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Ahead and Behind
Trying to get things done, moving ahead on some things but falling further behind on others. Aaaaah ( Read more... ) -
Fashion and jewellery notes (quickie)
Among the many gift basket inserts and glossies in the paper these days, there was an Oakville magazine for their moneyed residents. I see chunky cylindrical gemstone bead necklaces and bracelets in sterling silver are in, as are fuzzy "faux lamb" or distressed chenille scarves. Check and check. However the look is a bit cold. Earth tones are more ( Read more... ) -
Rattle my chain
Ai yi yi ( Read more... ) -
Keeping up with your Inner Jones
In FB conversation with Larisa, the topic of doing it all came up. She quoted, quite rightly, the culture of "keeping up with the Joneses" as inflicting just as much hurt as beauty magazines do to a girl's self image.
Maybe what's more worthwhile is declaring what we've already done and what we gave up for those things. A recent post by a celebrity ( Read more... ) -
Fly! Fly! In big metal bird!
Back in Canada.
I observed the cloud layers as we began our descent from 40,000 feet. The sun was setting behind the plane as we pursued the East. The first thick layer, crumpled, clean and white had obvious currents. Ice floes of cloud circulated between mounded snowy banks. It so resembled spring break-up. Stretches of white were marked with ( Read more... ) -
Everyday is Halloween...at least, in this house
It's technically been a weekend. I remember sleeping in a bit, and slopping around in my pjs on the computer a bunch. But I also remember a long stop at Mr. Lube to get an oil change and a headlight fixed, and driving to Caledon 1.5x (had to turn around just outside Erin and go back to Guelph because I forgot the stupid receipt) to return the ( Read more... ) -
Kitchen Crap (stolen from Cortejo)
Take the following list, and: Bold items you have, and use at least once a year. Italicize the ones you have, but don't use. Strike through the ones you had, but have gotten rid of.
tea pots, blenders, melon ballers, pastry brushes, cheese knives, meat thermometers, cake stands, garlic crushers, tea strainers, bamboo steamers, cookie presses, piping ( Read more... ) -
Quilliam's Ducal Scroll - write-up
So back in mid-January at the Ramshaven baronial moot HRM Dagmar asked me if I would do Quilliam's ducal scroll. Garraed Galbraith would be providing the wording. Her stipulations were that it be Epic and something that even a mundane friend would find cool.
I tend to follow the maxims "nothing succeeds like excess" and "go big or go home", so I ( Read more... ) -
Happy Gnu Year
Had some fun messing up a Grope & Flail roast beef recipe for New Year's Day.
The beef acquisition step was a little silly, though. The recipe called for a 5 lb. rib eye beef roast. I've eaten my share of rib eye steaks, but a quick troll of the grocery store revealed no roasts of that kind. I binged the bell at the meat counter and a wannabe butler ( Read more... ) -
Dingo all the way
Another stupid busy week out of the way.
On November 14th I received a scroll assignment - the Pelican for Eyrny Ormarrsdottir, who was elevated at Wassail on Saturday. It's my first peerage scroll, and I wanted it to be special. Others had kindly provided the wording, so I only had the design to worry about. I thought of adapting the arch of St. ( Read more... )