my grandma bought each of us a bunny figurine for Easter every year. Some of the bunnies were small and other were quite large. Some were life-like while others...
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Hot cross buns.Hot cross buns.One a penny, two a penny --Hot cross buns. I remember singing this song as a kid growing up in Iowa. I had no idea what hot cross buns were. I thought they were just some...
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The Manta Rays
Vincent is very interested in ocean stuff. I'm not really sure how it started - when we lived in Minnesota, we had annual passes to the Minnesota Zoo. He used to love the aquarium wing and the coral...
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Two Cute Toys
I know I haven't posted anything for a while. I have been meaning to post some photos of our "new" house, but I haven't had an opportunity to sit and write. Things have been busy with work - and...
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So, I've been a bit busy...
Yes, I know it has been ages since I have written anything for this blog - almost 3 months! I thought it was high time to check back in and catch you up on what I have been up to (and maybe this will...
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The Sydney-Decorah Daily Temperature Blanket
My recent knitting and crocheting projects have mostly involved toys, accessories (scarves, fingerless gloves, etc), little hearts, little stars, bunting, apple cozies and baby clothes (NOT for me...I...
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Update on my Sydney-Decorah Temperature Blanket
31 March marked the end of two months and four rows on my temperature blanket. I am pretty excited by how the blanket is progressing. I am about a week behind, but have been collecting the...
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Lego Storage
Until about a month ago, my boys had a casual interest in Lego, but it was nothing really more than that. When my family came to visit last year, my mom brought along the Legos that my sister and I had...
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A long overdue blanket update...
Ok - I admit it. I am waaaaay behind on my temperature blanket. All was going well, and at one point in April, I was completely caught up. Then I got behind again and decided to take the blanket and...
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Temperature Blanket Pattern
Some of my knitting/crocheting/fiber arts friends have asked me for the pattern for the Sydney-Decorah Temperature Blanket. (For posts about how this blanket as come to be, see here, here and here.) It...
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