{"id":327,"date":"2004-08-22T19:36:29","date_gmt":"2004-08-22T19:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.supereggplant.com\/wordpress\/?p=327"},"modified":"2004-08-22T19:36:29","modified_gmt":"2004-08-22T19:36:29","slug":"donuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.supereggplant.com\/?p=327","title":{"rendered":"donuts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let’s see, I’m just about up to the armholes on Stripes Go Round (there’s your knitting content), I finally set up my new sewing machine (and boy, is it ever fancy! It’s going to take me a while to move beyond the regular old straight stitch), and I beaded a little necklace:
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\nYup, it’s a box o’ donuts! Donuts are near and dear to my heart. Back in the day, I had a dream of opening my own donut shop. It was going to be called Marcie’s Donuts, and I was going to legally change my name to Marcie Donut. My friend Leigh Ann was Lulu Eclair (which is why I call her Lulu), and my friend Beth was Betty Glazed. DOOOOOOOO-nuts. Sigh.
\nWarning: Olympics ramblings ahead
\nHey, did any of you catch the Olympic women’s marathon this morning? It was incredible. I tried to knit, but I was too nervous (those stitches would have been super tight!). I wasn’t rooting for anyone in particular, really, though I did kind of want Paula Radcliffe to do well. She is one tough nut, and she is, of course, an amazing runner. I really felt for her when she just stopped in her tracks with just over 3 miles to go. For us pokey pokes, knowing you only have 3 miles to go is great, since you know that even if you break your leg or something, you can still crawl to the finish. But for world-class marathoners like Paula, knowing you can just finish isn’t enough.
\nAnyway, when the little Japanese gal took off, I wondered if someone was going to catch her. I got increasingly nervous about it as she maintained her lead mile after mile. By the last several miles, I really wanted her to win (though I do really admire Catherine Ndereba, too, who was chasing her). I was very excited when she crossed that finish line and won the gold! Go Japan!
\nAnd let’s talk about the bronze medal for a moment. American marathoners have not done well in the last decade. Not since Joan Benoit Samuelson won the gold in the first Olympic women’s marathon has an American even medaled. I don’t think any Americans were expected to medal this year, either, but Deena Kantor proved them wrong. At one point she was 18th, but she just steadily moved up, picking runners off one by one. She looked strong and steady throughout, and when she approached the finish line crying, well, it was something else. There was nary a dry eye in the house (never mind that I was in the house by myself). What a great race, and what inspirational women!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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