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Canadian ex-pat, "retired" biochemist, now settled in Silicon Valley. Watch her avoid housework by over-booking her kids, and taking on too many knitting projects! The thrills! The spills! The microwaved suppers!

Friday, August 31, 2007

First Day of School

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I'm such a slacker. I nearly didn't get this shot. We were piling into the car, and I had to go and snag Skip's friend, and Ski...
Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Interpersonal School Dilemma

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Back story: Last year, Kelly had a little boy in her class, let's call him Tony. I wrote about him a few times. He was the one who, on...
Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Nearly Lost in the Noise

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I almost forgot, what with all the youth excitement of the weekend, Nate took another step towards becoming the Blond Bruce Lee. Hello black...
Monday, August 27, 2007

The Suite Life...

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Saturday, we hosted the Summer Wrap-Up event with the youth group from church. The youth leader also happens to be my barrista at my local S...
Thursday, May 03, 2007

Week of Suck: The recap

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Well, I'll be glad to see the end of this week. Let's recap, shall we? 1. Monday, Kelly gets hit in the head with a rock at school....
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Wednesday, May 02, 2007

Oh say, Can You Hear?

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Last night, Skip and Nate and Ken took the Caltrain up to the city, so Skip could run out onto the field at the baseball park (PacBell? AT...
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Friday, April 27, 2007

Knitting Frogs say...

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What does a knitting frog say? Rip-it... Rip-it I was working on the light-blue socks. And I was making really good progress on the first...
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Sunday, April 22, 2007

Decisions, decisions

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I'm getting ready to knit my first pair of "Gift Socks". My friend has told me that she's partial to 'periwinkle blue...
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Friday, March 09, 2007

Gonna Have to Face It...

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...I'm addicted to socks. My lights are on, but I'm not home My hands... are not my own.... My heart sweats, my body shakes Another ...
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Thursday, March 08, 2007

Fix My Breasts

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The big all-school variety show is coming up this weekend. Kelly is beside herself with excitement. She's going to be a mermaid. For th...
Sunday, November 19, 2006

Adventures in Dyeing

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Oh man, I'm out of control. Yarn! Dye! First it was KoolAid dyeing... (did you *KNOW* there's a little second-hand-esque store nea...
Thursday, September 21, 2006

44th

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It is Cross Country season. I've been quietly (and not so quietly) nudging Skip in the direction of signing up for the Cross Country te...
Monday, September 18, 2006

Ten True Things

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I blatantly stole this from Finn. She's my hero. 1. Tomorrow is Talk Like A Pirate Day. Get out your eye patches and swashbuckling g...
Sunday, September 10, 2006

Socks on Steroids...

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Ah, the Harlotty goodness that was yesterday... I managed to navigate my way to Full Thread Ahead without incident, and actually got there ...
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Saturday, September 09, 2006

Harlotty Anticipation

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Gracious. I have spent the entire morning flitting around like a moth. Ooh! Sparkly things. Ooh. Take a dish out of the dishwasher. Ooh. ...
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Friday, August 25, 2006

Last day of Art Camp. Company Picnic.

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Skip and Kelly had their last day of Fine Art Camp last Friday. I dropped them off (on time! Go me!), and then went on a cleaning/packing ...

26/52 ABC *P*

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P is for... PIRATE And not just any pirate. That's Dread Pirate Skippy... er, I mean Roberts.
Thursday, August 03, 2006

My New Boyfriend

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So, on a complete lark this morning, I decided to take the kids up to The City. I'd read in a diarist that I'd found on the front p...
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Kemma
Silicon Valley, United States
I'm a Canadian ex-pat, living in Silicon Valley. Gentle is my daughter's (late) hamster. Gentleknits is my 'brand' on my handknit goods. "Kemma Parker" is a pseudonym.
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