<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Latest entries from nepenthe.blog-city.com</title><link>http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/</link><description></description><copyright>Copyright 2008 nepenthe.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 21:05:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Latest entries from nepenthe.blog-city.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>FO: Provence Baby Cardigan</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/fo_provence_baby_cardigan.htm</guid><link>http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/fo_provence_baby_cardigan.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 12:27:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=fo%5Fprovence%5Fbaby%5Fcardigan</comments><dc:creator>nepenthe</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[It is a good thing that I was able to finish so many projects last week because this week I am back to work!&nbsp; My doctor okayed me to work part-time of my already part-time job, so I am&nbsp;currently banking 10 hours a week.&nbsp; And wearing gl]]></description></item><item><title>FO: Shetland Triangle</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/fo_shetland_triangle.htm</guid><link>http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/fo_shetland_triangle.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:05:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=fo%5Fshetland%5Ftriangle</comments><dc:creator>nepenthe</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Pattern: Shetland Triangle by Evelyn Clark from Wrap StyleYarn: Rowan Yorkshire Tweed 4ply (discontinued), 5 skeins, color 271 Cheerful,&nbsp;from Newbury Yarns, Boston MANeedles: size 5 addi lace needlesNotes: I couldn&#39;t resist making a Shetland]]></description></item><item><title>Weekend In: Columbus, OH</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/weekend_in_columbus_oh.htm</guid><link>http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/weekend_in_columbus_oh.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:31:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=weekend%5Fin%5Fcolumbus%5Foh</comments><dc:creator>nepenthe</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[P and I headed &#39;down south&#39; this weekend to Ohio - my recuperation is coming along nicely, and P wasn&#39;t on call so we decided to take a wee trip.&nbsp; Knitting at Columbus Crew vs. Houston Dynamo.&nbsp; My warm-up top is Nederland, not D]]></description></item><item><title>Magnolia</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/magnolia.htm</guid><link>http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/magnolia.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:10:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=magnolia</comments><dc:creator>nepenthe</dc:creator></item><item><title>FO: Ariann</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/fo_ariann.htm</guid><link>http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/fo_ariann.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:53:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=fo%5Fariann</comments><dc:creator>nepenthe</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This weekend was a celebration of freedom!&nbsp; First, P and I cleaned out the garage - with my PICC line out I can now lift and carry heavy (ish) objects.&nbsp; And lift I did!&nbsp; The last of our moving boxes were broken down and brought to recy]]></description></item><item><title>Wireless</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/wireless.htm</guid><link>http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/wireless.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:05:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=wireless</comments><dc:creator>nepenthe</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I am officially unplugged and off the antibiotics!&nbsp; I am so happy to have gotten to this point.&nbsp; The PICC line was removed without incident - I didn&#39;t even feel the 15+ inches of tube gettting pulled out of my vein.&nbsp; My surgeon was]]></description></item><item><title>Home Stretch</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/home_stretch.htm</guid><link>http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/home_stretch.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:16:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=home%5Fstretch</comments><dc:creator>nepenthe</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[So tomorrow I see my surgeon. I am really not looking forward to it, because the last time I was left alone with the man he pulled out myhest tube in a manner reminiscent of starting a lawn mower.&nbsp; But, I am sure he wants to admire his work a fu]]></description></item><item><title>Happy B&apos;day P!  (Brrrr.)</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/happy_bday_p__brrrr.htm</guid><link>http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/happy_bday_p__brrrr.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=happy%5Fbday%5Fp%5F%5Fbrrrr</comments><dc:creator>nepenthe</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[If it weren&#39;t for P&#39;s birthday, today would have been pretty grim.Snow on April 13th- Luckily it melted by noon.We decided to go to IHOP - such glamor!&nbsp; But nothing is better than&nbsp;eating hot pancakes on a cold snow morning.P. is alw]]></description></item><item><title>FO: Endpaper Mitts</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/fo_endpaper_mitts.htm</guid><link>http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/fo_endpaper_mitts.