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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!

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Hamster CageMatch 2009

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So today is Science Fair. Kelly and Alice put together a lovely poster with just enough information to hold the attention of their classmate...
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Monday, April 27, 2009

Remodel Day 55. Catching Up.

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Yesterday was supposed to be a day of rest. Yeah. Right. On our way home from church, Other Ken called to see if we wanted to take back the ...
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Saturday, April 25, 2009

Remodel Day 54. The Desk.

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We're off to a wedding this afternoon. I thought the wedding was tomorrow... until yesterday. Wouldn't be a problem except that last...

Remodel Day 50. Kitchen Floors!

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This is just a bit out of order, but I wanted to remember when things happened. On Monday, Maurice and Andrew finished installing all the ba...
Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Remodel Day 51. Sink Drama.

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On the weekend, Ken and I needed to get stuff done for the kitchen in a big way. I'd signed the contract for the countertops on Friday, ...

Remodel Day 49. Brief Tour #2

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The guys were BUSY today! And it was hot, hot, HOT! I tried to keep the fridge full of cold drinks, just so they didn't keel over from ...
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Remodel Day 49. Brief Tour #1

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I just realized I could edit the remodel photos in picnik! This could get addicting. Of course, I've been wasting time too much, and now...
Sunday, April 19, 2009

Remodel Day 48. Countertop Teaser

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Yesterday, we put our "sample" of granite up on top of one of the installed cabinets, to get an idea of how tall the bar-height co...
Saturday, April 18, 2009

Remodel Day 47. Cabinets!

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What were you doing at 4:30am today? I was running around the house in a panic, wondering why "The Final Countdown" was blaring at...

Remodel Day 47. Cinderella

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Kelly has discovered "housework", and she couldn't be happier! She thinks it is all that and a bag of chips. Yesterday, she d...

Remodel Day 46. Priming and Granite

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Friday was Grandma's last day at our house. She knew that she'd be having an evening flight, and that she'd be up pretty late on...
Saturday, April 11, 2009

Remodel Day 39. Primer!

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Ken has The Littles at Kung Fu, and Skip is upstairs conquering some alien galaxy in Starcraft, and so it is up to me today to get a little ...
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Wednesday, April 08, 2009

Speedy Rodents!

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So, it's Science Fair time again. Over the past years, we've managed to avoid the hub-bub of Science Fair, even though I *know* that...
Monday, April 06, 2009

Remodel Day 37. Catch up. With cabinets!

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OH man, I am SO far behind in my little 'documentary'. Crazily enough, each and every day, I'm taking pictures, and thinking ...
Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Remodel Day 28. Peeling.

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I will admit it here. Freely. I cannot leave well-enough alone. I see a pan of brownies with a few missing? I'll take a knife and just...
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Remodel Day 27. Windows and window shopping.

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Monday. I'm almost caught up. Monday, bright and early, Maurice showed up and started getting to work on putting in the door and big win...
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Remodel Day 26. Like Santa

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Friday night, I was up late, photographing a Youth Event with our church. The kids took over a local ice rink, and played broomball into th...
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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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