Monthly Archives: November 2007

Santa Ynez Valley – Quick Picks

Now, we didn’t buy much wine at all last weekend on our trip to the Santa Ynez Valley… I had two other favorite parts of the trip: getting to eat at Chef’s Touch in Solvang for both lunch and dinner … Continue reading

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Quick WIP Count

I haven’t done this in awhile and, as much as it pains me, it really should be done every month or so. The following is a list of all of my current WIPs and UFO’s and what their status is. … Continue reading

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Preparation

Matt will be traveling for work starting Tuesday. This means I am going to be very lonely for about a week while he’s away (and that I’ll be eating far too much take-out and freezer-based food). Prepare yourselves for lots … Continue reading

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Thanksgiving

Cooking Turkey Originally uploaded by anleese Ever had something happen that totally pissed you of when it happened yet there was this little voice in your head that let you know you’ll be laughing about it later? That was our … Continue reading

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Sweet Smell of Vacation

I am free! Okay, it’s only until Monday but that’s nearly a week without school and meetings. I’ll ignore the fact that I have a French dialog test the day I get back. For now I will simply focus on … Continue reading

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The WPE

Note: I wrote most of this earlier, waiting for the test to start. Why I spent twenty minutes writing before I took a writing test, I don’t know. And no, I can’t tell you what my topic was though I’m … Continue reading

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Test is done.. bring on the Beajoulais!

You know how you push everything aside when you’ve got a big work deadline or other event? With last week’s mid-terms I did that. The focus of my life became studying heĀ  properties of carbon steels. Then I took my … Continue reading

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Opinions

So you know how I was going to keep my mom in the dark about her Christmas gift? Yeah, not going to work. Yesterday morning I started freaking out about whether she’s like the color, material, pattern, the entire idea … Continue reading

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Working in a coal mine, working downtown

It’s only the twelfth and I’m already getting sick of this whole post-once-a-day thing. I don’t like the feeling of forcing myself to write something just because it’s another day. Last night I nearly forgot. I was in bed when … Continue reading

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Louet Drop Spindle

photos-1107-095 Originally uploaded by anleese Here’s the drop spindle I picked up at the fiber festival. I also got some fiber though the photos of that didn’t turn out so well. I’ve tried using it a couple times but to … Continue reading

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