January 2011 « Redshirt Knitting

Sometimes it's hard to tell the cat food from the Erika food. http://t.co/2pkdh3N9BQ about 11 hours ago
According to the new Star Trek movie, in the future everyone just gets one enormous ice cube. about 15 hours ago
Isn’t the future grand? http://t.co/XF1QetwxPh about 19 hours ago
She promised to loan me a spinning wheel if I helped her load a couch into the back of a windowless van. Seems legit. about 20 hours ago
Hey everyone, if @perclexed turns out to be an axe murderer, start the hunt for my body in the @SerialKnitters parking lot. about 20 hours ago
If you're coming north to the San Juans for Memorial Day wkd I'll tell you a secret, here's the route locals use: https://t.co/ZBZETnuOlt about 22 hours ago
@kmkat And not as high as the Minneapolis bridge. about 23 hours ago in reply to kmkat
So basically what you're saying is, the Skagit River Bridge failed a saving throw. http://t.co/nzLRzIuFRK about 23 hours ago
@advicemonkey wow that looks amazing! about 23 hours ago in reply to advicemonkey
@pschiendelman there are a lot of options, none of which can gracefully handle that volume of traffic. I usually go across Fir Isl to Conway 08:32 PM 05/23/13 in reply to pschiendelman

A Chicken Update

By Erika, on January 31st, 2011

By popular demand! And because I can’t think of anything better!

First of all, they all finished molting by mid-December or so. Look how fluffy they are! I swear their new coats grew in even thicker and more lush than the first year.

“You bring grain, human, yes?”

No.

Boy did they get . . . → Read More: A Chicken Update

Sims Sunday: More Adventures

By Erika, on January 30th, 2011

I ticked a lot of final items off my challenge list this week! In Egypt Wilma started hitting on a store clerk. (They can’t get away.)

Sopdu Hawas was a little bashful at first, but he quickly gave in. (While a paparazzi took notes.) (Gross.)

Wilma went home, invited Sopdu . . . → Read More: Sims Sunday: More Adventures

It’s difficult to talk about de-stashing without coming off as judgmental, even though I promise you I’m really not. I’m right there in the trenches with you, and if my yarn stash isn’t as big as some people’s, neither is my budget or storage space. That urge – whether you call it stashing, hoarding, . . . → Read More: Yarn Stash Ponderings

A Sock Reclines on the Turf

By Erika, on January 26th, 2011

Here’s a nice picture of the socks in the yard, for my Northeast pals. I bitch and moan whenever it snows here, because it’s such an unpleasant contrast. Winter is the season when all the lawns turn a nice green.

(What has two thumbs and should mow the yard this weekend?)

Do you . . . → Read More: A Sock Reclines on the Turf

Ten On Tuesday: The Grocery Edition

By Erika, on January 25th, 2011

I’m going to steal a page from Kmkat’s book* and offer a Ten On Tuesday this week. And since I just crawled back from the grocery store with like a million things to unpack and put away (but which I’m ignoring because It’s Important To Blog Right This Second), I offer you:

Ten . . . → Read More: Ten On Tuesday: The Grocery Edition