Saturday, January 31, 2009
I had a bunch of laundry to do today, and though fairly chilly outside, it was clear and sunny so I decided to put it out on the line anyway. When I took it in, though, there was a big plotch of bird shit on my fitted sheet. I’m not dumb enough to put my [...]
Normally, I do a bit of cleaning every day. 15 minutes or so - besides the obvious everyday things like washing the dishes. This hasn’t really happened in the two weeks since I broke my finger. It’s kinda hard to mop or scrub the shower when you can’t get one hand wet, you know?
Normally James [...]
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
I’m a pretty low-maintenance lady. No makeup graces the shelves of my bathroom cabinet, and James’ inventory of hair product (one container of gel) is larger than mine. When I needed a hair dryer to put up my window insulation, I had to borrow one from my mother in law. But I do have the [...]
I had a snowboarding accident on Tuesday, and now I’m typing with one hand and can barely knit or put my own hair in a ponytail. Washing dishes is right out - see, there is always a silver lining.
Anyway, I was going pretty fast (hard to do otherwise on hard pack), caught my toe edge, [...]
I am not afraid to admit that I’m a huge tightwad. I really dislike spending money, and saving is really important to me. There are a few reasons for this, but I can boil it down to two.
1. I want to be financially secure and comfortable. Save as much as you can while you have [...]
Saturday, January 10, 2009
One of my go-to recipes (if you can call it that) when I don’t want to do a lot of cooking and don’t want a lot of ingredients is fajitas. They’re super easy - get some fake chicken (I’m using It’s All Good brand here), slice some onions and peppers into rings (my mandoline comes [...]
“I mixed it so that it’s neither shaken nor stirred.”
“So… not mixed at all?”
“Right. I think not mixing is a form of mixing isn’t it?”
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
As in, on the needles currently.
Tubey sweater
Broderie cardigan
Pomatomus socks
Snowflake socks (from now-defunct Magknits)
Twisty cabled arm-warmers (my own design)
And this is what is in the queue - as in, I have the yarn and the pattern:
Leaf lace shawl
Print o’ the Wave shawl
Just in case you were wondering.