Posted in Cats, Fashion, Fashion/Sewing stuff, Numbered Lists, Sewing, Travel on March 19, 2008 | No Comments »
1. I got the new camera I’d been saving up for. I’m now the owner of a Canon Powershot G9. I’ve gone out and done some test shots to get used to it, but since my computer is in the shop right now, I can’t post ‘em yet. Joel’s computer doesn’t [...]
Posted in Cats, Home Improvements, Mountain Biking, Sewing on January 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I had a 3-day weekend this past weekend due to Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Day. A 3-day weekend is always welcome - in fact, I wish they all were, considering as how I generally spend all of Saturday on the run, then Sunday doing basically jack. That Monday in a typical 3-day [...]
Posted in Adventures, Playing With Weather, Sewing, Utter Silliness, bike commuting, dumb things I have done on December 26, 2007 | No Comments »
This morning was shaping up to suck outrageously. I was about halfway to work, and my back tire blew out. 2″ long rip in one sidewall; you could see daylight all the way through. I tried to boot it with one of those extra-big patches from one of my patch kits, but [...]
Posted in Numbered Lists, Photo entries, Sewing on December 22, 2007 | 3 Comments »
1. Do not put on red lipstick, don a balaclava, and ride your bicycle to work. You will end up with lipstick from mid-nose to mid-neck. This has been a public service announcement.
2. The Federal Courthouse is two blocks away from my workplace, and there is a park between the two [...]
Posted in Cats, Photo entries, Playing With Weather, Sewing, Shopping, biking on December 15, 2007 | No Comments »
I had no big hairy plans today, honestly. Maybe go for a bike ride and take some pictures, weather permitting, probably sit around in front of the fireplace reading and occasionally shoving a cat’s butt off my book. I didn’t expect to actually get anything accomplished.
It all started out with me waking up [...]
Posted in Photo entries, Sewing, tagged darning, DIY, hand sewing, mending, repairs on December 10, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Many cyclists of the slightly nerdy variety are very big on wool. I’m of that category and similarly fond of woolen clothing for cold weather. I have an elaborate system of sweaters, tights, and outerwear that I layer on or eliminate as conditions require, and my favorite “insulating layers” for my torso happen [...]
Posted in Sewing, biking, tagged advanced sewing, delicate fabrics, presser feet, Singer 401A on December 8, 2007 | 3 Comments »
The Burley failed to sell on e-bay. I’m not exactly heartbroken, however. Joel and I talked it over, and going lower than $600 would be beyond ridiculous - it would be lowballing the sum of its parts. Besides, in last winter’s makeover of said bike, we kept it a drop-bar setup, it [...]
Posted in Art Projects & Making Things, Food & Snacks, Recommendations, Sewing, videos on December 8, 2007 | No Comments »
I’m working on my annual Gonzo Baking project today. Actually, today, I am using standard recipes; I just did a huge batch of old-school brown sugar cookies, and I am about to get on with a double-batch of gingersnaps. I did cocoa-dark-chocolate-chip cookies the other night, and a batch of fig cookies flavored [...]
Posted in Other Bike Stuff, Playing With Weather, Sewing, bike commuting, biking on November 7, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Daylight savings time, one of the goofiest ideas ever to roll out of Ben the F’s industriously fevered brain, has hit once again. I’ll refrain from the trite bitching about what an artificial pain in the ass it is, because it gives me a good excuse to play with my new, super-cool, kickass headlight.
Last winter [...]
Posted in Fashion, Fashion/Sewing stuff, Imports from old blogs, Sewing on January 15, 2007 | No Comments »
I am still sewing like a madwoman. Today’s count includes half of a suit jacket and most of a skirt (waistband and hem pending)
The half finished jacket, with the skirt I started yesterday (no, I haven’t finished stitching down the appliques yet…I wanted to test out this jacket pattern, because it is an experiment).
Here [...]
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