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If You Want My Body (of work), And You Think I’m A Good Writer

Posted by Barely Knit Together on Aug 26, 2009 in Writing

Come on, sugar. Let me know.
I have entered a contest to win fabulous prizes and a luxury vacation! Well, it’s fairly luxurious. And it’s in Utah!  I’ve never been west of Avon, Ohio, and that was for a business trip to a hazardous waste treatment plant, so you can imagine my excitement about the possibility [...]

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Product Reviews: Green Edition Part I

Posted by Barely Knit Together on Aug 23, 2009 in Fiber Friday, Going Green, Homemaking Made Easy

Like many modern moms, I work hard to find ways to run my household in an environmentally responsible way. There are amazing new products out there meant to help us be good stewards of our resources and to leave minimal impact on our landfills and in our air and water systems.  As an added bonus, [...]

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Teach Your Children

Posted by Barely Knit Together on Aug 19, 2009 in The Soap Box

This is an open letter to teenagers. I know they won’t read it. And if they do, they probably won’t really get it for a while yet. But maybe if I put something incendiary in here, it will capture their attention just long enough to lodge in their brains and be remembered at some later [...]

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I Can Sell Anything, Part I

Posted by Barely Knit Together on Aug 16, 2009 in People Are Idiots

I know I just did a whole spiel on why I won’t become one of those product-reviewing mommy bloggers, but immediately afterward I got hit with some sweet propositions that I just couldn’t pass up. So for the next few weeks, while I get some real writing done, I will be posting reviews. I [...]

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All I Wanna Do Is Zumba Zum Zum Zum Part I

Posted by Barely Knit Together on Aug 12, 2009 in Embarrassing Moments

I took my second Zumba class last night. In case you’ve been under a rock for the last three years, as I have, Zumba is an exercise phenomenon based on Latin dance moves. Essentially, for an hour you try to dislodge your hips from that pesky lumbar spine holding it in place, and also, learn [...]

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Wheels

Posted by Barely Knit Together on Aug 8, 2009 in Writing

My daughter got her driver’s license last week, which has made me feel kind of old, and kind of nostalgic. We bought her a 1995 VW Jetta from a friend of mine and just finished getting it road-ready, but she still can’t drive it since it’s a manual transmission.
But I can.
I took that car out [...]

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Free Advice

Posted by Barely Knit Together on Aug 7, 2009 in Mental Stability

Do this at least once a week.  I highly recommend it as an antidote for wanting to throw yourself in front of moving vehicles.

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Six Degrees of Separation and Divorce

Facebook is convincing me that we are at the end of any possible advancement as a species.
Take the “We’re Related” application.
Essentially, you can add your relatives, who then add theirs, etc., so you can see exactly why that nephew of yours is a little off, what with his parents being second cousins and everything.
I once [...]

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