Remember when I said that I wouldn’t have anything for you to see for a while? A quick dig through the work-in-progress (WIP, a.k.a. UnFinished Object or UFO) basket contradicted me right off. I realized about a week ago that my wee-est sister’s birthday was coming up, and that I had a UFO with her … More Accidentally Interesting
Thanks for your suggestions on smells that might go well with Turmeric to create a sock yarn that, while still scented, would not immediately offend. I am happy to report that I have not had to go to any of these measures: My spouses’s suggestion of hanging the yarn in front of a window with … More Update on the Stank
Every late March/early April, just when you start to think spring is really just jerking you around with 70 degree spurts followed by fridgidly cold mornings, the season throws some irrefutable evidence in your face that it’s not kidding. This evidence generally comes in the form of the blooming of the forsythia bushes. I have … More The forsythia have landed!
Things that have happened so far while applying for graduate school that should probably be evidence that I should not be applying to graduate school: 1. I took the GRE. I know I did. I even remember that my score was kinda high-up on the little flow chart that popped up on the screen afterwards. … More I can’t be smart enough for this
I wanted to go outside today and take pretty pictures of spring springing all around our apartment. But, as she is wont to do, March screwed us over with a day that looks like this. Wet. Yuck. But not that cold, so I’ve got the screen door open and a fan blowing on skeins of … More Make your own pre-stinky socks!
My sanity is, overall, recovering. Thanks for the votes of sympathy. (For the record, the whining did help. A little.) Procrastination is, at this point, very much my friend. That and craigslist. Anyone want to take a giant desk away from me? It’s gigantic! It’s pretty! It has drawers! Great for lots of things! It … More Pass the small paper bag
I should answer a few questions, that you haven’t asked, about our move: A. Why are we moving? It’s entirely a financial decision. Basically, we know we’re going to move in August out of the area, but our (insert adjectival expletive of choice here) apartment complex won’t give us a shorter lease. So we’d have … More Survival
It’s official. We turned in the paperwork at 6:57 last night. We’re moving. To Ellicott City. In about a month. Gwaahahahaahaa. *twitch*….*twitch* In my short life, moving is probably the most stressful category of thing I have encountered. Clearly, I need some perspective. A major illness, or possibly a flood in which most of my … More [The] God[s] Must be Crazy
On our trip to NYC last weekend, I needed just the right knitting project. We’d spend most of the weekend toting around everything we needed on our backs, so it couldn’t be anything big. We were going to see several shows, so I needed something I could work on brainlessly in the dark. But, we … More Sock Eye View
One day every year, either in March or April (depending on the longitude in my current residence), a day dawns that totally changes everything. A day on which the temperature breaks 56 degrees F, and I can consider going outside without even bringing a coat. On that day, I suddenly remember that the outdoors is … More Spring
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