I just made the world's awesomest curtains out of upholstry fabric from Vinnie's that smells like cigarette smoke. They're awesome because I didn't hem them or cut them straight, and I didn't feel like sewing so I stapled them instead.

Even though I had two thanksgivings in one day this year I successfully didn't-stuff-myself at either one. My strategy was to avoid eggs and dairy. Instead of taking a little bit of everthing, adding up to a huge mound of food, I was able to use the selectivity of the strategy to put together a fairly modest plateful. I did, however, eat cheesecake ( Read more... )

I'm a big fan of audio-books. I love listening to stories while I drive, or while I wash dishes, or cook, or even while taking a mid-afternoon half-nap on the couch sometimes.

I wonder if there's something intrinsically better about reading a book rather than listening to a book. For whatever reason reading seems like it carries more weight, but I ( Read more... )

I started out in the EUP this morning in rainy, windy, but still semi-warmish weather.

Somewhere around Eckerman I ran into this business:

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I'm twenty-seven now, but I spent a lot of time this year thinking I was already twenty-seven so now that I really am it's like 'big deal'.

I came across the website for Tumbleweed Tiny House Company, as featured on the episode of Small Space, Big Style Molly, Mom and I watched that one time. They're impressively compact, yet they seem like they shouldn't cost that much ($400/sq foot?).

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I made a raw apple pie based on Quick and Simple Apple Pie from the Living and Raw Foods website.

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Good news: I'm underemployed now.