{"id":3112,"date":"2009-12-06T14:59:08","date_gmt":"2009-12-06T21:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=3112"},"modified":"2009-12-06T14:59:08","modified_gmt":"2009-12-06T21:59:08","slug":"bits-and-bobs-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=3112","title":{"rendered":"Bits and bobs"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>I&#8217;ve baked 22 mini-loaves as Christmas gifts this year.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;ve got a few more to bake before I can declare myself done.<\/li>\n<li>A moth ate a whole in my Big Shrug. I&#8217;m so upset and trying to get all my wool into bags before they are eaten too!\u00c2\u00a0 \ud83d\ude41<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m already planning to knit myself another Big Shrug out of something that moths don&#8217;t like.\u00c2\u00a0 Anyone have a suggestion?<\/li>\n<li>We have snow predicted in our forecast for tomorrow &#8211; it&#8217;s crazy!<\/li>\n<li>When Sissy goes to bed &#8211; or down for a nap &#8211; her routine is to say goodnight to everything she sees on her way.\u00c2\u00a0 Some of my recent favorites are<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<blockquote>\n<li>Nigh-night tree! (Christmas tree)<\/li>\n<li>Nigh-night Jesus! (one of our nativities is on her path to bed)<\/li>\n<li>Nigh-night house!<\/li>\n<li>Nigh-night sun!<\/li>\n<li>and the silliest:\u00c2\u00a0 Nigh-night beard! (Daddy&#8217;s beard)<\/li>\n<\/blockquote>\n<li>I said I wasn&#8217;t going to make myself crazy by trying to knit Christmas presents, but then I looked at my Christmas list and I have a couple of people who I think will really appreciate knitted gifts &#8211; so I&#8217;m knitting my fingers off!\u00c2\u00a0 I have just under 3 weeks to finish!\u00c2\u00a0 I can do it!<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;ve been very depressed lately. Holidays can be so hard and the grey weather really sets me off.\u00c2\u00a0 This is why I was a bad Oregonian.\u00c2\u00a0 I loved it there, but I need the sun.\u00c2\u00a0 I *did* LOVE The Dalles though.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;d go back and live there tomorrow if we had to&#8230;of course, I&#8217;d be bringing my extended family with me&#8230;and I don&#8217;t think they&#8217;d go!<\/li>\n<li>There is nothing under our tree (until I wrap the items I&#8217;m knitting).\u00c2\u00a0 One reason is that we are really scaling back this Christmas.\u00c2\u00a0 Only a family gift (A Wii Lord willing) and stockings.\u00c2\u00a0 Also Eric&#8217;s side of the family agreed to not exchange gifts.\u00c2\u00a0 It&#8217;s sort of a relief as so many of us are finding it pretty hard financially this year.\u00c2\u00a0 We are blessed but extras are just not happening.\u00c2\u00a0 I really like the simplicity it&#8217;s allowing though.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>OK &#8211; I&#8217;d better get some knitting in before Sissy wakes up from her nap!<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=3112\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><div class=\"pinterest_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2F%3Fp%3D3112&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F10%2Fcropped-poppy-150x150.jpg&#038;description=Bits%20and%20bobs\" data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-config=\"beside\"><img src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/pidgets\/pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20.png\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=3112\" data-text=\"Bits and bobs\" data-via=\"Knitnmom\" >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a class=\"tumblr-share-button\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/share\" data-title=\"Bits and bobs\" data-content=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=3112\" title=\"Share on Tumblr\"data-posttype=\"link\">Share on Tumblr<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button\" href=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=3112\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\" ><span>Print<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;width:150px;\"><ul style=\"background-image:none;\"><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Bits%20and%20bobs&body=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2F%3Fp%3D3112&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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