And to think…if I had kept my mouth shut, I would be done with the whole hat debacle.
Yes, it’s the first three hats, finally done and waiting to be blocked. Now, only two more to go. *sigh* And then the endless stockinette tubes of two Harry Potter scarves. *double sigh*
I’m planning [...]
Every few months, Bradon and I discuss the possibility of starting our own business.
His dream is (unsurprisingly) to open a gaming store. He’d sell all the role-playing books and miniatures and supplements, and probably the obscure board and card games (such as stuff from Steve Jackson and Cheapass Games) we prefer. If we [...]
Saturday Bradon and I went over to our friends’ house for a Robin-Williams-themed movie night – they showed Jakob the Liar (which we missed), Aladdin (you know, for the kids), Insomnia, and Final Cut.
These friends do movie nights on a fairly regular basis, mostly because they have a big, comfy living room, a ginormous television, [...]
Ye gods.
Let me tell you about Bill. Not all of it, but the brief version.
I met Bill in…1999? I think?…when I was a sophomore in college. It was a friend of a friend sort of thing, as most things in college are, but once we actually sat down (at Steak n’ Shake, [...]
I was going to have pictures to show you. Really, I was.
Several months ago, I knit a really cute eyeglasses case for my mother. It was made of black and silver variegated ribbon yarn, with a beaded fringe and a pretty purple bead where the magnet held it closed. It was one [...]
Over the past several days, Bradon has rekindled his love of meticulously placing paint on wee little metal figures. He has broken out his Ott-Lite, his box-o-supplies, and his embarrassingly large bags of unpainted miniatures, and he has spent most of his spare time hunched over little metal people, slowly and carefully bringing them [...]
So, driving home from work yesterday, I came across this accident.
It was, blessedly, on the other side of the freeway, so I was only about 15 minutes late getting home. But I passed it nearly an hour after it occurred, and all the Northbound lanes were still closed. Traffic was at a dead [...]
Baby Tart, blocked and done. Isn’t it precious? It’s really difficult to get good looking pictures – the cotton has a pretty sheen that washes out in the flash, and the bobbles are hard to see. All in all, I’m content with it…as long as the swearing I did at it doesn’t [...]
My mother is an artist.
Her chosen art is tole painting, but really, she’s just intrinsically artistic. She can paint and draw, she has an excellent sense of color and design, and she’s just…artsy.
I was brought up around paints and pens and brushes. I would spend hours with pens and pencils and crayons, trying [...]
Eek. Running late on the post today.
Truth is, there’s just not much new to report. I have finished the body of the first Jayne Hat, and I’m working on one of the ear flaps. Doubling up the worsted yarn is looking okay, and the color is so much better that it makes [...]
