Comments on: Loose Ends, Weekends https://wordsonpageblog.com/2011/10/loose-ends-weekends.html a freelance writing resource. Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:53:22 +0000 hourly 1 By: Lori https://wordsonpageblog.com/2011/10/loose-ends-weekends.html#comment-9461 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:53:22 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2011/10/loose-ends-weekends.html/#comment-9461 What a nice time, Damaria! I'm glad you got to spend time with family and friends.

]]> By: Damaria Senne https://wordsonpageblog.com/2011/10/loose-ends-weekends.html#comment-9460 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 07:37:35 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2011/10/loose-ends-weekends.html/#comment-9460 I had a great weekend. My younger sister and niece came up from Durban to visit me and I called friends round to let them know they were home. So we had an open house and it was lovely spending time with them and everyone else.

Work is going on well.

]]> By: Lori https://wordsonpageblog.com/2011/10/loose-ends-weekends.html#comment-9459 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 20:35:40 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2011/10/loose-ends-weekends.html/#comment-9459 ROFLMAO! Wendy, that's great!

Anne, sounds like a wonderful symposium!

]]> By: Anne Wayman https://wordsonpageblog.com/2011/10/loose-ends-weekends.html#comment-9458 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 20:19:42 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2011/10/loose-ends-weekends.html/#comment-9458 actually coming home sounds spontaneous to me… I facilitated an awakening the dreamer symposium (www.awakeningthedreamer.org) this weekend which was great and I was trashed… ego 😉

And for me it's baseball Yea and foodball, who cares!

]]> By: Wendy https://wordsonpageblog.com/2011/10/loose-ends-weekends.html#comment-9457 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 19:04:12 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2011/10/loose-ends-weekends.html/#comment-9457 This weekend we did NOTHING. I'm so exhausted that I need to recuperate today.

This coming weekend, we'll have a house guest, so I chose to save up my energy for that. Sorry, I don't have anything exciting to report. I feel bad, so I'll share a MN redneck joke I heard the other night.

A Minnesotan's idea of "edit":

Where'd that leftover possum go?

You "edit" afore you passed out.

]]> By: Lori https://wordsonpageblog.com/2011/10/loose-ends-weekends.html#comment-9456 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:45:28 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2011/10/loose-ends-weekends.html/#comment-9456 Love that you blog from the classroom, Wade. 🙂 Sounds like a lot of great assignments. Good luck with them!

Jake, you're both brave to "crawl" on bikes! Can't wait to see that cartoon, too.

]]> By: Jake P https://wordsonpageblog.com/2011/10/loose-ends-weekends.html#comment-9455 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:29:42 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2011/10/loose-ends-weekends.html/#comment-9455 Spent most of Saturday doing timing for a boating regatta, then my wife and I took advantage of the gorgeous moonlit night to do a pub crawl on our bikes. Managed not to crash, splash into a canal, or get arrested for cycling while intoxicated.

I had to wrap up a story for a new client over the weekend, and it was a goofy enough circumstance that I've got a Freelance Follies cartoon that will come out of it. Stay tuned.

And Wade, I'm jealous. Hockey was my absolute favorite sport growing up, and neither of my kids liked it. And I'm jealous of your chowder gig–we used to dig quahogs growing up and my mom's version was killer.

]]> By: Wade Finnegan https://wordsonpageblog.com/2011/10/loose-ends-weekends.html#comment-9454 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:49:36 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2011/10/loose-ends-weekends.html/#comment-9454 This weekend was spent at the ice rink watching my son play hockey. No games yet, just practice, but I enjoy it none the less. I'm working on a piece about a professional clam chowder cook-off coming up in November. The slant is for the home cook wanting to make their own great clam chowder. I'm also working on a newsletter for my son's hockey association. I'm doing this for free, along with an advertisement for my services, to show off to perspective clients. I would like to get paid, but I believe this might get me some leads since a mass of people will read it. Overall, a good weekend, but busy. In a few minutes I'll have a classroom full of high schoolers, so I better go. Have a great Monday, everyone!

]]> By: Lori https://wordsonpageblog.com/2011/10/loose-ends-weekends.html#comment-9453 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:46:57 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2011/10/loose-ends-weekends.html/#comment-9453 I wish I could knit better than I do, Paula. I'm good for a long, crooked scarf. That's it. 🙂

]]> By: Paula https://wordsonpageblog.com/2011/10/loose-ends-weekends.html#comment-9452 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:27:47 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2011/10/loose-ends-weekends.html/#comment-9452 This weekend I assembled most of a funky new sweater coat. It's this gorgeous bulky yarn with short bits of colors that remind me of autumnal sunsets. (The color is called Canyon Clay, I think.) Brown, rust, purple, gold, etc… Beautiful. Anyway, the pieces worked up quickly on big needles. Before I got my cold, I'd only sewn up the shoulders and sides and attached the pockets.

Saturday I picked up stitches (which I hate doing, but with big stitches and big needles it was easy) and knitted the front edging. Sunday I seamed the sleeves – I was worried they would be too tight, but they fit nicely (yes, I was walking around with just the sleeves on my arms). I wove in all of the little loose ends. After that I pinned the sleeves in. Sewing them will be tricky, since the stitches will show. After I get the sleeves attached I just need to add the collar and I'll have a great new coat. (No buttons required, but I can add loops for "button holes" if I desire.)

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