This week

Posted: January 24, 2014 | Author: | Filed under: Weekly World News | Leave a comment

Here’s a summary of this week’s highlights:

  • I had a fit of jealousy (well-contained, at least) over a yarn collection. And I learned I really love heather gray yarn and other neutral colors. Imagine pairing it with a neon pink trim for an ultra-trendy baby blanket…
  • Car shopping is the worst.
  • Using a slightly-not-navy yarn, I’m crocheting a basket to replace a hold-everything box in our black Expedit bookcase. Pretty soon I’ll run out of the blue yarn, so I plan to make it a colorblock basket and make the top half (or two-thirds ((is that hyphenated?)) ) cream or orange or something. Suggestions?
  • Thursday night I hosted a Mary Kay party. It was almost like I had real friends! Plus, my living room got clean(er).
  • While Evan is out on a date with his grandpa, June and I are chilling in the play area. I brought my crochet basket to work on because I’m that person now.
  • I was digging through my stack of past projects – many incomplete – and found the birth announcement I started designing for June. It is incredible, and I’m going to work on it a little more next week. Should I make it solid text on a watercolor background, or watercolor text on a solid background? Or watercolor on watercolor? I’m not sure I’m that skilled yet.
  • Oh yeah, and I made a bunch of cookies. I shared some so I’m positive I didn’t eat them all.

This week

Posted: January 10, 2014 | Author: | Filed under: Weekly World News | Leave a comment

Here’s a summary of this week’s highlights:

  • This actually happened last week after I posted: I broke my toe. It hurt a lot.
  • I rearranged our living room so there’s a cozy corner for me to huddle in and be a hermit. With a book. Perfection!
  • I read two books, The Edwardian Lady (about Edith Holden, the author/illustrator of the gorgeous book The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady) and Say You’re One of Them, a collection of short stories. Depressing short stories.
  • The baby announcements got finished. And after I blogged about closing my Etsy shop, I went ahead and reopened it…
  • Remember the cheesecake I made? Opinion reversed. I would absolutely make it again, I’d just do it a day or two ahead of time. After the cheesecake had been in the fridge overnight it was divine.
  • We had dinner with a friend from high school. It was delicious and entertaining and so nice to be out of the house, having a conversation with grownups.
  • One morning June woke up with her hair all matted and tangled. I told her it looked crazy, and Evan jumped in, “Well, June, I think your hair is beautiful.” He’s such a nice brother (sometimes)!
  • Ender got a bath and a haircut. He smells amazing.

This week

Posted: January 3, 2014 | Author: | Filed under: Weekly World News | 1 Comment

Here’s a summary of this week’s highlights:

  • We got a new nephew early Tuesday morning.
  • I worked on baby announcements for said nephew. Cute animals are involved.
  • I made a blanket for Evan. I used two bulky yarns and finger crocheted it, then put tassels on the border. Too bad I don’t really know what I’m doing and 4 tassels have already been pulled off, and it looks like a few stitches have come undone. Oh well! It was nice and soft and warm while it lasted.
  • We spent New Year’s Eve with our good friends Scott and Alitha, who introduced us to the game Wits and Wagers.
  • I learned, once again, that intentionally staying up until midnight is much different than reading a good book and accidentally staying awake late. I was so, so ready for bed well before midnight.
  • Jarom and I cleaned the kitchen. It was very clean for Christmas (and even a few weeks beforehand), but then we spent a nice week vacationing and not cleaning.
  • We started our 2014 resolution of only eating dessert/sweets on Monday evening. This year we’ll be making one recipe a week from the International Chocolate Cookbook. First up is a black velvet cheesecake, so feel free to invite yourself over for a slice next Monday.
  • I made a menu and grocery list for the month. As part of our efforts to get out of debt, we’re tightly controlling our food budget, which requires careful planning. Last night we tried a broccoli beef recipe, tonight we’re having quesadillas, and later in the month we’ll have tikka masala and claw chowder. Food is great, even if I don’t have a personal chef.
  • Can you tell I’m trying to blog more this year? I hope to get back to my weekday posting schedule like I did last year before the world fell apart. This means I might solicit guest posts every now and then. Interesting ones. I promise you’ll like them. You might even write one!