You know that spring is right around the corner when Meijer starts stocking the Extra Stength Brazilian Hair Wax again.
Seriously - I’ve been trying to find it for the last four months, and every time I get to the store, no matter which one, there’s an empty spot for it, a sticker telling me that [...]
Today the 2007 Spring Knitty came out. Typically I find a pattern or two that I print out and put into my gigantic binder of patterns that may or may not be made sometime in my lifetime. A pattern has to be pretty damn special for me to push it to the top of the [...]
Last night I got a new cell phone (happy Valentine’s Day to me!) It takes very bad video, and I really need to improve my video taking skills, but I still love playing with it. Here’s a short bit with Marty getting repeatedly smacked in the face by the flyer of my spinning wheel.
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I think one of the reasons I took up fiber arts in the first place is because I am viscerally attracted to color and working with textiles allows me to spend many happy hours manipulating it. There’s just some basic need in me that wants to work tactically with it - and it can [...]
So - today I switched things around, changed the template, tried a new color scheme (I’m calling it “easter egg vomit”), I’m not completely happy, but we’ll see if it grows on me or I get so fed up that by tomorrow we’re back to the orange monochromatic scheme I had before. Let me know [...]
fiber arts, they don’t make your penis fall off
Today and last night are just one of those times when it really really sucks being a single woman. My mother is going in for knee replacement surgery today - and logically I know she will be fine. She had the procedure done two years ago on her other knee. The best joint replacement doctor [...]
Lately I’ve noticed a lot of traffic to my blog from Yahoo for the search of “stereotypical woman” , so I checked and wouldn’t you know it - my blog pops up as the #1 search result. Sadly I’m only #20 on Google, right behind Spinster: An evolving stereotype. But, still, wow, I feel ever-so-slightly [...]
