Month: January 2008

Bound & Blushing

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I seem to get a lot of comments on my Ravelry projects page about this book here. Many of you have this book, but are jealous of the spiral bound issue that I have. I’ll let you in on a little secret… I simply took the book to a quick copy center and had them cut it about 1/8" in from the perfect binding, cover and all, then rebind it with spiral binding. Voila! A soft cover book that I can fold over and lay flat. It costs between 3 & 4 bucks and is very helpful. Since I work in publishing, specifically in production, I really geek out at these little things. This would be really great for any soft cover cookbooks too, wouldn’t it?

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Why am I blushing?

Though I’m not one prone to blushing, I was tickled to see my blog listed on one of my favorite blogs Iguana Banana as one of her faves.

I love stopping in to see what’s going on in Ahna’s very rich life. Beautiful kids, actively submerging them in a life filled with the arts. . . wish I was one of her kids, but seeing as we are very close in age . . . would be weird.

Ahna, I loved looking at the other blogs you listed and will visit them often.

Thanks Ahna!

I’ve decided to try to learn a little bit each day on my commute to Austin.

These are some Podcasts I’m listening to:

Grammar Girl’s Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing So that I don’t cringe every time I push send on an email or blog entry.

Coffee Break Spanish I must admit that I have a little trouble understanding these two when they are speaking English, are the Scottish? Even so, their accents are lovely.

One Minute Irish I’ve yet to listen to this one, will let you know.

and the others for entertainment:

Stash and Burn

CRL with Vickie Howell

Cooks Illustrated Video Podcast

NPR: All Songs Considered

        Hidden Kitchens I freaking LOVE this one

       Thistelpod with Fiona Ritchie  I miss this radio broadcast

        This American Life  d’accord

        Kitchen Window

        StoryCorps

Are there any others that you love? I’m all ears?

 

Miracle Whip, Nutella & Alpaca

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I’ve been working from home this afternoon and have seriously got alot done. I know it’s really wintery where you live, but it’s been unusually cold and wet here in Central Texas this January.

The progress of Twist . . . almost finished with the back. Somehow I added an extra twist in one of the repeats, but at least I did it on both sides. I’ve been very good about fixing any errors so probably just misjudged which row I was on after I’d ripped back. This mistake is now cleverly disguised a feature.

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Dont you just love this colorway? These socks are yet to be restarted.
The yarn? Plucky Knitter Merino Wool Handpainted Superwash Yarn Fingering Weight, Colorway Reece

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The real reason I bother to make a meatloaf…. leftovers! cold meatloaf sandwich on crusty sourdough with Miracle Whip (yep, that’s right), ketchup and salt and pepper. Mmmmm.

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What now…

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I mean really… do you know any better way to eat Nutella than with a spoon?

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A cup of peppermint tea in my grandmother’s china

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What better way to warm some chilly digits than casting on for this with
Henry’s Attic Prime Alpaca (Silver Grey)?

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Happy Birthday from DefensiveDriving.com

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Okay, this must be the single most depressing birthday wish I ever received via email. Well, happy birthday to me anyway. I feel the need to clarify here . . .  I am not a bad driver, this was from the FIRST and ONLY speeding ticket I’ve ever received . . . a little over a year ago.

After moving to Texas (1/1/1996) I longed for the snowy Winters I had always known… for years really. But now I gotta tell you, once Christmas is over and most certainly after my birthday, I am ready for Spring. Here in Central Texas we start planting around Valentine’s Day. . . I’m serious. I’m not trying to make you jealous, really. That said, I may want to undecorate the Christmas tree tomorrow so I can make the recycling deadline. I can’t wait to start building my raised bed… I did get a head start on the composting a few months ago.

Twist (pictured above), what can I say. . . I may not be too far along but I am really enjoying it. It’s been a tough deadline week so I was smart enough to not pick this up at night with my tired eyes and screw it up. I’ll sit with it some over the weekend as we will have NO ELECTRICITY for at least tomorrow. May be a good opportunity to see Juno too.

Well, I must wash my face and head off to work. Wish me a short day at the office, please.

4 short years ago Roscoe was my birthday present….here’s how he looked then at 6 weeks.

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