I got a call that my furniture is in, two weeks early.  Which is a good thing.  But it does mean I need to pack up my books and movies and disassemble my old flat-pack bookcases.  I was planning to start next weekend at a leisurely pace.  Oh well ( Read more... )

I am in the midst of a Hobby Hop.

I have a tendency to dedicate to a craft almost exclusively for a period of time ranging from a couple of months to a couple of years, and then switch with almost no warning.  The "no warning" bit is actually rather annoying, because I have a bad habit of buying the materials for the next 5 projects or so, and ( Read more... )

The great library purge continues.  As I go through I'm realizing that if you didn't know me and you looked at my shelves, you might think that I am a quilter.

More accurately, you might look at my discard box and think I was a quilter.  That would be closer to the truth, but only slightly.

I did dabble with quilting briefly in and shortly after ( Read more... )

The entire country of Japan got together and sent me ( Read more... )

1)  I have surrendered to the siren call of Library Thing.  It turns out that Ravelry is a gateway drug.

See, I'm culling my personal library down to just the books that, one way or another, actively bring me joy or are useful to me.  As I started making "keep/sell/donate" decisions, I was putting knitting books into Ravelry and found myself ( Read more... )

Why is does my cabinet contain a crock pot crock without an associated crock pot ( Read more... )

The way I usually make stir-fry is to get the rice going in the rice cooker with a bag of frozen veggies in the steamer tray, and go cook the meet while that's going.  Usually when I'm done with the meat, the rice is done and the veggies are ready to go in the wok ( Read more... )

If I'd had my phone with me, I would have a photo to illustrate this.  Unfortunately, I'd forgotten it, so I'm just going to have to describe the situation ( Read more... )

But finding them, not so easy so far.  Flylady: anyone know where I can find a free alternative that's a little less insane sexist targeted towards housewives?   I mean, let's be honest here.  Put on your shoes?  Twelve e-mail reminders a day?  Do your laundry every day? (Dude, there's one of me.  I only have two and a half loads a week.)  I ( Read more... )

It's going to rain today.  I can tell because my hair is Shirley Temple-ing, and I didn't even scrunch it after my shower this morning.  If I had scrunched, I would look just like the title character of Curly Top, only red instead of blond.

There are a lot of sites who try to help manage curly hair, and in doing so suggest some tests to help you ( Read more... )