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I'm making some scarlet and gray spirit scarves for my sister, who works at Ohio State. I'm really excited about them, because hopefully her co-workers will like them and order some, too. I finished my first two within only a few short hours of crocheting, so this could be very lucrative for me. I'm also working on a purse for myself, but I have to wait until my husband gets home to help me unwind a ball of double-threaded yarn into two separate balls. Fun, fun, fun!

I finished my seemingly endless slipper project. I never thought that project would end! I was happy to be making them, because they were a custom order and I wanted to do a good job for my customer. But after a while, it became an endless sea of purple single crochet stitche… Continue

Lately I've been feeling very torn, and as is usually the case when that happens, I feel incomplete. The reason for all this angst is that I have two jobs (more than that if you count the ones I DON'T get paid for, like mom and wife), and I love them both, but I wish they were balanced in reverse. Let me explain ... I am a high school teacher, and I love teaching high school. I do not, however, love all the other crap that comes with that job. I don't like being observed by administrators who l… Continue