Who wouldn't want to knit when the weather looks like this? I woke up and saw this beautiful drizzle and drank hot tea out on the deck f...

My favorite Olympic Moments: The Men's 400 Relay That last leg is amazing. You can see the adrenaline burst out of those men as they c...

My California connection has just informed me that Trader Joe's has discontinued vanilla paste. If you see a forlorn mom sitting at Sta...

Goal: Fifteen rows a day. I know I am capable. The real question is if I can be monogamous (to the project--as if!) until the project is fin...

We took the opportunity of having a teenager in the house (and grandparents who are retired) to go to Elitch Gardens . I haven't been to...

Forgive my terseness. It's nothing personal. Status Sunday morning: The reason I ripped out about six rows on Saturday: Worth it t...

You must forgive my absence. The Olympics are on. Twice a year I am glued to the television. If this was the only television I watched I wou...

There is a rumor circulating that someone went to the Colorado Speedway to watch the races. The claim is that this particular person was k...

One thing I noticed about the DB challenge were the numerous "DO NOT OVERMIX /BEAT/BLEND. Wise words to be sure, but I noticed a numbe...

The July Challenge for Daring Bakers is a Filbert Gateau with Praline Buttercream . I don't know how DBs choose thier recipes, or how th...

So, the grand finale of a tour of Brown Sheep is shopping in their Seconds store. These are the yarns that didn't make the cut. They m...

I have an "exotic" ingredient I couldn't do without: Trader Joes Vanilla Paste -The last time we found this was two years ago ...

I got to go on a tour of Brown Sheep today. This is the second time I've taken this tour and it was every bit as amazing. If you ever...

The sewing room is not 100% complete. But it's about 90%. As I'll probably start using the thing before I get completely finished ...

One of my favorite things about being an adult (i.e. not under my parent's roof) is that I can make pasta whenever I want. I love pasta ...

Recently I found an ice-cream maker at a thrift store. It was $4.99 and I didn't get it. As fate would have it, DH needed to go later ...

"Oh, you only need one or two plants. They'll take over your yard if you're not careful. You'd best plant them in a conta...

I made the Danish Braid that seems to be last month's daring baker challenge. I tried to get cute and make a bow at the end but it didn...

I haven't done a whole lot of travel. But here are cities I would willingly visit over and over again. Seattle, Washington (would live t...