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A New Hampshire Knitter

Join me as I make my way knitting, quilting, reading, and yes, occasionally enjoying a good bottle of wine.

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- May 22, 2013

All the stitch markers in my etsy shop, EvidentlyMotley, have been price reduced for quick sale.

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No Spend Month

- August 18, 2017

Happy Friday! I've recently decided (recently meaning within the last couple hours) to do a "No Spend Month" Challenge for the month of September. Am I crazy for doing this? I kinda feel a bit crazy. I went onto Pinterest, searching for hints and tips and whatnot, and quickly fell down the rabbit hole. (To be honest though, "Went to Pinterest" and "fell down the rabbit hole" are a bit synonymous.) I suppose the decision to do this started brewing a couple months ago- I created an account with YNAB (You Need A Budget.) They're not paying me to say this, but I seriously love it. It's $50 a year, but I've already saved over that each month. What's cool about it is it is extremely similar to the envelope system, and I can pretty much SEE every dollar I have- which is something a notepad and a pencil can't do all that easily. But it's hard to say exactly HOW MUCH I'm saving- because while the regular, known, expenses a...

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- January 22, 2016

My kitty, Molly. Who is an absolute sweetheart. Don't you want to just rub that belly?

"Hey Hey LBJ"... wait a minute, wrong President

- January 15, 2012

I had hoped to be writing to announce that I had completed my mitred square afghan, or my slipper socks, or any of my pairs of mittens, but alas, I am writing not of knitting, but of a book I'm reading. A lot of us listen to audiobooks while knitting, and household chores, and I am no different. (In fact, I fully admit to listening to audiobooks while at work.) Currently, I am reading Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America , which is actually quite good. I bought it using a credit from Audible , and I had thought it would be mostly of President Nixon and his presidency, and Vietnam. However, it's quite the opposite. The book starts off with Nixon's background, and rise to the White house, and then shifts to focus mostly of the chaos in American society. I am not quite done yet, I still have approximately 12 hours left, and I believe I will enjoy every minute of those 12 hours.