Tag: Yule

Do they know it’s Christmas?

Do they know it’s Christmas?

December 20, 2011 by Maire in Hobbies / 0 Comments

Once upon a time (1984) there was this guy.  We’ll call him Bob.  Bob saw that there was this famine happening in Ethiopia and wanted to do something about it. He was in a band, so he wrote a song, invited a bunch of friends to sing it along with him (they called themselves “Band-Aid”), […]

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At least the TV is festive!

At least the TV is festive!

December 19, 2011 by Maire in Whimsy / 0 Comments

I’m not going to say that I have all my Christmas knitting done, because the moment I say that is the moment that someone in the family tells me five different things that they want me to knit that would make them the happiest person on the face of the earth. That said, I’ve done […]

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Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

December 24, 2010 by Maire in Events, Hobbies / 4 Comments

So far, today has been nice and relaxing, aside from a little traffic.  We went for a wonderful breakfast, and picked up a couple of things that Robin needed from one of the stores (not the mall, thank goodness).  We’re now taking a little time to rest up for the main holiday events. I’ve been […]

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Surviving the Mall

Surviving the Mall

December 3, 2010 by Maire in Events, Hobbies / 4 Comments

Aside from the weird colours of “plaid” displayed at the local Tommy Hilfiger shop, we found this sweater that had to boldly assert the fact that it is, indeed, fair-isle.  WTF? Seriously, if the husbeast wasn’t already aware of what Fair-Isle knitting was, this would stump him.  I can see men all over the world […]

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Whatever Happened to Saturday Night?

Whatever Happened to Saturday Night?

November 20, 2010 by Maire in Hobbies / 0 Comments

We are totally exhausted. Today was spent in preparation for Christmas.  We got up early and started cleaning the main floor of the house.  Most of the counters are clean, the floor is scrubbed…even the table is almost prepared.  I even have a very sweet husband making my dinner in the kitchen (Yay!  Meatlog! …er…Meatloaf….). […]

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