Monthly Archives: December 2007

women’s work

Posted on December 29, 2007 by Dichroic

Crap. I’m up into the heel flap on the sock for Rudder and just realized the foot is too short for him. On the plus side, it looks good; the changes I made to the Diamond Waffle heel to account … Continue reading →

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randomness

Posted on December 28, 2007 by dichroic

Frrst, in case you missed the previous post, thankso those commented in my uncle’s blog or who otherwise sent good thoughts and wishes. Weird little health issues: I realized this morning that somewhere in the last day or two my … Continue reading →

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a thank you

Posted on December 27, 2007 by dichroic

To those who wrote comments in my uncle’s blog and to those who are keeping him in their good wishes. When I spoke to him last night, he was doing well, beginning to sit up and looking ahead to starting … Continue reading →

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not good news

Posted on December 27, 2007 by dichroic

I really haven’t written much about my uncle here, I don’t think (kept that for friends-only posts on LJ) but since he’s discussed his case in a blog I guess I can too. I did mention that he visited us … Continue reading →

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A few pictures

Posted on December 26, 2007 by Dichroic

A Tree Grows in Taipei: (or doesn’t, since it’s a fake one, But the spirit is there. Some Christmassy earrings I made somewhere during getting the spare room / craft room set up:

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hacking

Posted on December 26, 2007 by Dichroic

I am getting really, really sick of this cough. It started out as a quiet little dry thing back several days before we left the Netherlands (so nearly two weeks ago now), but it’s still going, now louder and with … Continue reading →

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more socks

Posted on December 24, 2007 by dichroic

On the left are the pair I finished for Rudder a while bck – by the time I was done I was so fed up with the yarn that I never wove in the ends until a couple days ago. … Continue reading →

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oh my ears and whiskers, I’m nearly late

Posted on December 22, 2007 by Dichroic

I am in trouble. Today’s shopping was not successful, which means that I either don’t have a gift for Rudder’s birthday (tomorrow) or don’t have one for him for Christmas. I was *planning* to buy a portable DVD player that … Continue reading →

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a blessing on your head, mazel tov, mazel tov

Posted on December 21, 2007 by Dichroic

Some things are more difficult to write when you know your famliy will be reading. Over on the travel blog, I just wrote that at our apartment, “things are generally not in the state where you’d be comfortable having your … Continue reading →

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awake and annoyed

Posted on December 19, 2007 by Dichroic

We are back. The flight home was unexpectedly painless as we both slept 5-6 hours of the 10-hour leg from Amsterdam to Bangkok. And now it’s 2AM and I’m awake, though it’s less about jetlag and more about not being … Continue reading →

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