Yet another thefridayfive that made me hungry!

1. What is your favorite 'food' holiday? It's hard to decide. Thanksgiving is basically all about food, and there is some good stuff! Then again, Christmas has far more sweets, and I have such a sweet tooth! Not to mention my dad makes a Christmas Eve feast in the Italian tradition called Night of the Seven ( Read more... )

In keeping with the theme of trying to stay positive, there's a "cheer-up" meme going on:


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Okay you guys, I really need to focus on positive things right now, so here goes!

1. My health is good! Long-time readers of my journal will know why this is so important for me.
   
   
2. My family is healthy, too.
   
   
3. I got a hair cut yesterday! I rarely post pictures of myself, but I just might post one later because my hair dresser snapped a few when ( Read more... )

In our family, we have an annual cousins Christmas party in the week or so before Christmas. The host family rotates so that no-one's left with the burden every year and this year, it's my parents. Our house is definitely larger than the condo we lived in for over two decades, but the communal areas are a little broken up and with 35 to 40 people ( Read more... )

1. When was the last time that you enjoyed a camp fire? When I was camping with my family this last August. Love me some s'mores and a nice, warm fire!
   
   
2. What is your favorite fall tradition? Not sure I have a favourite. I like the festiveness of Halloween and all the wonderful food and family and friends on Thanksgiving. And of course, all the ( Read more... )

One of my brother's Christmas gifts was a set of red-and-black potholders. I've made several like this using a pattern I got from a pair of potholders we inherited from my great-grandmother. Yesterday I posted pictures of the ones I made for my brother and today someone commented on them. The only problem is, they commented on them in German:

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Yesterday, on Ravelry, the women from one of my local Stitch-n-Bitch groups did our own little "flash your stash" for April Fool's day. Basically, you take out all of the yarn you have stashed away, lay it all out and take a picture of it in one shot (if you can). I was among the members who participated, and since I put the pictures up on ( Read more... )

Merry Christmas, everyone!

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Starting today, a few of my crochet items are going on sale! toriem got a booth at this year's Anime Expo at the L.A. Convention Center and will be selling amigurumi crochet creatures there all Fourth of July weekend. I won't be there (I'm visiting family on the East Coast), but stop by and say hi to toriem and check out our stuff. toriem is much more adept at ( Read more... )