Archives » February, 2009

Minor Updates

There’s not really much to report in the way of knitting, since Thermal is continuing to grow, but very slowly. I’m still a couple of inches short of completing the back.
And because I’m stubborn, I’ve started reknitting the dreaded Seed Stitch Shell. The back is complete, and the front is about half finished. I don’t [...]

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Darius Goes West

I know it’s short notice, but I only just got the details about this today.

This Friday, Feb 27th, there will be a free screening of the documentary “Darius Goes West” at 7 pm at the South Towne Expo Center, Room 200.

The film has won 28 film festival awards to date, and has raised $1.5 million [...]

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The Value of Good Friends

Reading Norma’s post today about getting Spanxed, and our Elegant Night on the cruise reminded me of something funny.
For the Elegant Night, she not only lent me one of her lovely necklaces, but also her boobs.
Not her actual boobs, of course. Just the chicken-cutlet push-up inserts from her swimsuit, which she’d taken out of the [...]

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Late to the Party

I finally decided to jump on the 5-minute Artisan bread bandwagon, and whipped up some Pumpernickel Bread and Potato Soup, thanks to Miss T’s recent post.

At first, I thought I was going to have the same problem as Carrie, since the bread really didn’t rise very much on the second rising, just before baking. But [...]

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Pass the Smelling Salts, Please

Finally, some knitting content!
I did absolutely no knitting on the cruise. Not a single stitch. I did pack the sleeve of Thermal with me, but it never made it out of the suitcase through the entire trip. But actually, I hadn’t planned on knitting anyway, so it wasn’t much of a surprise.
But just in case, [...]

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