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Alexa, you will be missed

11th October 2011 By stephanie

Last Thursday, one of our friends, Alexa Simmons, died. I’m only able to blog about it now, after the numbness has worn off and I’m not crying uncontrollably. She had hydrocephalus (caused by EDS and Chiari ) and was in the ICU (one step below air-lock). She’d been in there for a while with infections […]

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: EDS, meningitis

Why is the Starship Craftybiz So Awesome?

8th October 2011 By stephanie

  My Internet Guru Web Ninja, who also happens to be my husband*, just made me an affiliate button for the group I belong to: Tara Swiger’s amazing Starship Craftybiz. It’s a forum, stuffed with classes, that helps people who are making their craft hobby into a business. Tara has been doing stuff like this […]

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Filed Under: Work Tagged With: crafting a business, knitting, starship craftybiz, tara swiger

Review of Laura Kalpakian’s “Cosette: The Sequel to Les Misérables”

30th September 2011 By stephanie

I love this much-maligned “sequel” to Les Misérables, because I do not look at it strictly as a sequel. Yes, it contains many of the same characters in name, who in the original novel act in certain ways and have recognizable traits of personality, and in Kalpakian’s book do not act in the same way. […]

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Filed Under: Play Tagged With: bibliophilia, book review, books, les miserables, reading, sequel

Leaving Feedback on Etsy

24th August 2011 By stephanie

I came across a forum post on Etsy, about Newbies Guide to buying on Etsy. The original poster, AprilMarieMai, thinks that it is rude for sellers to ask buyers for feedback, but that it’s OK for buyers to ask sellers for feedback. She wrote in an excerpt: “Buy something! There are many reasons to go ahead […]

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Tangerine Bananiere Scarf

2nd August 2011 By stephanie

Wow, I finished this! I’ll take a picture of it when I have a spare moment. (Thanks to Tara Swiger, the Blonde Chicken, for her yarn.)

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Filed Under: Work Tagged With: etsy, knitting, orange, scarf, scarves, tangerine, tara swiger

Yarn and Chronic Illness

5th July 2011 By stephanie

Do you have a chronic illness that makes your skin hurt, or sensitive to different touches and fabrics? You’ve come to the right place! I have had severe chronic pain since I was 18, and have many friends with chronic illnesses. I met my husband on a website for people with chronic illnesses. He has […]

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Filed Under: Work Tagged With: afghans, blankets, chronic pain, EDS, fibromyalgia, headaches, hydrocephalus, knitting, migraine, scarf, scarves, shawl, throws

Doctor appointment tomorrow

3rd July 2011 By stephanie

I’m seeing the doctor tomorrow, because he wouldn’t do his job last week. Last week’s appointment was supposed to be a routine request for repeats, a referral to a neurologist (start as early on it as possible because it takes a long time) and an increase in my duloxetine for migraines. He refused to increase […]

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: chronic pain, headaches, hydrocephalus, migraine

Etsy site v. 2.0

29th June 2011 By stephanie

I need ideas for a name for my revamped Etsy shop. The old shop will be closing, and everything will be moved to the new one. I want to tie the site you are now on together with satellite Facebook and Twitter accounts, so that it’s easier for people to find me. I just suck […]

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Filed Under: Work Tagged With: crafting a business, etsy, knitting

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I've been knitting since I was ten, I have a frightening number of books, and love watching "Air Crash Investigation" while I knit with a cat in my face.
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