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2/9/2008 11:13:10 AM
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For those of you nimble fingers at work, my admiration. For those of you suffering with the inspiration blahs, my sympathy. Winter blahs can be deadly on knitting mojo, I`ve been there. Right now I am cautiously sidling up to UFOs. I am in Florida now at my DD#3 for knee replacement surgery in 3 weeks and I am hoping to knit away the time. In a surge of ambition, I brought several UFOs here with me. Helps me feel in control of things. I`ll be here almost 3 mos, so here I go on the Luna Amerah silk top for DD#2. It`s a gold color. So hang in there all of you other intrepid knitters! Spring is just around the corner! Evie
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2/9/2008 12:24:49 PM
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bets
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I`m jealous. People have to peel your grapes and give you the remote.
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2/9/2008 1:09:03 PM
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SeeJayneKnit
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Yeah, I`ve been feeling pretty blah the last week or so. We`ve had waaaay too much snow and it`s clogged up everything, hard to get out and walk.
Plus I`ve hit one of those weeks where I`m depressed and can`t do much about it. Spinning helps. Spring usually comes early around here, so here`s hoping.
Hope your surgery goes well, Evie!
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2/9/2008 1:34:25 PM
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Lisa W
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ack! i hear you! typical january and february blahs I think, better if you get outside for a bit every day ( but it`s been -10 or so every day for the past week)..i`ve been hibernating and quiet, going to bed early and knitting and reading. Last weekend though, I braved the subzero temps and met up with a local knitter I met on Ravelry. That was really nice! Best wishes for your new knee! It will make all the difference in the world for you!
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2/9/2008 3:55:51 PM
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benne
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Evie, this blah thing must be an epidemic! I`m all out of sorts too, grumpy like that poor groundhog they wake up every year and make go outside in the weather just to see if he has a shadow. Who started that anyway??? It is a good time for your UFOs - get them done and get a new knee. :-)
benne
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2/9/2008 5:22:14 PM
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jeanflores
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Same here. Mine is I-hate-the-house-the-Army-gave-us-and-oh-joy-now-it`s-the-grey-of-winter.
That said, Dan and I painted the stairway today. It was a dingy once white, now yellow from years of people living in this house before us. We weren`t going to paint it because we thought we were leaving this Summer. We painted it stark white instead of the tan we painted the rest of the downstairs. It`s so dark in this house that the white really brightens things up. I`ve walked up and down the stairs at least ten times just to admire our work. We put up a shelf and pictures. It`s like a new place.
I really believe that if we aren`t happy in the place we live it drains us of other joys. I`ve always gotten angry at others for not making the best of it in this transient life but I think I have a new understanding now. Every time we do a little something to make this place more of a home I feel a little better.
Peace,
Jean
PS - Death to the groundhog! And I`m an animal lover.
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2/9/2008 11:00:05 PM
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evelyn
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Hi Evie
Good Luck with your new knees. Are you haviang one or two done? I had both done at once 6 years ago. If you have any questions, just ask. You can reach me at don dot ev at rogers dot com
It was rough for a while but I don`t think I would have gone back for the second one if I hadn`t had them don at the same time.
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2/10/2008 12:11:05 PM
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Thanks, Evelyn: I had one done 11 years ago. It has been really hard to commit to do the other, but I can barely walk, so here I am. Terrified. But looking forward to mobility and painfree. Evie
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2/10/2008 1:32:55 PM
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SeeJayneKnit
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I believe that surgery has radically improved since 11 years ago, Evie, bet it goes better this time :)
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2/10/2008 5:22:42 PM
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omaw
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Do hope the surgery goes well and you have a speedy rehab.
Olive
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2/10/2008 8:34:04 PM
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suzann
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Good luck with the knee surgary Evie. My dr is trying to talk me into it.
I have the blahs, cause we haven`t had any winter. I endure the summer, heat and humidity because I know there will be a winter. Not this year. bah. The Canadians are not doing their part and sending down the cold stuff. :-)
Suzann
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2/10/2008 11:09:03 PM
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evelyn
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That`s for sure Suzann. We`re keeping all our winter stuff. We are all snowed in and can`t take another day. It hasn`t stopped snowing for over a week now and there is another week of it coming. We have run out of places to put it. Want me to put some in a white box and send it to you?
By the way, most of the winter storms that we get here in my town come from the US mid west. You don`t get all your winter weather from the north. When you have bad weather in the Gulf states, you can be assured that in a few days our Canadian Eastern provinces will get the worst of it.
However, enough is enough.
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