I made french toast this morning (btw, does anyone have any recipes/suggestions for things to do with eggs? The hens didn't get the memo about laying less in the winter and we are getting 5-8 every day!). I had maple syrup, but wanted something fruity. My cookbook has a fruity syrup recipe but it looked time consuming and I didn't want the ( Read more... )

GUESS WHO FORGOT TO BUY GIFT TAGS?


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Because I'm demanding, when a Ravelry friend of mine announced she would be opening an Etsy store for her yarns, I was all like "DO YOU HAVE PURPLE YARNS? BECAUSE I LIKE PURPLE!" and obligingly she sent me a lovely skein of purple yarn to review.


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I started knitting this hat in NYC with yarn I got at Lion Brand Studio (a new one, merino/angora blend). But I didn't have a darning needle so I couldn't finish it. Anyway, I did so here's a photo so my mom can see how it turned out. Only my mom, though:


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I know, I know, it's not New Years yet, but I am going to post them anyway ( Read more... )

So, I've lost 35 pounds this year and now have a healthy BMI and no longer have high blood pressure. As people keep asking me what my secret is, and as the year drawing to an end leads to a tendency to sum things up, I thought I'd make a post about it.

1. I didn't make any big, dramatic changes. This disappoints people. People want me to say " ( Read more... )

I tend to loose my oomph this time of year -- it's dark by the time I get off work and it feels like the day is over and one might as well put one's pajamas on. And I have some awesome pajamas, like pink flannel squirrel pajamas Juline gave me and fleece hot pink monkey pajamas I made my husband buy for me. But that's not super exciting to write ( Read more... )

Last year my knitting group knit bears for http://www.motherbearproject.org/Read more... )

I'm home from work this morning because I took the morning off to wait for a furnace technician. He was very prompt and essentially the issue with my furnace is that it is all fucked up and will have to be replaced. While I'm not excited about the expenditure, I'm excited about getting an electric furnace and not having to deal with propane ( Read more... )

I had a fun adventure and went to the beach with some people I only knew through the internet! Fortunately, they turned out not to be serial killers. Or perhaps they are serial killers, but they didn't take it out on me, for which I am grateful ( Read more... )