http://www.thebiglug.com/ Copyright 2008 Tue, 06 May 2008 20:40:39 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss As I said in my last post, I definitely wanted to buy BrooksFarm and Tess at Maryland and they were the first booths I hit! At the Tess booth I picked up two skeins of her SuperSocks and Baby yarn... http://www.thebiglug.com/archives/2008/05/the_yarny_goodn.html http://www.thebiglug.com/archives/2008/05/the_yarny_goodn.html Tue, 06 May 2008 20:40:39 -0500 All week I told people that I was trying to go to Maryland Sheep and Wool. Most people I talked to gave me that pleasant smile and "Oh, that sounds nice" that they would've given me if I said I... http://www.thebiglug.com/archives/2008/05/maryland_2008_w.html http://www.thebiglug.com/archives/2008/05/maryland_2008_w.html Mon, 05 May 2008 21:02:39 -0500 Does anyone remember this from Perfect Strangers? Well for me it's Maryland Sheep and Wool or Burst. I'm (hopefully) heading down to MDS&W on Saturday with my SIL lfor some yarn-buying, alpaca-petting, potato-ribbon-eating, bloggy-friend-reuniting, fun times. I am really excited... http://www.thebiglug.com/archives/2008/04/maryland_or_bur.html http://www.thebiglug.com/archives/2008/04/maryland_or_bur.html Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:15:57 -0500 Taking a long weekend to go to my friend Mary and Todd's wedding as well as paint our hallway and foyer. Inventing a dish at that wedding called pigamari. That's where you take pork from a roast pig and put... http://www.thebiglug.com/archives/2008/03/what_ive_been_u.html http://www.thebiglug.com/archives/2008/03/what_ive_been_u.html Random Thoughts Mon, 03 Mar 2008 13:41:47 -0500 So I don't blog as often as I used to, right? So imagine my surprise when Potter Craft emailed me and offered to send me some books they were publishing and told me they linked to my blog. Let's say... http://www.thebiglug.com/archives/2008/02/book_review_twi.html http://www.thebiglug.com/archives/2008/02/book_review_twi.html Sat, 02 Feb 2008 21:11:14 -0500 I have travelled approximately 5400 miles in the past 2 days. On Wednesday I travelled to Irvine California for work, went to a meeting Thursday, got on the red-eye and walked across my doorway at 7am this morning. Here's what... http://www.thebiglug.com/archives/2008/02/the_overhead_bi.html http://www.thebiglug.com/archives/2008/02/the_overhead_bi.html Fri, 01 Feb 2008 20:40:39 -0500 We've been in this house since about June of 2006. So about a year and a half. One of the first things we did when we moved in was remove all the window treatments the former owner so kindly left... http://www.thebiglug.com/archives/2008/01/crafty_weekend.html http://www.thebiglug.com/archives/2008/01/crafty_weekend.html Sun, 27 Jan 2008 21:07:55 -0500 The pattern is from a booklet Knitting for Babies that I picked up in the supermarket. The pattern was called "Baby Cabled Cardigan." Yarn is Patons Classic Merino Wool. I started knitting this cardigan when I was pregnant. I... http://www.thebiglug.com/archives/2008/01/baby_cabled_car.html http://www.thebiglug.com/archives/2008/01/baby_cabled_car.html Sat, 19 Jan 2008 15:51:02 -0500 I have knitting updates to do later tonight, but for now, enjoy your Friday my pretty young things.... http://www.thebiglug.com/archives/2008/01/happy_friday.html http://www.thebiglug.com/archives/2008/01/happy_friday.html Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:26:22 -0500 One of the great joys of having a child? Germs. I got hit HARD with the snot bug from Baby Lug. It was a knock-down, drag-out war between the snot and me, but then I pulled out my secret weapon,... http://www.thebiglug.com/archives/2008/01/i_fought_the_sn.html http://www.thebiglug.com/archives/2008/01/i_fought_the_sn.html Wed, 09 Jan 2008 20:50:53 -0500 Christmastime with an 8-month-old meant...blockading the tree, trips to see Santa, and the question of whether or not an 8-month-old needed gifts. We want his birthday and Christmas to be special to him, but don't really want him to have... http://www.thebiglug.com/archives/2008/01/green_momma_pre.html http://www.thebiglug.com/archives/2008/01/green_momma_pre.html Fri, 04 Jan 2008 09:30:00 -0500 A lengthy 2007 retrospective is called for here, but the year can pretty much be summed up by one thing: Life became very baby-centric for Mr. Lug and I. I spent three gloriously tiring months on maternity leave, went back... http://www.thebiglug.com/archives/2008/01/happy_new_year_1.html http://www.thebiglug.com/archives/2008/01/happy_new_year_1.html Tue, 01 Jan 2008 22:10:49 -0500 Every year I can't wait until Christmas is here and every year I am so happy when it's over and I can get back to my normal ho-hum days! Since Christmas Eve and Christmas Day fell on Monday and Tuesday... http://www.thebiglug.com/archives/2007/12/christmas_highl.html http://www.thebiglug.com/archives/2007/12/christmas_highl.html Sat, 29 Dec 2007 21:14:10 -0500 Baby Lug Uncontrollable Laughter . I'm not the internet savviest, but here's my Christmas gift to you dear readers (all 5 of you) - the best sound in the whole world to me... Happy Holidays!... http://www.thebiglug.com/archives/2007/12/merry_christmas.html http://www.thebiglug.com/archives/2007/12/merry_christmas.html Tue, 25 Dec 2007 23:07:48 -0500 Lucy Van Pelt: I know how you feel about all this Christmas business, getting depressed and all that. It happens to me every year. I never get what I really want. I always get a lot of stupid toys or... http://www.thebiglug.com/archives/2007/12/oh_by_gosh_by_g.html http://www.thebiglug.com/archives/2007/12/oh_by_gosh_by_g.html Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:28:06 -0500