Grab Your Kleenex and Support Operation Purple Heart
Cpl. Nicolas Raymond Beauchamp, 28, of the 5th Field Ambulance in
Valcartier, Que., and Pte. Michel Levesque, 25, of the 3rd battalion of
the Royal 22nd Regiment, also in Valcartier were tragically killed this weekend in Afghanistan. This brings our total deaths in combat to 73 soldiers and one diplomat.
In tribute to …
What a Purl of a Store!
I was very privileged to be allowed early entry to The Purple Purl. So early that the windows were still covered with paper! My good friend Jennifer and my new friend Miko are the proud entrepreneurs who have put their heart and soul (and in Miko’s case her lungs) into the store. In a scant 6 weeks they transformed a dingy antique store into a vibrant yarn cafe. There is already a sense of community happening and it’s only been open for two days!
7 circles of technical hell
Last weekend about this time I decided that something was strange with my laptop. It was behaving badly, not recognizing things that it used to and having fits of geekness when it shouldn’t.
“oh frig it, I’ll just reformat and that will fix everything”
Little did I know that that innocent …
Reaching Out
We heard on Friday that our CFO has lymphoma. Instantly the requests started pouring into my email from coworkers who know of my work with Heartmade Blessings…can you make her a blanket? Can we help? Can I do anything with power tools?
It’s not fair!
I got some wonderful roving today from Copperpot. Oh wow I can’t wait to spin this. But sadly I have to. I must must
must finish my Christmas knitting/crocheting first. I did finish the socks, but next is an afghan and a shawl for presents. I also am …