A quick check in

Hello all!
I am sorry it has been a little while since I last posted. This last week we had a very special week as Scott came home for a week of leave.
We had a week of gallivanting around the city and beyond, a week of way too much fast food, and a week of [...]

Life after Minuit

Thank you all for your kind words on my finish. I am very excited that she is all done. Soon, I hope, she will be gracing my front room.
Now I am left with three WIPs. I am going to try very hard to finish another project (most likely ES) before starting another, but I am [...]

She Is Finished!

“A Midsummer Night’s Fairy”
Mirabilia Designs
Stitched on “Two Cool Nights” by Tirowen Fabrics
28 ct Monaco
Minuit is all finished. This is my first finish in a year and a half, folks. Sad, really, but it is nice to see her finished.

Tales from the kitchen and other suitably scary stories

Today I made croquettes. I remember my mom making these when I was a girl and I loved them. I asked her for her recipe to which she replied with “mash potatoes, roll them into the proper shape, dip in egg white and crushed corn flakes, deep fry”. Simple enough. I tried it and failed [...]

Oops! I did it again!

This Brittany Spears moment has been brought to you by the apparent non-caffeine haze my brain was in when I ordered the beads for finishing Minuit. I ordered 03033 instead of 03055!!! Gah! I am at the point now, since I have tried this twice, that I will just find a substitute in my stash. [...]

They have arrived!

My stash order has arrived. Now I can finish Minuit and start the hunt for the perfect frame. I even have the spot all picked out. (Scott’s Japanese sword collection is being moved. The space is being womanized. Sorry, dear.) That is my plan for tomorrow.
I also got a copy of Daydreams which I am [...]

Baked Beans

Yesterday I experimented and made baked beans, from Scott’s grandmother’s recipe. It turned out quite well and I thought I would share.

You will need one bag of navy beans (this is those little white beans; I found them at Wal-mart in 1kg bags. I imagine most grocery stores should have them). Soak them in [...]

In like a lion?

You may have noticed my blogs of late have been lacking in crafty content. Alas, I have not been crafting. One day last week I had the urge to knit, picked up the needles and completed 2 rows on Kimber’s poncho, and the phone rang. Cue a two hour conversation with Scott. There goes my [...]

Another week….

Another storm. Yesterday we got an ice storm here in New Brunswick, and I have just come in from scraping an 1/4 inch of ice off my car. Of course, that meant I had to devise a way into it first.
Alas, this time, we have a casualty of the winter war.

Fare thee well, o ice [...]

A lack of interesting meme’s blog

I have been browsing various meme sites to get my thoughts flowing and get content actually on this blog. Today nothing is grabbing my fancy, so I thought I would pose a question of my own.
The other day, the movie “Awakenings” was on television. If you are not familiar with the storyline, it is based [...]