Jan 29, 2014 | Humor, Witty Wednesday
pun (puhn) noun: the use of words or phrases to exploit ambiguities and innuendos in their meaning, usually for humorous...
Jan 23, 2014 | Crochet, Crochet Stitches, Hobbies
Notes: There are many variation on the basic chevron shape. The Single Crochet Chevron is a nice deep chevron worked with all single crochet, of course. It works well in a solid color, but changing colors every row or in some type of color-shifting pattern really...
Jan 21, 2014 | Should Be Reading, Teaser Tuesday
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: Grab your current read Open to a random page Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make...
Jan 20, 2014 | Hobbies, Knitting, Knitting WIPs
Some time ago, while browsing the Ravelry message boards, I came across a post where other knitters were sharing all of the lovely things that they were doing with their leftover bits of sock yarn. It’s probably not a surprise that I have quite the stash of it...
Jan 20, 2014 | Humor, Our Life
If you saw my post yesterday, you know I was playing around with a bit of nostalgic fun. I couldn’t resist doing another quiz. Want to find out which character you are? Click here to take the...
Jan 19, 2014 | Hobbies, Knitting, Other Crafts, Pinteresting
This week’s pins were a mix of dragons and crafts with a bowl of soup thrown in. I didn’t spend as much time pinning as I normally do, because I used a lot of my Pinterest time reorganizing my boards. What do you think? That took me way longer to do than I...
Jan 19, 2014 | Humor, Our Life
I was scrolling through my Facebook feed and noticed that several of my friends have been taking “personality” quizzes on a site called Zimbio. It just brought me back to the very, very early days of my blogging life. In a moment of nostalgia, I...
Jan 17, 2014 | Friday Finds, Should Be Reading
Friday Finds showcases the books you ‘found’ and added to your To Be Read (TBR) list… whether you found them online, or in a bookstore, or in the library — wherever! (They aren’t necessarily books you purchased.) Please feel free to leave a comment with either the...
Jan 15, 2014 | Hobbies, Knitting, Knitting FOs
Pattern: Pioneer Braid Scarf by Hither and Yarn Yarn: Chroma (Fingering Weight) in Prism Needles: Size 3.5 mm (US 4) circular needles Made for: Myself, I think Notes: I used a fingering weight sock yarn rather than the worsted used in the original pattern. I’m...
Jan 15, 2014 | Should Be Reading, WWW Wednesdays
To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions… What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you think you’ll read next? Please feel free to leave a comment with either the link to your own WWW Wednesday post, or share...