Month: December 2006
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People SuckIf you see somebody in Sydney carrying a pink tweed Jordana Paige messenger bag, do me a favor and ask them how much they paid for it. If they hesitate, punch them. Somebody just stole one out of the friggin’ shop today. How can people be such jerks?
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Survivor Finale. I was very happy, to say the least.DUDE! HOORAY FOR YUL! That’s more Korean people that I’ve seen on TV in my ENTIRE LIFE! When they showed his cheering section back home, I was like, “KIMCHI FOR ALL!” And then I’ll admit to looking over at the Snook with a sigh. “There’s a…
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Amy and PennWow. How great does my sister look? Not only did she dress Penn in the argyle vest I made him for his first ever visit to church, but she also color-coordinated her own top! That’s some A+ mommying right there. The only downer is that Penn’s growing so fast he’ll be too big…
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Happy Mac face cross stitch. Cute!
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How did I manage to never read The Handmaid’s Tale? That is just astounding. Amy actually recommended it to me ages ago and I dutifully picked it up at the bookstore, but I’ll admit I was dragging my feet on actually reading it. You know how when one of your friends really urges you to…
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Life in Chippendale linked to this inventory of pollutants in our neighborhood. Very interesting. The biggest sources are cars (we don’t have one), lawn mowing (we don’t have a lawn either), domestic/commercial solvents/aerosols (we’re dirty pigs), and… “beverage and malt manufacturing.” SNOOKUMS!!! No, really, it’s not him. There’s a big-ass brewery up the road (that…
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Wow. Those sure are some purty mittens! (…No! Must finish Easter Show entries!) Link courtesy of Moment to Moment.
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My Nintendo evidently has Kathleen’s soul inside. HA! Best chuckle I’ve had all day.
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What the hell. I did it. I just put in my entry for the 2007 Royal Easter Show knitting competition. (Americans: Think State Fair.) I entered the Cabled Jacket of Doom into the “Aran Knitting” category in the hopes that I’d be inspired to get off my butt and finally finish the darn thing. (I’ve…
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Culinary ExperimentationI decided earlier this week to try out a few recipes from the blogosphere: Staci’s “Peanut Butter Balls” and that New York Times “No-Knead Bread” everybody‘s been talking about. Getting the bread started was easy; I just dumped everything in the bowl and mixed it together. I was worried that my dough wasn’t “wet”…