So, I did some advance Christmas shopping (well, it's advance for us) and brought home two large robots of varying complexity for the boys. On sale -- yay me. Then I left them in the kitchen and completely forgot about them ( Read more... )

So, in looking around through stuff today I found that moths had gotten into my alpaca yarn. They seem to looooove alpaca.

I was wroth. So I took the whole box downstairs (it had much other yarn in it) and dumped it in the dryer on hot. 15 minutes is said to kill any moth eggs. I set it for 20 or so.

This is what I got when I opened the dryer:

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According to http://www.chipublib.org/008subject/005genref/giswedding.html , tomorrow is our Tin anniversary. That's boring. We'd like to jump ahead to 46, Original Poetry Tribute. Please make your contributions below.

So, last night, Jimmy, Monkat and I made Halloween cookies with Monkat's oven and priceless assistance. The pumpkin cookies were painted like jack-o-lanterns, and the corn syrup in the 'paint' was taking a while to set, so they were boxed in one layer ( Read more... )

My parents are looking into having the "annual" cider party on September 15, depending on whether they can get apples. I'll post an update when they know for sure what's going on. It won't be after the 15th, because my parents are going to gallivant around Europe like college students.