Rolling in the Deep
My mom is giving me her entire yarn stash. There’s a lot of it. I’m so happy. I’m such a yarn whore really. Now to start making stuff. A lot of it is pretty ordinary acrylic stuff, but there’s some…
Day after christmas
Wow. What a lovely Christmas we had. Did you? First we had my in-laws over for a brunch (post stocking opening). It was lovely. They never really have done Christmas, and all their kids have moved out of state. Add…
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays
To all of you–friends and readers–my wish for you is that you have an absolutely gloriously happy day tomorrow and all through the New Year. May you enjoy your families and friends. To one all all, present and absent this…
Winter in CA
Yep, we’ve arrived in CA. Yay! It’s green. There are flowers. I walked the dogs in shirtsleeves and went through this place with a bunch of oaks. It was fabulous. The trip was long and luckily not a ton of…
A moment of WTF
Can anyone explain to me who goes door to door at night selling meat? Is this an occupation? How does one get into such a line of work? yes, someone tonight came by our house selling beef, pork and chicken.…
I am a sucker
In order to exercise, I tell myself to do 10 minutes. I do this knowing full well that I will try to go past that. But I will do 10 minutes and stop if I want. So I start. And…
Heavy
Since May, I’ve managed to lose 16.5 pounds since May. I’m not entirely sure how. It’s been a struggle of the ups and the downs. The holidays will be murder. On the other hand, I’m back on the exercise road.…
the word of the day is . . .
Panic. As in, I just found out that I have a week less between blocks than I thought. I needed that week. I wanted that week. I am doomed. *bangs head on desk* Pardon my primal scream. And now I…
Snooooooze
I ate like a fiend last night and now I want to hybernate. It was my husband’s Xmas party for work and since it’s a small company, they took us to a very nice restaurant and the food was amazing.…
The little things
It really is the little things sometimes that make things worthwhile. For me, for today, the dog jumped on the couch. Yes, this was a good thing. Let me explain. We have two corgis. At 10 months, Viggo had to…