nerd knits

I finished the scarf on Saturday (Sorry, no pictures.  It’s blocking, and it looks just like it did before…except, you know, done.) and spent most of Saturday and Sunday wondering what was next.  While I was wondering, I wandered over to visit Cookie and admire her lovely handspun.  I mentioned in passing that I should, [...]

I’d like to introduce you to the newest member of our family: Isn’t it cute? A couple of weeks ago, Groupon had an offer for $40 at FTD.  It was right before Valentines day, so I suspect that a lot of people saw it and thought “roses!” but I saw it and immediately thought “bonsai!” [...]

Rumor has it that beautiful sky is going to be filled with snow tomorrow. I’ll reserve judgment until I see it. I am so Done. Now, I can’t complain too much.  I didn’t hit Done until about 4:30 this afternoon, which isn’t too bad.  I mean, it’s not liking hitting Done at 10:00 Monday morning.  [...]

Is it just me, or is there some sort of mass epidemic of stupid going around today?  It seems like everyone I’ve encountered today, including me (but not you…you’re smart and lovely,) has been suffering under a severe case of the dumbs.  Nothing major or life shattering…just low-grade, frustrating, grumpy-making stupid. And since no one [...]

I’ve been doing this body acceptance thing for a while, and I sometimes forget (to my shock and dismay) that everyone isn’t on board with loving their bodies and eating the food that they love.  It can be a bit jarring when I leave the relatively protected spaces of the fatosphere and go back into [...]

Do you know what this is? I mean, yes, we can all see what it is.  A patch of mulch and dead weeds, bordered by old, tired concrete that desperately needs to be removed.  Yes, yes.  But look past that. One of the things that I wanted in a new home was a little bit [...]

I still say that one of the coolest things about my job is the four-day work week.  Sure, it makes the paychecks a little smaller (I work four nine-hour days, 36 hours a week,) but having a big, glorious Friday to do with as I please is such a nice reward. Every once in a [...]

(First, I have to say how warmed and humbled I am by my enthusiastic welcome back to blogging.  Something has gone screwy with WordPress, and my comments are not being emailed to me as I’ve requested, so most of Tuesday was spent feeling a little sad that I’d come back to blogging and that no [...]

I’ve been a clotheshorse since I was old enough to have opinions on clothes.  My taste in clothes has always tended toward the loud, outlandish, and improbable – my mother would complain about the various getups in which I would traipse off to school, saying that they looked more like costumes than outfits.  My mother [...]

When did that happen? It appears that it’s time to haul out the feather duster and the vacuum and see if I can’t resuscitate this poor, neglected corner of the internet. Things have changed a bit since last I posted.  I still have my awesome job that I love, but I now live 55 minutes [...]