candy coated rose petals

In my efforts to prepare for my (soon-to-be) eventual move, I repacked and re-organized some of the stuff that has been stored in the garage for the last three years. Over that time, I’ve gotten a new handmixer, a new blender, new cutlery, new cookware utensils and a variety of other items, so I needed to start the pile of things to “gift” to Goodwill. I heaved boxes, I moved heavy things and I did it all by myself.   [ Read more ]

Here’s the progress on Yoga Mat Bag from Stitch’N Bitch Nation. I’ve had to start over like eight times because I keep screwing up the lace pattern. Dumb lace pattern! So we’ll work more on this and hopefully I can finish this by the end of this weekend. (It really shouldn’t be that hard!)

Look, it’s Ethan! Isn’t he cute? He’s helping mommy blog and write. So sweet!

Here’s this week’s song recommendations:

• Abandoned Pools—Goodbye Song
• Everything But The Girl—Before Today
• Garbage—Run Baby Run
• Keane—Let It Slide
• Rose Melberg—Take Some Time
• Pink Martini—Let’s Never Stop Falling In Love
• Saint Etienne—Lightning Strikes Twice
• Sia—Numb
• The Stereo—Devotion
• Stereolab—Eye Of The Volcano

Guess what kids? We’ve changed themes! Oh yes, yes, yes! Sakura won by a whopping three votes. All other options, no votes. Tough game slugger, you’ll get it next time.

We’ve obviously made some adjustments. I’m probably going to have to tweak as we go along. The font is a little larger than I’m used to but it might turn out OK in the end. I tried to go through the whole site and spot check everything but there may still be some weird formatting things going on as well.   [ Read more ]

I’ve decided to rent in an apartment in the city. So now, as if my schedule weren’t packed enough, I’ve added apartment hunting to the list. I felt a bit overwhelmed today so here’s some yarn to help ease the pain. Knitting group was great. Love those gals. And that’s about it. Wooohoo!