Now I’m sad
My sister Linda and her husband Al came to visit for a long weekend (lots of fun!), and just left this morning. I’m getting together with the whole Not-Net group this evening. Well, we are, actually, since our significant others are also invited. It’s a reunion of sorts, since Dorothy is back in town for […]
Delayed, or the story of my life
I thought I’d be able to make the transition from Blogger to WordPress by now, but it’s not going to happen that quickly. Or, really, not quickly…but even more slowly than I’d hoped. When it happens, this blog will be at a different URL, and the—ahem—two of you who follow it (Hello? Hello? Are you still […]
4th of July food, hockey & the Dead Sea Scrolls
First, the hockey, because it’s going to be unpleasant. That trade I talked about, the one I was so fearful about? It happened. And I’m so pissed you wouldn’t believe it. They traded away the one guy who’s been my favorite player as long as we’ve been going to Stars games, and acquired two forty-year-olds. […]
Three things
Two things household, one thing hockey. First, Rich has been in Germany for a few days, and will be home in another couple. He’s in Friedrichshafen at a “hamfest,” a gathering of amateur radio enthusiasts (yeah, nerds) where they buy and sell radio gear, go around looking at radio set ups, and hang out together, talking about […]
I need some encouragement
or… Am I Really That Bad at This? I’m working on another Konnor hat, this time the (named that, I think, because there are photos of the man wearing one that looks like it). I’m making it out of some lovely Patons Silk Bamboo, in Plum, which is a soft wine color. I cast on […]
Yarn ‘ho’
Yeah, I think that’s actually how it should be punctuated. I’m not saying “ho” like it’s in quotation marks. It’s not like “ho-ho-ho” or as in, “Land ho!” I’m saying I’ll, you know, do things for yarn. There’s a contest going on. I should be ashamed (but I’m not very). Speaking of knitting, I’ve been […]
Need a new knitting book (a post all about knitting)
First I made this. (The panda one. I never could make their ear pattern work, though, so I ended up just making up my own. It looks fine.) From Stitch Nation Yarn I’m ready now to make the little mitts. I thought it would be a good idea to make them two-at-a-time. For any non-knitters, […]
Is it incestuous to direct you to my other blog?
If I suggest in my personal blog (this one) that you read a post on my business blog (that one), is it incestuous? Cannibalistic? Unseemly? The truth is, I kind of like the wording of that post, and I certainly don’t want to just duplicate it here. But I do, oh, I do want everyone […]
Update
First, the clementine cake was just okay. Nothing special, and a little heavier texture than I care for. I’m not sure the problem was one or more of the mistakes I made, or if I just don’t like this cake. Well, whatev. So it’s not bulletproof. The clementines did smell nice while they were boiling, […]
Bulletproof Cake
. …or What Happens When You Buy Food Because It’s Cute Okay, so we’ve been eating Cuties lately. Cuties are clementines (or sometimes Mandarin oranges) that are small, easy to peel, seedless and sweet. I had seen them in the grocery store but had never tried them. After reading Pioneer Woman’s blog singing their praises […]
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