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colorado here i come!

sorry to post twice in one day, but i'm crazy excited cause i get to go home to colorado for 2 whole weeks for turkey! yippee. i'll be arriving this friday night and heading back tuesday after turkey weekend so give a holler (i still have the same colorado cell #) if you're in town and have some knitting time available. i hope to catch up with the boulder stitch n bitchers. and i'm hanging out with cathi and the kids for sure :) but i'd love to see everyone else too. so drop me a line and we'll try to get together ok? when i return i hope to have oodles of finished projects to share with dee and the girls here. all the projects i'm packing may not even fit in my backpack. ack!

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WandaWoman said…
Hopefully I'll get a chance to catch up with you. Send me an email and I'll send you my cell!
Anonymous said…
Have a great time!!!!
michaele said…
yay! let's definitely try to get together - I'm gone most of next week, but there should be some overlap!
CynCyn said…
so jealous u get to go to CO! Have a great time!!

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