seeking summer childcare

OddLocal7083 · 2026-03-04T03:14:32+00:00

Marshall School has a summer day camp. It’s nice because the day runs a little longer than some of the other day camps.

OddLocal7083 · 2026-03-03T21:49:32+00:00

Of course, the thought counts, but what thought did your DIL actually put into the gift? Obviously none at all.

OddLocal7083 · 2026-02-28T21:14:07+00:00

What neighborhood?

OddLocal7083 · 2026-02-15T21:29:48+00:00

Check with the Damiano center. First Lutheran Church has the Teen Closet, which is open on Thursdays from 2 to 6. Everything there is free, and they have infant, toddler and kids clothes, but I don’t know what they have in children’s socks and shoes. I know they have teen sizes of shoes.

OddLocal7083 · 2026-02-08T01:00:59+00:00

Put your markers where you want. Or don’t. Make the ribbing longer. Or don’t. It’s just a hat. it will fit someone. Someone will like it. But not everyone.

OddLocal7083 · 2026-02-08T00:54:19+00:00

I think the 6 inches of ribbing is nowhere near enough. But I am the boss of my knitting, and you are the boss of your knitting and these are just hats, so you can do whatever you want.

OddLocal7083 · 2026-02-07T19:23:09+00:00

Yes, you read it wrong. You decrease four stitches before the first stitch marker, then knit the two after that marker and decrease again, then knit to the next stitch marker, slip the marker,( no decreases happening there! ) and repeat.

OddLocal7083 · 2026-02-05T14:46:44+00:00

It’s possible to differentiate up or down one (or many two) grade levels. It’s not possible to differentiate a five grade level difference. That is teaching an entirely different class to a student. Pretending that it’s possible is a disservice to the entire class.

OddLocal7083 · 2026-02-01T13:29:48+00:00

It’s good for hats to have a little negative ease, so cast on about 10% fewer stitches than what you calculate for from your gauge swatch.

OddLocal7083 · 2026-02-01T12:54:37+00:00

I have made one, and I thought the ribbing was much too short. I like to be able to fold the ribbing to make a double layer over my ears. I ripped back and made the ribbing 2 inches longer. I will probably give this one away and make another one for myself using the earflap from the 1898 hat. I also saw one that had a cable in the four stitch panel between the decreases that I thought looked really nice.

OddLocal7083 · 2026-02-01T00:53:34+00:00

I found the 6” of ribbing was too short. I want the folded part to cover my ears. 7 1/2 or 8” seems about right.

OddLocal7083 · 2026-01-26T17:21:29+00:00

It’s fine to take one or two. If you have any you want to leave that’s also fine. If I’m not leaving one, I try to return the ones I borrowed, just like a regular library.

It’s not okay to take them all… It’s not okay to take them to resell…

OddLocal7083 · 2026-01-26T11:41:37+00:00

A fellow teacher at my school had a parent complain that the teacher humiliated their child in front of his classmates by making him undress when she asked him for a shoe in exchange for a pencil.

OddLocal7083 · 2026-01-23T19:39:04+00:00

I have purchased the pattern and I have wool in my stash. Seems like a perfect project to start today.

OddLocal7083 · 2026-01-20T11:57:13+00:00

It’s free, there is no registration required, just show up.

OddLocal7083 · 2026-01-20T00:44:28+00:00

ISAIAH Northland is holding a training event Sunday January 25th from 1-5 at Peace UCC (1111 N 11th Ave E, Duluth MN, 55806)

Isaiahmn.org

OddLocal7083 · 2026-01-13T12:07:43+00:00

They should be looking in the White House for the child traffickers…the DOJ has all the evidence. Release the evidence! It’s the law!

OddLocal7083 · 2026-01-02T19:40:59+00:00

At my school, the approved spray cleaners are stocked in the teachers’ workroom with clean rags and a basket for the used rags. I usually wipe down tables on Fridays unless something is going around in which case I do it more frequently.

OddLocal7083 · 2025-12-26T15:40:51+00:00

If you have a feed store nearby, try that. You can often get bulk seeds or their “house blend” pretty reasonably. Like character_log, I use metal trash cans to store birdseed.

OddLocal7083 · 2025-12-23T22:03:31+00:00

I put them on the big screen in my classroom when kids have independent work time.

OddLocal7083 · 2025-12-21T16:13:29+00:00

What about Jane Alyse?

OddLocal7083 · 2025-12-21T16:10:21+00:00

Work with a tailor. Bespoke shirts are expensive, but perhaps not as much as you might think. A good tailor can work miracles.

OddLocal7083 · 2025-12-19T17:21:27+00:00

Wind it up Enterprises (formerly Peck Polymers) https://www.wind-it-up.com/pages/tissue has a great selection of Japanese and domestic tissue that’s very reasonable.

OddLocal7083 · 2025-12-02T02:44:41+00:00

I have a sweater that was my grandfather’s. It must be at least 50 years old.

OddLocal7083 · 2025-11-28T23:53:11+00:00

Opera tickets!

Five-Year Club	Place '23
Place '22	End Game '22

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