http://blog.barbaradelinsky.com/ en Copyright 2009 Fri, 02 Jan 2009 11:01:23 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification http://blog.barbaradelinsky.com/2009/01/contest-winner.html http://blog.barbaradelinsky.com/2009/01/contest-winner.html While My Sister Sleeps contest While My Sister Sleeps Fri, 02 Jan 2009 11:01:23 -0500 most often, if the truth be told), it has to do with diet - I resolve to lose those eight pounds that seem to be my yo-yo shadow.

This year it's different, which isn't to say that I'm better with regard to all of the above, just that this year I'm taking a different approach. 
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Act fast! ]]> http://blog.barbaradelinsky.com/2008/12/a-novel-gift-idea.html http://blog.barbaradelinsky.com/2008/12/a-novel-gift-idea.html The Secret Between Us The Secret Between Us Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:30:40 -0500
Being a knitter, I think about homemade gifts a lot.  Actually, how can I not? 
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But wait.  Let's back up for some unfinished business.  Remember the squash I mailed frozen last Tuesday night? 
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So here's the challenge. 
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I just did my annual fall migration, meaning that I pulled all of my scarves from their summer hideaway to a front-and-center winter spot.  Do I have a scarf collection?
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I have a plan, but I need your help to carry it out. 
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The official publication date is February 17, 2009.  But you, my dear reader, may be able to get an early copy of the book.
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While President-elect Obama hunkers down to pick his team and make the transition of power as smooth as possible in this remarkable democracy of ours, what are we back to doing? 
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Weekend before last, I was at a library event and had the pleasure of meeting two dynamic women.  Bear with me, here.  I'm still talking sticky buns.  ]]> http://blog.barbaradelinsky.com/2008/10/do-you-love-sticky-buns.html http://blog.barbaradelinsky.com/2008/10/do-you-love-sticky-buns.html The Secret Between Us The Secret Between Us Wed, 29 Oct 2008 06:12:39 -0500
And the things it allows me to do? 
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So what do I do? 
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What did I catch reading While My Sister Sleeps?  I caught a single "hydrangea" that should have been the plural "hydrangeas" to go with the verb "were."  I caught one spot where "daughter" was supposed to be "son."  I caught a couple of places where the quotation mark was missing at the end of a line of dialogue. 
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I'm asking for a reason.  When my kids were little, I had colds constantly.  Then they passed the constant-cold phase, I started taking Vitamin C, and I had no more than one cold a year or two.  Now the colds are back.  If this is the price of being a Grammi to very young grandkids, I'll gladly pay it.  But how to deal?

Here's the immediate problem ... 
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