I went and got new glasses yesterday. I’m a little uncertain about them yet.

Today, I got the best spam email ever. I don’t know what it said, because its spam, and as such I didn’t open it. It was, however, sent to me by Shoehorns. H. Disport which I think is a pretty good spam-sender name. The subject line was “software” but I don’t currently need any of read more

It is offically fall here, with the temperatures finally getting chilly. Its not chilly enough to turn the heat on yet, oh no, I’m trying to see if we can hit November 15th; although I’d love to not turn it on until December. I do suspect the time will come for a fire in the read more

This: is Flint. Flint is the family llama, who lives with and is owned by my future mother-in-law. Flint is not overly friendly, but he watches over the sheep, and is beautiful. Someday I will spin his wool into lovely lovely brown yarn. And this: is me feeding Flint. I was very excited that he read more

I actually have an excuse for the lack of posting this week. I was/am sick. Caught some sort of a really horrible cold virus and had a really full, painful head with dizziness and a lot of body wracking coughing [my standard sick mo]. Luckily, TheBoy is absolutely wonderful and took excellent care of me read more

No, this is not actually a post about me knitting. It is, however, a post about the word intarsia. When I hear the word, it makes me think of knitting. Colorwork specifically. I bet a lot of other people think the same thing. Turns out that intarsia is an italian word, for inlay. And that read more

1. Pour bowl of cereal.2. Go to fridge and realize milk is old.3. Check expiration date. Hmmm, 9 days past. 4. Sniff. Doesn’t smell like bad milk.5. Ask TheBoy to sniff milk.6. Agree its not worth the risk of getting sick in the middle of class.7. Empty milk into sink.8. Pour whipping cream on cereal.9. read more

I found a link to this article by Vox Day here and I’ve got say this kind of thinking really chaps my butt. He presumes that an independant, career-minded girl can’t find a man. And that in order to have children one must be married by 25. Well, I did the first, and I won’t read more

Yup! A 15″ powerbook was ordered today at the house of thebon! I’m really excited for my new toy, and the extra ram that is coming about a week later [we ordered ram from kingston, because it was way cheaper to upgrade it that way]. I debated between the 15″ and the 17″ and opted read more

Your Hair Should Be Purple Intense, thoughtful, and unconventional. You’re always philosophizing and inspiring others with your insights. What’s Your Funky Inner Hair Color? go figure. the last weird color i dyed it.

My ring is absolutely beautiful, but resistant to having its photo taken. Here are the best we could do [click to make bigger]: in the box: on its side, showing the band: and two of it on my hand:

my ring is done! eeee! we can go pick it up anytime after 10am today. we decided to transfer the money from our checking account to theboy’s credit card and pay with that, for the reward points, ya know. that way, once we’ve also bought my laptop, we’ll get $50 worth of stuff back. fun read more