Posted in Crochet, sweaters on August 27, 2007 | 6 Comments »
It’s a been a while since my last crochet/knit post but I’ve been crafting — really! Here’s the evidence:
From the Fawne sweater/cardi pattern by French Girl, which I got from Jimmy Bean’s Wool. The pattern calls for a worsted weight yarn and a mohair yarn double-stranded, but I just used Lion Brand [...]
Posted in food & drink, life on August 23, 2007 | No Comments »
From Sunday through Wednesday, I stayed in downtown Vancouver at Judy (aka Dotorious Judy) and Jenny’s, along with their two dogs, Puca and George.They were all such great hosts–including the dogs who are sweet, affectionate critters.
I pretty much ate the whole time. Oh yeah, I saw a bit of the [...]
Posted in life on August 23, 2007 | 1 Comment »
It rained nearly every day, but it was still one of the best trips of my life. I have few usable pics, alas, because my crappy old camera couldn’t handle the low light conditions in the rainforest, especially with the cloud cover. (New camera arrived today, yippee!) Here are the highlights:
Thursday 8/16 [...]
Posted in life on August 20, 2007 | No Comments »
I’m sorry I haven’t posted much lately, especially on crafting. I’ve been traveling to celebrate filing my diss. Spent three days in Olympic National Park, hiking through rainforests and climbing a cloud-covered ridge. And it rained the whole time! They don’t call it “rainforest” for nothing. Today I took a [...]
Posted in dissertation, life on August 3, 2007 | 6 Comments »
… a lollipop.
This is what the Degrees Office gave me when I filed my dissertation on Wednesday. It reads “Phinally Done”.
I can read it two ways. One: as a sweet reward (probably what they meant). Or two: doing a dissertation really sucked. That one is from my chiropractor.
I started this [...]
Posted in dissertation on August 1, 2007 | 1 Comment »
… and this is what I have to show for it. My office, which I studiously cleaned when a guest stayed over, is once again disheveled. Like me right now. It’s 4:20 AM. I just hope the degrees office doesn’t fuss over the tiny margin problem on the signature page. In less than [...]
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