Every weekend, I spend a little bit of time just playing online – looking at different things that are interesting, inspiring or cool from a design, crafty, or visual perspective. It gives me a little bit of focus for the week to come, and adds some ideas for things I’d like to try. (Of course, [...]
Archive > May 2009
NASA Youtube = the new CSPAN
When I was a teenager, and we first moved back from Germany to the US, I remember flipping through channels and finding CSPAN. Realizing that it was a channel devoted to watching members of Congress talk to each other (remember, this is 1988 people) I just thought grownups were wierd and boring. Now I’m the [...]
Of Alpaca's and Core Yarn
Last summer, Jason and I went to South Dakota, where we got to visit an alpaca ranch. It was awesome, and I bought something like 2 pounds of alpaca, straight off of an award winner named Tiera. I’m planning on spinning it once the baby is born, but since this yarn is my special snowflake, [...]
Sweet Tea Alabama
As I’m getting slower and more sluggish as the baby gets bigger and more obstinate, I’ve found that some of my grand crafting plans have to get scaled back a bit – even though I have the time to sit and knit for four hours a day, I can’t do it thanks to carpal tunnel [...]
Anniversary the 2nd
Today is our second anniversary. The above picture is us, two years ago, walking in to our reception to the Disco Star Wars theme (thanks so much to Sarah‘s husband Ian, who happened to have it on his iPod). That could pretty much sum up our marriage to date – when in doubt, improvise with [...]
Some thoughts on things while I wait for the baby to finish cooking.
It is hot. I have eaten all the popsicles in the house and the closest thing I have to a cooling popsicle is ice cubes made from orange juice. (Which aren’t bad, actually, just not as exciting as twin pops). The Pinnacles came and went, and went off rather well, aside from an issue with [...]
