cooking : crafts : organization : gardening : thrifting : going green
Last night we got to rediscover our favorite tapas from our honeymoon in Spain. Mike knew of a place in the Mission that has a good selection, so we tried it out, and it was fantastic. The place itself was pretty no-frills, but it had the same casual atmosphere as tapas bars in Spain, and [...]
Looky what I found. Back when I first moved to Des Moines (for the third time) in 2006 I asked my mom to find me a soda crate so I could make it into a little herb garden. I pulled out some of the slats and lined it with plastic, then filled it up with [...]
I blame Brianne for the fact that I almost peed my pants at work today thinking of how exciting it would be to get back to knitting/crochet projects. Am I an 80-year-old woman in a 27-year-old’s body? I think so. But seriously. I pretty much tossed my knitting bag into hiding as soon as the [...]
It’s not really that surprising that I let go of my yoga practice. After my two yoga buddies left town, my favorite studio abrubtly closed and I didn’t make the effort to go to another one. That was also around the time I started to realize that I was going to be in debt forever [...]
I recently rediscovered this little snack. It seems like something only a kid would eat, but I’m not too proud to dip.
Last weekend “Sylvia” arrived from my Netflix queue. Gwyneth Paltrow plays Sylvia Plath and Daniel Craig plays her cheatin’ husband. It wasn’t the greatest movie ever made, but I did like it, and it did get into how she never really got the help she needed for her depression. Anyway, it got me thinking that [...]
Two of my crochet patterns — vintage hanger covers and a colorful granny square pillow — have been published in a new book. You can now order So Pretty! Crochet, by my talented friend Amy Palanjian, at Amazon.com. 
