So, I've been doing a lot of sewing, knitting, baking and cooking lately, and not much writing. When I sit down to write, I find myself thinking about craft projects or recipes, and the only writing I can do is for my blog which is mostly about cooking and a bit about crafting. I've started to wonder whether creativity is a sort of non-renewable ( Read more... )

Justin just messaged me to ask what I thought of him going to a conference in California for a week this March. I don't know what he expects me to say. I'll hate it. I'll be jealous that I can't go and kinda resentful at being left in stinky old Baltimore in March with 3 kids while he spends a week in sunny, warm California hobnobbing with ( Read more... )

We had a pleasant Christmas, but I'm glad to be settling into our winter routine. My reading resolution this year is to read the Palliser novels. I've read Can You Forgive Her and Eustace Diamonds before, but this year I mean to read them all and in order so I can join Netflix and watch the bbc series. So far I've re-read CYFH and I'm now well ( Read more... )

Last weekend I made a really nice bday party for Robin. We just had J's parents and his brother and his family, but it went off really well and I was altogether pleased. This week I've been frustrated with the baby who is in one of his needy, tantruming, no-napping, hitting, pinching, shrieking phases. Even when he's in one of these, he's only a ( Read more... )

The pantry pests are far, far worse than I thought and I'm officially in the meltdown danger zone. So, besides dealing with fruit flies, carpet beetles, mice, and pantry moths, I've also been working on getting our household budget back under control. I've been overspending all summer, and putting stuff on credit cards. J pays off the credit ( Read more... )

Last week I spent hours inspecting (and mostly discarding) my yarn stash. I've had a minor resurgance of last year's carpet beetle infestation and, rather than take a chance on the few things I really love being destroyed, I threw away a lot of stuff that probably could have been saved. Then I scrubbed and vacuumed and dusted the hell out of my ( Read more... )

...I would incinerate...these people at RC talking at the top of their lungs like they're in some goddamn cafeteria or something. They drove me away from my nice window seat and even upstairs I have to hear them. And they're not even worth eavesdropping on either -- inane conversation and stupid jokes and plus one guy has the most obnoxious nasal ( Read more... )

I finally got the tracking number for a package of yarn I've been expecting since Wednesday, and I found out that UPS delivered it on Tuesday. Only I never got it! Now every time I see some punk kids patrolling my street I'm gonna suspect him of stealing my yarn. And if some punk kid did steal it, I bet they just threw it away once they found ( Read more... )

I had a headache last night and all I could find were some old tylenol pm's, so I took those and they made me have really weird dreams. I dreamed that I was pregnant and when I told Justin he said "no big deal, we'll just buy a minivan." That was the only nightmare. I also dreamed that Dick Cheney was shot, probably because last night when J ( Read more... )

Hi M'Bear -- it's me, Megan/tansyjane! This is my livejournal, which I sometimes keep, sometimes not. I saw your message, here's a post!