Canadutch

After finally finishing my mother in law's Haruni shawl while I was in Canada I was ready to get started on my next project.

He drives me crazy. Over the years, he’s come so close to death so many times I can’t even explain it. He’s obnoxious. He’s bossy. He whines and he gets his hair everywhere.

Last year I wrote a post about my New Years Wishes, not resolutions because well, I never keep those.  They are wishes because they are things I really want to happen but am aware that I may not quite get there. Hey, a least I’m realistic, right? Now I’m looking back to see what I have achieved and what still …

Day 4 – Now that the holidays are over I’m back to my usual diet, and I’m so glad. I love all that forbidden food but it really makes me feel like crap.  I have to admit I did overdo it a bit, and ended up gaining about two kilos. Not bad in the grand scheme of things, especially since …

While we were in the south of France in the summer we got together with Xander’s brother in Montpellier to see his new house and visit the Mare Nostrum Aquarium.

I was looking over my tree tonight, dreading the thought of taking all my Christmas decorations down and putting them away, when I noticed this ornament.  My husband and I bought it the first year we were married, in 2000, which was our 2nd year together and first year as husband and wife. I still feel way too young to …

Something I’ve always wanted to try was painting with light.  Basically you go in a dark room with a flashlight, candle or any other source of light, set your camera to a low ISO and a long shutter speed and move the light around to make the design you want. This morning I got up and tried it while it …

In the spring of last year I had been talking to my mother about knitting, and we were sharing photos of things we liked.  She saw a photo of an afghan on Flickr that she really liked and I noticed that the lady was nice enough to link to the pattern!  I immediately set out to try to find some …

As you can see from the title, I’ve decided to give the 365 Days photo project another try.  Two years ago I attempted the 365 days of self portraits project, which was a miserable failure.  I hated taking photos of myself so I’m not sure what possessed me to start a project that required 365 of them! I figured that …

It’s really difficult to knit with a dog on your lap, especially one who doesn’t like when the yarn touches her nose.  I don’t have the heart to disturb her so I try to knit a little off to the side.  She really does have me trained pretty well. What? I’d like to see you try to resist that face! …

Yay, I can finally blog about one of my Christmas gift projects!  Remember the Mystery Project? My mother in law phoned us today to let us know that her package had arrived in France (whew! I was getting worried!) and she had opened it already. Tsk tsk, naughty!  That means I can blog about it now! I made her a …