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:37:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=fo%5Fendpaper%5Fmitts</comments><dc:creator>nepenthe</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This was a project leftover from Cambridge - I actually ripped out and started over fresh last Thursday.&nbsp; The color inspiration came from the Sandwich Glass Museum in Massachusetts where beautiful plum and canary-colored glass were shelved in th]]></description></item><item><title>The Death of Spring</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/the_death_of_spring.htm</guid><link>http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/the_death_of_spring.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:43:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Fdeath%5Fof%5Fspring</comments><dc:creator>nepenthe</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Hyacinth - I think.I have been pretty much living in my Ikea Poang chair for the last two weeks since I was discharged from the hospital.&nbsp; Parked in the sunroom with a good view of the tv, I also have a pretty good view of the raised flower bed]]></description></item><item><title>FO: Vicodin Tulip Socks</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/fo_vicodin_tulip_socks.htm</guid><link>http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/fo_vicodin_tulip_socks.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 22:09:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=fo%5Fvicodin%5Ftulip%5Fsocks</comments><dc:creator>nepenthe</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Huzzah, another day of bad television and a completed pair of socks!&nbsp; The sewn picot cast-off was much easier the second time around.Finished VTS socks - they actually are the same length.Pattern: Toe-up Stockinette socks (64 stitches) with pico]]></description></item><item><title>Vicodin Tulip Sock</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/vicodin_tulip_sock.htm</guid><link>http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/vicodin_tulip_sock.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:50:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=vicodin%5Ftulip%5Fsock</comments><dc:creator>nepenthe</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Around and around is what I can do right now - one sock is done.&nbsp; With the return of a few brain cells I was able to do a picot edge cast-off to add a little bit of excitement to these socks.&nbsp; The only picot-edge socks I have done were done]]></description></item><item><title>Mending</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/mending.htm</guid><link>http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/mending.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2008 20:16:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=mending</comments><dc:creator>nepenthe</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Thanks for all the well wishes - it was so great to hear from so many of you!&nbsp; I am starting to feel more human - I am trying to take less Vicodin, and I had my very first shower in TWO WEEKS last night.&nbsp; Yeah. Eeeeeuuuuuwwwww.&nbsp; The sh]]></description></item><item><title>In like a Lion....or where I have been for two weeks</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/in_like_a_lionor_where_i_have_been_for_two_weeks.htm</guid><link>http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/in_like_a_lionor_where_i_have_been_for_two_weeks.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:37:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=in%5Flike%5Fa%5Flionor%5Fwhere%5Fi%5Fhave%5Fbeen%5Ffor%5Ftwo%5Fweeks</comments><dc:creator>nepenthe</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A quick update from the Little Yellow House.&nbsp; I am too tired, and too drugged up,&nbsp;to go into detail so here are the bare bones:*went to the doctor March 6 because I was so sick*was sent to the ER and was admitted&nbsp;with severe&nbsp;pneum]]></description></item><item><title>Dreaming of San Juan</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/dreaming_of_san_juan.htm</guid><link>http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/dreaming_of_san_juan.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 22:12:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=dreaming%5Fof%5Fsan%5Fjuan</comments><dc:creator>nepenthe</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I am hoping that next year, when I am finally free of the flu AND have enough vacation time, P and I will go to San Juan in February.&nbsp; Yup, it is snowing again in grey grey&nbsp;Michigan.&nbsp; I haven&#39;t seen my lawn since November.Maybe&nbs]]></description></item><item><title>Maison Pestulance</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/maison_pestulance.htm</guid><link>http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/maison_pestulance.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:06:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=maison%5Fpestulance</comments><dc:creator>nepenthe</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[It looks like things are starting to rebound here in the Little Yellow Plague House.&nbsp; P and I have both been suffering through a bout of flu.&nbsp; High temperatures, body aches, headaches, coughing, and congestion have pretty much confined us t]]></description></item><item><title>Four for Four</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/four_for_four.htm</guid><link>http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/four_for_four.