Really? You are kidding, right?

My house was burgled last night, while we were totally home. Thief came in the back door and stole a laptop out of one of my children’s rooms, while we were making dinner in the front.
I am torn between all manner of emotions. Anger – I’m f*cking furious that someone would enter my home and [...]

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everyone wants TOAST

Another pair of “Toast” mitts, these in Funky Carolina handspun merino dyed up in the “Dollie” colorway that I spun earlier this summer. Some mods included a purled heart motif, cute flower buttons, and ribbing to keep the edges from curling.

I’ve done a couple more hats in the meantime as well, and this one [...]

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I didn’t forget a musical shiny, it’s Tuesday after all!
I’m a little blue today, probably because I’m sick, so this seems appropriate:

It’s from the movie Sita Sings The Blues. You can find the whole thing on Youtube or if you google it in other places on the web. One of my [...]

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No, I didn’t forget the musical shiny… it is, after all, Tuesday…

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It’s alchemy, really.

The joy of fiber is that you start with a wad of unspun fluff. Apply twist. Ply needles. Et viola. Magic.
What Light…

…becomes Toasty.

Yes, it is the annual “Oh hell, the holidays are coming, time to use up the handspun I did last spring…” panic of trying to find a quick and easy but fun project [...]

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February Lady and Tuesday shiny

here she is, unblocked and without buttons!

She has since been blocked and buttons added, but, we don’t have pictures of that yet.
And in honor of the precipitation we are supposed to get tomorrow (which hopefully won’t bring the burned parts of the San Gabriels down upon us…)

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Tuesday Musical Shinies

And yes… there might be a theme here. It’s been an interesting couple of weeks, for some senses of the word. If you’re using interesting in the curse sense, anyway.
I like the idea of a blog series. Even if you haven’t got something profound to say, there’s always something to share… [...]

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It isn’t all just Mount Doom over here

though last night, watching the fire race down the hillside, it did look a little Tolkeinesque… forgive the blurry picture quality, I have no tripod, my camera has no depth of field and the person whose shoulder I was using to shoot the pictures was attached to a VERY nervous little dog.

So, that was [...]

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normally I love our mountain view…

But not so much today.
That’s the view of one edge of the Station Fire currently burning above La Canada, as seen from my next door neighbor’s front yard. A few more pics are up on my flickr.
We are eating iceberg wedges with blue cheese dressing for dinner. When stressed, the classics appeal.
You’d better believe [...]

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Enough with Chris Brown, already.

You know, I’m kind of pissed off about the Chris Brown/Rihanna thing, but maybe not for the reasons you’d think.
When I was 5 months pregnant with my oldest, her bio dad (NOT the ex Mr. Honey and Ollie) got mad one night and slapped me around, then choked me almost into unconsciousness. He probably wouldn’t [...]

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