Archive for April, 2007

Don’t Look Gift Yarn in the Mouth

Monday, April 23rd, 2007

Apparently all the job interview preparation worked somewhat, because instead of being unemployed, I am now underemployed. In all seriousness, although I haven’t started my new part time job yet, I expect to enjoy it.
Tomorrow is my birthday, and I received some birthday yarn. I’m not one to look gift yarn in the mouth, but [...]

But it pours

Friday, April 13th, 2007

Yes, I have been scarce around these parts lately. I blithely sail along for ages with all sorts of free time, and then several job interviews converge upon me at once, leaving me no free time at all. It should ease up soon, though.
The best way to distract people from one’s lack of anything to [...]

This Image Has the Best Alt Tag Ever

Thursday, April 5th, 2007

A picture is supposed to be worth a thousand words, but this one only needs to express ten.

“I bought a new book and it makes me smile.”
I checked chapters.ca about ten minutes before I went out and it said that no store in town had a copy of the book in stock yet, so I [...]

Jane Comes Early to the Party

Sunday, April 1st, 2007

On Friday I made a test baby bootie out of some Red Heart yarn so I could learn what horrible mistakes I might want to avoid making when I knit the real booties. I’m doing the One-Hour Baby Booties from Stitch ‘n Bitch Nation, and the horrible mistake I have to avoid involves slipping a [...]