I seem to have forgotten my lines. The shawl is done, blocked, and off the pins, but I don’t have pictures to show you. I’m in the middle of three big projects both at home and at work and damn if my brain hasn’t gone all asplodey. I just finished teaching my last knitting class [...]
Archive for April, 2009
Crouch we here a while and lurk
Posted in blather on April 28, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Green is my color
Posted in the knit, tagged green, knit, knitting, shawl, tuscany on April 21, 2009 | 5 Comments »
I didn’t get last week’s pictures up last night because I was busy finishing this: Excuse me while I go block it. … SQUEE OF JOY!!
Project 365: 96-102
Posted in Project 365 on April 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
My eyes are all grumbly because they need new lenses (which will happen tomorrow), so I’ll keep my descriptions short in the interest of my head not exploding all over my living room. April 6, 2009 Snow. On April 6th. Bastardous northern Illinois climate. Morning, Third Street in DeKalb, on my walk to work. April [...]
Chairapy
Posted in blather, home sweet home, tagged chair, hack, home, power tools on April 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »
How to turn an old sort-of swivel/rocking chair into a (more-or-less) stable chair with four feet. Because I know you’re just dying to know. Ingredients The chair, purchased for $5.00 at a co-worker’s garage sale 8 years ago Power drill 4 Wooden bun feet, pre-drilled with double-ended screws 4 Brackets with accompanying screws of their [...]
Project 365: 89-95
Posted in Project 365, tagged daily, photos, project365 on April 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I think I start every week with some kind of theme in mind. I expect to take pictures along one set of lines: only outdoor pictures, or only buildings, or something. It has never stuck. Here are this week’s pictures. Themeless. March 30, 2009 Vegan banana chocolate-chip muffins. I made them on Sunday and on [...]
The Iowa Supreme Court is also awesome
Posted in blather, glee, tagged equality, gay-marriage, glbtq, law, legal, politics on April 3, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Equal protection clause FTW! Apparently today is progressive day. Love it. “The court reaffirmed that a statute inconsistent with the Iowa constitution must be declared void even though it may be supported by strong and deep-seated traditional beliefs and popular opinion,” said a summary of the ruling issued by the court. It’s nice to see [...]
Nancy Pelosi is awesome
Posted in blather, glee, tagged breastfeeding, feminism, mothers, politics on April 3, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Because she’s made the House more welcoming for mothers. I can’t really add more commentary, other than to say OH HECK YES! “It’s a very good thing. It’s good for our country,” she said. “More young moms in Congress. Pretty soon, more women leaders in the Congress. And who knows? Maybe one of these new [...]
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