This was one of the weirdest things I've ever cooked. Weird, but delicious.


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OH NO!

I think I got most of you?

I found this hat today in a bag that was in another bag that was filled with the yarn I'd made it with, when I made it a billion years ago. I wasn't really into it then, and I'm not really into it now--I was just making it to practice new ideas. It's probably a small/medium. Would anybody like it? I hate to think of it sitting in a bag for another ( Read more... )

This week feels like it's been a wash, but upon reflection I see that I got a lot done. For instance, I finished knitting my simple green scarf with awesome fringe:


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My niece is really into her American Girl doll (an extravagance that she got after being really good when the whole family had to get a series of rabies shots because there'd been a bat in the house. I asked what they got my nephew, my brother told me they'd gotten him a 100 Grand candy bar from the hospital vending machine. He was two, so he may ( Read more... )

I went a little crazy and made a bunch of my presents this year, but it was so much fun and I know they'll be appreciated. Now I'm almost at a loss for what to do, though! I have some things to work on while I sit inside and drink tons of coffee and wine and begin to watch The Wire and season two of Friday Night Lights, but not racing to get a ( Read more... )

What I Read in 2008

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I finally finished this blanket last night! I started crocheting it last December, and I was mostly done with it at the end of April, but then I ran out of yarn as I was doing the border (of course, with just one last round to go!), and I didn't get around to buying more until recently. It's gotten so cold that I had to finish it just so I had ( Read more... )

I still have apples from when I went apple picking about a month ago. They're in a drawer of their own in the refrigerator, and they are wrapped individually in newspaper, which should keep them good, supposedly, for months. So far, so good, but I'm almost out of apples, so I won't really get to test that "months" theory ( Read more... )