A Whole New World

  French Hollyhock No knitting pics, so I thought I’d give you a flower. I’ve read a lot of posts about what knitting means to people, most recently this.  I felt I had more to say than what is allowable in comments, so I’ll say it here.  Because that’s what a blog is, right?  Free [...]

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I met Leisa a little over six years ago.  I had discovered a wrinkle in my forehead and, in an oh-my-god-I’m-getting-old panic, went to a plastic surgeon for a consultation (botox, laser, not talking major work here).  He told me anything he did would be like shooting a pea with a cannon and referred me [...]

Elizabeth’s Gourmet Pizza

Grace wasn’t the only one making pizza this weekend!  I made this Friday night:   Before baking and after.  It was really, really good.  It’s easy and we almost always have the necessary ingredients on-hand.  Here’s my recipe, in case you want to try it: Elizabeth’s Gourmet Pizza INGREDIENTS – Crust 1 package dry yeast [...]

Work is a four letter word

We got new photo IDs at work today.  Here’s mine:   That pretty much sums up how I feel about it.  Picture IDs make me feel more anonymous, not less.  I agree with one of our partners, who said:  Nothing says “you are a nobody” like your own personal photo ID badge.  Nothing says “we have [...]

Happy birthday, Suzanne!

Today is my pal Suzanne’s birthday!  Here she is, looking lovely: Isn’t she pretty?  Don’t the flowers kinda look like candles glowing?  One of the smartest people with one of the largest hearts that I know, too.  Has anyone looked at the patterns in the Fall issue of Vogue Knitting?  Check these out:   I [...]

Handy dandy knit bags

I’m sure you guys have seen these, right?   GoKnit pouches.  Very cool, but also $20 for a nylon bag.  That’s money that I – personally – would rather spend on yarn to put IN that little nylon bag.  So I went this route:   That’s a little “ditty” bag I got at Alabama Outdoors (not [...]

Talk math to me, baby

Numbers are sexy.  Mathematic terms have an effect on me that is difficult to explain.  Math is like a foreign language to my ears, incomprehensible and at the same time irresistible.  Have I ever mentioned that Sgt. Britty seriously considered being a math teacher?  Ahem. I never took a math class beyond Algebra.  I might [...]

Yellow jackets

Sgt. Britty (f/k/a “DH”, henceforth to be referenced “Sgt. Britty” at his request) and I were sitting on the back deck last night (enjoying gin rickeys and regrouping after a long, difficult day) and I was fascinated by a yellow jacket buzzing around the Thai basil.  He looked like this: (Can you believe it?  I figured [...]

Ah, there’s nothing wrong with her that a hundred dollars won’t fix

  Or tickets to see Tom Waits!!!!  Yes – he’s coming to Nashville, will be at the historic Ryman on August 5th and tickets go on sale July 14th!!!  Hurrah!!!! I am SOOOOO pumped!!!!! Hope we get good seats.

WTF???

This is what I found when I arrived at work this morning:   That’ll teach me to call in sick!

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