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Month: September 2011

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    @imdominating SWEEET! I figured they’d get there soon. Do they fit? They will keep you toasty come winter time!

    Mmmm, just had my first ever bite of moon cake! Thanks Fei…

    Heading to Surry Hills to meet @knitterjp and collect my long-awaited coloured tights. MY LEGS SHALL BE MUNDANE NO MORE! (cc @Opheli8)

    @Opheli8 Coloured tight solidarity, of course.

    @zephyrama Awesome! Are the kitchen walls blue yet? Your hands? It’ll happen. 🙂

    So many knitters I know need this: http://t.co/znzhaIZ

    @VenessaHunt I have successfully managed to deter @kunaal84 from it 2 days now with a container full of nuts. Such unhealthy people!

    RT @guardian: How well do you know Roald Dahl? Test … with this quiz: http://t.co/HOPnI5R // 10-10! But then, I made roalddahlfans.com. 🙂

    Loving my new tights from @welovecolors! First ever that are actually long enough. Now just need bravery enough to wear hot pink in public.

    @toastman Yes. But she got all skinny and lollipop-head, so I can’t take her seriously as a chef. Sophie, that is.

    Look at this effing hipster. (It’s not a camera. It’s an iPhone cover. SO AWESOME.) http://t.co/5EIUeu4

    @witty_knitter I got fuchsia, teal, burnt orange, black. But what to wear them with?? I need a stylist! Paging @mrs_sockvictim…

    @toastman I did like that she did the voices they used on the official website. She made a good Miss Honey.

    @VenessaHunt Hard to say. I am of jealous sort, so probably pissed. Snook, not so much. I hang out with dudes all the time, right @kunaal84?

    @witty_knitter SMH says we should clash to be in style: http://t.co/SEo6fM1

    @redambition Ahem. Why did you see fit to remind ME of that and not, say, @witty_knitter? What am I, the Lindsay Lohan of Knitting Guild?!

    @drkknits Whoever we are, we’re probably the Mean Girls. Maybe I can make “fetch” happen…

    @drkknits I will tomorrow, when I post a pic of me in my TOTES FETCH tights. 🙂

    @drkknits @mrs_sockvictim Noooo. I have caved to fashion on the colored tights issue, but I will fight formal shorts TO THE DEATH.

    @witty_knitter You totally made me throw up in my mouth a little there. I do not envy your proximity to uni student fashion.

    Sunny, with periodic outbreaks of the 1960’s… http://t.co/3HFRmGz

    That was a pic of me in my new hot pink tights, in case you missed it.

    @zephyrama Figured I couldn’t mess up too badly with a black wiggle dress. Actual colour coordination is probably beyond me…

    @zephyrama It is! I got the XL, but I think next time I’ll just get the L. Should order again from them while the dollar is still good… 🙂

    @Anthony_Mills Congrats on finding a place! Kogarah, huh? Is that far? (10 yrs in Sydney & I still have no clue. Comes of not having a car.)

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    Sunny, with periodic outbreaks of the 1960’s…

    Sunny, with periodic outbreaks of the 1960's...

  • Glow-in-the-dark cats

    My cats already disturb my sleep. I would not like them to glow in the dark.

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    Look at this effing hipster. (It’s not a camera. It’s an iPhone cover. SO AWESOME.)

    Look at this effing hipster. (It's not a camera. It's an iPhone cover. SO AWESOME.)

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    @witty_knitter I gasped. Amazing work.

    Thrilled that I now have a local fabric store! Website not up yet tho. (Hat tip to @randomknits.) http://t.co/CLgZro7 http://t.co/NIFS772

    I’m running the SRF Half-Marathon Sunday; make sure you leave me a message of support! My bib number is C06839 at asics.com.au/runwithme

    @knitterjp OOOH, YAY! I could walk over to your office at lunch, maybe?

    @imdominating I will admit to muttering, “God I hate you Sookie” several times during Ep11. But I cheered when Eric drank from the heart. 🙂

    @knitterjp Oh, in the evening? Sure, if you like. They’re pretty big binders so I don’t think either of us wants to carry them to/from work.

    @knitterjp Binders with hand and cat for scale. (I’m happy to bring them over tomorrow if you like!) http://t.co/5znok4w

    @knitterjp Okay, I’ll bring ’em in tomorrow. Just message me where/when to meet you! I’m in Westfield Towers at bottom of Crown.

    @knitterjp You’re gonna laugh when you see them, btw. V printed out every email sent during her reign. 🙂

    Jamie’s 30Min Meals #29: Catherine Wheel Sausage, Horseradish Mash, Apple Salad, Sage&Leek Gravy, Stuffed Apples. http://t.co/08MYXV7 YUM!

    Ooh, Fabric Muse’s (aka my new local fabric store) website is up! http://t.co/OXrjyJz

    @randomknits That’s very nice of you. Whole situation gives me flashbacks to dumb decisions I made in uni. No hospital tho (sheer luck).

    RT @Mark_Sisson: The Primal Blueprint 30-Day Challenge begins today! Get in the best shape of your life and win cool prizes along the way.

    @goldfishgeorge Ooh, I didn’t, thanks. FM is only like 2 blocks from my house though! Loving that. 🙂

  • Jamie’s 30 Minute Meals #29: Catherine Wheel Sausage

    This is our 29th cooking/blogging experiment from Jamie’s 30 Minute Meals. Sorry for missing the past two weeks! We were in Melbourne for one of them. We actually did cook a Jamie meal last weekend, but we had visitors and got too distracted to properly document the meal. (We decided we’d revisit that one again in the future.) The Snook was on cooking duty for this one, and he chose “Catherine Wheel Sausage, Horseradish Mash, Apple Salad, Sage & Leek Gravy, and Stuffed Apples.” This is actually the second meal to use a “Catherine Wheel sausage,” but I was the chef on the other one. We chose this one because it used a lot of ingredients we already had. Unfortunately the TV episode hasn’t aired yet, so we were working just from the book. The time, I’m afraid, was a blow-out: 42:27. Luckily it made up for it in taste!

    Catherine Wheel Sausage

    Substitutions: We used Dutch Cream potatoes instead of the ones specified. We couldn’t find any watercress in season, so we substituted rocket instead. We had roasted almonds instead of blanched for the dessert, and we didn’t bother with the flaming Cointreau(!). Other than that, everything was as written in the recipe!

    Quick verdict: This was another winner in terms of the overall flavour “theme.” Each component complemented the rest really well. (You can’t go wrong with pork and apples, basically.) The sausage is impressive-looking, but it’s not a large portion of protein. That’s okay because you fill up on horseradish mash, which is very tasty and awesome. The “gravy” isn’t really; it’s more of a weird leek white sauce. It tasted good though. Snook was dubious about the apple salad at first (mostly the Ryvita bits on the bottom), but I thought it was unusual and nicely crunchy. And stuffed apples always = YUM. We both rated this one a 9 out of 10.

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  • Amazing “yarnbombing”

    Amazing, beautiful, and breathtaking “yarnbombing”. See? It’s not all done by people using a trend to excuse their crappy technique.