Month: March 2005
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BreadBlog: The Snook made our third batch this morning: Coffee and Walnut bread. YUM. He again set the machine last night to have the bread ready for breakfast. This time it worked perfectly! I wonder if the caking problem we had last time was because it was a prepackaged mix and this one was from…
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It seems that a rare sheep mutation may spell the end for “mulesing.” We chatted about this recently at the Tapestry Craft Stitch and Bitch. Mulesing is the process by which the wool and skin is physically torn off a sheep’s bum to prevent something known as “fly rot,” which is really gross and involves…
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Hey, Rob took a picture of me knitting!
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Oh my! Bride and Prejudice is finally out! I’m so excited. And wow, Ebert has a serious crush on the star.
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Bork bork bork!Swedish meatballs at the biggest IKEA in the southern hemisphere. We are on a mission from god… to find bookcases!
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The Death Knell for the Atkins PlanThere is a simple explanation for my lack of blogging this week: I have been shamelessly stuffing my face with beautiful, delicious carbs. Oh yes, we bought a bread machine. “Of course, we’ll just use it to make low-carb bread and pizza dough,” we rationalized. That didn’t last long.…
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I’m not sure what the point of horizontal corduroy pants is, but their website is so cheeky and fun that I’m almost tempted to get the Snook a pair. He wears through his cords so quick. But – eek! – eighty-eight dollars? I could sew him a pair for less than that.
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Schmaltz-O-RamaAs I’m sure the other ND alumni did, I received in my inbox today an invitation to check out lovetheenotredame.nd.edu. “Self,” I said, “I bet you dollars to donuts this is a treacly Flash movie set to a plinky-plonky piano that will make you feel all warm and nostalgic, only to leave you slightly cold…
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This Craft Corner Death Match thing sounds pretty interesting. Does anybody know what channel it’s on? Not that I’m likely to get it here, but I may be able to talk Mom into taping it for me if it’s good. Or maybe I could just invite Amy and Helen over and we can recreate it…
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Note to self: If the Deep-Fried Feast ever goes ahead, be sure to include Beer-Battered Asparagus as a starter. That looks yum!