Ta da! NaBloPoMo is done and I managed to post every day this month. Very pleased, very pleased. I now return you to my not so regular posting schedule. Particularly for the next week or so. My final exam is on Dec 9th and I’ve got some serious studying to get done. I’m [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘NaBloPoMo’
November 29, 2008
Pedahah (perogies) festival
First you boil up a metric tonne (that’s bigger than an imperial tonne) of potatoes and mash them up. Chunky mash, not that whipped business. You also brown some bacon & onion together and add it to the potatoes. Mom had already done this step so I couldn’t photograph it for you. Sorry.
Then you make [...]
November 28, 2008
Knitting Meme
Heh heh! I’m not even home right now! I’ve set this up ahead of time so that I can have an evening away from the blog without NaBloPoMo guilt. Sneaky, sneaky.
Here is a knitting meme from yarnpiggy. I’ve been keeping it up my sleeve for just such and occassion as this.
What is your all time [...]
November 27, 2008
Gifts from the blog gods
Had to hit the bank after work. You know, deposit a pay cheque, get out some ‘mad money’, blah blah blah. When what should fall into my hands? This:
It says, ‘trace this cool older bill! www.whereswilly.com‘ Well thank you to the blog gods because without this little bit of good luck you would be looking [...]
November 26, 2008
Middle of the week
Thought I should show you a bit of knitting that I’ve been working on lately. It’s Malabrigo in the colourway ‘Intenso’ and boy is that a great name for this colour. I’m using the Scrunchable scarf pattern but I’m only going to knit about 24 inches then crochet a wee loop on one side for [...]
November 25, 2008
A good day
I’m pretty happy with today. The budget at my work passed its preliminary reading with no changes at all. That budget included keeping yours truly employed for another year contract. Whoo hoo! Now I can register for my January crim course that I’ve been putting off. Yay! No serial killers this time though. Perhaps a [...]
November 24, 2008
How to make lentil soup (a picture recipe)
What you will need:
1 ham hock – smoked (sorry vegetarians!)
4 stalks of celery
1 large onion
3 medium carrots
various spices – thyme, rosemary, whatever.
2 quarts of stock – I used 1 quart chicken/1 quart vegetable
2 – 3 cups of lentils (I used 2.5 cups of green and .5 cups of split red)
1 package of frozen chopped spinach [...]
November 23, 2008
Cooking, baking, and generally just making the house smell amazing!
Mr. Beentsy decided that he wanted to get some baking done this weekend. Sausage rolls, mince tarts, and spanakopita to be exact. He made the mince tarts on Friday night. Sorry, there is no photographic evidence that they ever existed. Sure were tasty though!
Sausage rolls? Oh yes, we have sausage rolls! For the time being [...]
November 22, 2008
Ahhhhhh, Saturday. Would that every day were you!
I love Saturday. All of the happy of a Friday without the workday to mess it up. Sunday may be a day off too, but there’s that nagging gotta go back to work tomorrow feeling about it. Love me some Saturday! As previously mentioned, today was blood donation day. I got a sticker. It says, [...]
November 21, 2008
Yay! It’s Friday!
I swear, I feel like I worked two weeks this week, not just the obligatory one! Exhausted. So glad it’s Friday. Got nothing much on the plans for this weekend and I’m pretty darn happy about it. I’ve got a blood donation tomorrow (please go donate if you can, wicked blood shortages & the holidays [...]
