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		<title>through the woods&#8230;..</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 10:39:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kalurah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p></p> <p style="text-align: center;">Over the river and through the woods To Grandmother&#8217;s house we go. The horse knows the way To carry the sleigh Through the white and drifted snow, O! Over the river and through the woods Oh, how the wind does blow. It stings the nose And bites the toes As over the [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><em>Over the river and through the woods<br />
To Grandmother&#8217;s house we go.<br />
The horse knows the way<br />
To carry the sleigh<br />
Through the white and drifted snow, O!<br />
Over the river and through the woods<br />
Oh, how the wind does blow.<br />
It stings the nose<br />
And bites the toes<br />
As over the ground we go.</em></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><em><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-512" title="hoodupsideview" src="http://whiletheyplay.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/hoodupsideview-661x1024.jpg" alt="" width="661" height="1024" /></em></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Meet my latest design&#8230;. &#8220;Through the Woods&#8221;!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>&#8220;Readers, Through the Woods.&#8221;</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>&#8220;Through the Woods, Readers.&#8221;</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong> <img src='http://whiletheyplay.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">This pattern has been a long time coming. Just ask my friend and co-worker, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php?filter=app_2361831622#/profile.php?id=759604693">Amy</a>. Who has endured the torment of listening to me go on and on about the various ideas I had in an attempt to create this design.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Or ask my dear husband, who had to witness the horror that is repeatedly frogging yard upon yard of<em> &#8220;CO 100. No, wait! CO 120. Purl 4, Knit 4. No! WAIT! AAAAHHHH!!!!!!!&#8221;</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">I may at one point, have found him tucked away in some dark corner chanting, <em>&#8220;Make it stop!!!&#8221;</em> But it may or may not have been deafened by the sound of my thrashing knitting needles.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-513" title="hooddownbackview" src="http://whiletheyplay.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/hooddownbackview-759x1024.jpg" alt="" width="759" height="1024" /></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">At any rate&#8230;.. let us just say that this pattern took some time and effort and a couple hundred of my precious brain cells.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">But alas, she was born! And isn&#8217;t she precious??</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-521" title="hoodupunbuttoned" src="http://whiletheyplay.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/hoodupunbuttoned-683x1023.jpg" alt="" width="683" height="1023" /></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Yes, she is a girl. Just because she is so darn pretty. I think by far, this is my FAVORITE pattern to date! What do <em>you</em> think, dear readers???</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">You can purchase the <a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=38568609">pattern </a>in my Etsy shoppe for $5.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">And I would like to also mention that through the end of January, 10%  goes to the<a href="http://www.care.org/index.asp"> Haiti Emergency Relief Fund</a> and another 10% goes to the <a href="http://ww5.komen.org/">Susan G. Komen Foundation</a> to support Breast Cancer Awareness.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Hoping you all have a wonderful week!  <img src='http://whiletheyplay.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Love, <em>Kalurah</em></p>
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		<title>Small packages&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 12:53:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kalurah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I received a special little something in the post over the summer and I am quite proud of myself for keeping it secret for this long! My very FIRST published pattern!!! A very proud moment for me. One that I hope to repeat many times over!  :) Of course this special moment would not be complete [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h4 style="text-align: center;">I received a special little something in the post over the summer and I am quite proud of myself for keeping it secret for this long!</h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;">My very FIRST published pattern!!!</h4>
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<h4 style="text-align: center;">A very proud moment for me. One that I hope to repeat many times over!  :)</h4>
<pre style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-499" title="DSC_9414" src="http://whiletheyplay.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/DSC_9414-1024x685.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="685" /></pre>
<h4 style="text-align: center;">Of course this special moment would not be complete without having a Giveaway in celebration&#8230;..HELLO!</h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;">The prize&#8230;..</h4>
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<h4 style="text-align: center;">Your very own copy of the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Crochet-Pattern-Day-Day-Calendar/dp/0740783777"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">2010 Crochet Pattern A Day Calender</span></span></span></span></a>!</h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;">Just leave a sweet little comment on this post to enter. This time around, I am selecting a winner based on one simple question:</h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;">What/Who inspires you and why?</h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;">Comments will remain open until <span style="color: #ff0000;">January 15th, midnight PST</span>.</h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;">Have a splendid 2010 everyone!!!</h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;">Love,</h4>
<h1 style="text-align: center;"><em>kalurah</em></h1>
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		<title>slowing down</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2007 09:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kalurah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>staying home to raise my 3 young children has caused me to reach down deep within my self and re-discover things that I have ALWAYS yearned to do and create, but never had time for before. how funny that having children would create more &#8220;time&#8221; for myself? time to ponder and reflect&#8230;and imagine again. just [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">staying home to raise my 3 young children has caused me to reach down deep within my self and re-discover things that I have ALWAYS yearned to do and create, but never had time for before. how <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">funny</span> that having children would create more &#8220;time&#8221; for myself? time to ponder and reflect&#8230;and imagine again. just like when I was a child , simple things, that as an adult, you seem to overlook(or ignore). it&#8217;s as if my children have magically instilled in me the gift of time travel&#8230;I can  instantly, wherever I may be, pause the stresses of adulthood and rewind to simpler, carefree, innocent times. and all I have to do to travel there is look into my <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">children&#8217;s</span>&#8216; eyes, their excitement as they tell me about their day. and the oh so beautiful sound of, &#8220;I love you, mommy&#8221;. it just reminds you to slow down a bit and to do some of the things that you&#8217;ve been longing to do for so long. for me, it means creating things. as a young family of five on one income, I&#8217;ve learned to &#8220;create&#8221; things myself simply out of financial lack. it finally occurred to me what deep satisfaction I get from doing it and how much calmer it makes me.I think I am a better mother to my children because of it. and so, I will continue to create&#8230; while they play. </span></p>
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