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:15:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=four%5Ffor%5Ffour</comments><dc:creator>nepenthe</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I have been working at the library for four months, and I just got my fourth cold.&nbsp; Batting a thousand.&nbsp; I am feeling so miserable.&nbsp; I couldn&#39;t even knit today.Icycles out the sunroom window.Gah. Pass the tissues.]]></description></item><item><title>Not an Amaryllis</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/not_an_amaryllis.htm</guid><link>http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/not_an_amaryllis.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 02:53:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=not%5Fan%5Famaryllis</comments><dc:creator>nepenthe</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The only thing growing in Michigan right now, aside from icycles, is my Not-An-Amaryllis:The onion doing its best.And birthday socks. Birthday socks are also growing.]]></description></item><item><title>Falling in Love Part I</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/falling_in_love_part_i.htm</guid><link>http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/falling_in_love_part_i.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 01:06:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=falling%5Fin%5Flove%5Fpart%5Fi</comments><dc:creator>nepenthe</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A little too late for Valentine&#39;s Day.&nbsp; But at least the first sock is done.Falling in Love socks by Anniken Allis in Socks that Rock, Ruby Slippers, with modifications of course!Cables and LaceLace hearts! (and cat hair)The second one is al]]></description></item><item><title>Awww, thanks!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/awww_thanks.htm</guid><link>http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/awww_thanks.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:18:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=awww%5Fthanks</comments><dc:creator>nepenthe</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;Beth at Biggeek gave me You Make me Smile and You Make My Day Awards earlier this week. Thanks, Beth!&nbsp; I have read Beth&#39;s blog for a long time, but I LOVED meeting her when we did the DIY&nbsp;Uncommon Threads tv show together with Mis]]></description></item><item><title>I must be adjusting...</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/i_must_be_adjusting.htm</guid><link>http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/i_must_be_adjusting.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 02:28:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=i%5Fmust%5Fbe%5Fadjusting</comments><dc:creator>nepenthe</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Today was warm, 27 degrees and sunny, so I went without hat, coat, scarf or mittens. And you know what?&nbsp; It felt warm!&nbsp; Apparently I am getting used to Michigan.&nbsp; For the last few weeks the high hasn&#39;t risen above the low teens, wi]]></description></item><item><title>home: chile + yarn</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/home_chile__yarn.htm</guid><link>http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/home_chile__yarn.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2008 20:35:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=home%5Fchile%5F%5Fyarn</comments><dc:creator>nepenthe</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The journey home was long, but we eventually got back to East Lansing.&nbsp; And our new cooler arrived safely, with its precious cargo intact:15 tubs of Bueno Foods Autumn Roast Green Chile.Four tubs will be going to another family with New Mexico h]]></description></item><item><title>Off the Mountain</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/off_the_mountain.htm</guid><link>http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/off_the_mountain.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=off%5Fthe%5Fmountain</comments><dc:creator>nepenthe</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I survived my one day of snowboarding and it was AWESOME.&nbsp; So much fun!&nbsp; Since we haven&#39;t been snowboarding in two years, I wasn&#39;t sure how things were going to go, but it was great.&nbsp; I am a very solid beginner.&nbsp; And if I]]></description></item><item><title>FO: Monkey Socks</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/fo_monkey_socks.htm</guid><link>http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/fo_monkey_socks.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2008 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=fo%5Fmonkey%5Fsocks</comments><dc:creator>nepenthe</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[On the way to school this morning I saw 15-20 cars in the ditches along the highway - black ice.&nbsp; Through a particularly bad section an accident happened right behind us - a Chevy Impala spun around, hitting the two cars on either side of it.&nb]]></description></item><item><title>I killz me.</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/i_killz_me.htm</guid><link>http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/i_killz_me.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 23:14:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=i%5Fkillz%5Fme</comments><dc:creator>nepenthe</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I am more than halfway finished with my second monkey sock, thanks to a new cold* that knocked me on the butt for the last two days.&nbsp; I have a nice junky cough that sounds suspciously like bronchitis, but I can breathe just fine.&nbsp; As an ast]]></description></item></channel></rss>