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Would someone please make this Lamb Madras Curry for me? It looks yummy but my attempts at Indian food have been abysmal failures.

I just bought some cute knitting ball ornaments made by Mama E!

Has anyone reading this ever used one of those Clover Embroidery tools before?

There was a profession in Anarchy Online called The Fixer. This is an article (sent to me by my sister) about another kind of fixer. I found it to be really interesting and illuminating about myself.

I’m considering buying this yarn for a second Red Scarf for The Project.

The tarot card quiz that’s been notoriously accurate keeps its reputation

You are The High Priestess

Science, Wisdom, Knowledge, Education.

The High Priestess is the card of knowledge, instinctual, supernatural, secret knowledge. She holds scrolls of arcane information that she might, or might not reveal to you. The moon crown on her head as well as the crescent by her foot indicates her willingness to illuminate what you otherwise might not see, reveal the secrets you need to know. The High Priestess is also associated with the moon however and can also indicate change or fluxuation, particularily when it comes to your moods.

What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out.

I like this shirt

I’m well on my way into the first half of the Pocket Cable Scarf

And finally,
The True Meaning of Etsy

It’s been an interesting week. Busy too. Good and bad, mostly good with just a hint of annoying. The annoying isn’t even worth mentioning, really. But there have been some really fun highlights!

Last Thursday I went with Ashley and her kids to a local paint your own pottery place called Art Attack. Those who already know that not only do I have a degree in sculpture but I used to teach pottery classes at a small local studio when I was in high school not to mention poured and glazed tiles for a tile artist in Santa Fe will no doubt find the idea of me actually buying an item already in bisque form then painting it to be freakin hi-larious.

Believe me, I did too! To be honest I consider it cheating but it’s not like we were there to create high art or try to sell it or something. Ashley just wanted her kids to paint some mugs for their grandparents’ xmaskkah gifts. I couldn’t resist joining in the fun though. It had been a long time since I’d glazed pottery. So I made a little present for Cody. It’s nothing big but I think he’ll like it. (Side One) (Side Two)

We enjoyed the whole experience, and the cheap prices, so much that we’re going to go again this week! And there’s a monthly “Ladies’ Night Out on every first friday of the month. Totally think all the snb people should go.

Then on Saturday we took Winter for her annual photo with Santa at Petsmart. She’s had one every year since she was a puppy so we had to go. Even though it made me a little sad that Zola wouldn’t be in the pictures this year. The Santa photo people remembered us and asked about the hedgehog. It’s always hard to tell people about her cancer but it’s also always nice to hear when they remember her.

The Second Mrs. deWinter wore her red sweater, a matching leash, and a pink faux silk collar from San Francisco to the occasion. I was dressed like someone who would be wrestling a giant dog so she’d sit still next to a stranger. You can imagine what that looks like.

I’ve been moving my workroom stuff from the living room into the fourth bedroom (aka The Scary Room). (God I need to really work on getting that scary room organized). We finally got to break out the prelit tree we bought three years ago in a post Xmas sale. I was in Birmingham the last two xmases so it just wasn’t worth it to break the big one out. So yay it works! And it’s not too tall! This prelit tree thing is great! I know, I can hear the purists out there: blah blah tacky fake tree blah blah lighting is the fun part blah fffft. We can’t have a real tree. It would kill Mr. Man. And I think having to untangle and restring lights one more time might kill him too. So for the safety, peace, and general good of our household we got the big fake prestrung tree. So there.

Now to clean the house for my parents’ arrival in one week from today (it’s not panic attack-inducing bad though which is kind of nice), wrap some presents, knit Jocelyn’s grandmother’s shawl (Sorry about that Joce!), and hang all the ornaments. The big aunts’ annual ornament party is on Friday! Busy week indeed.

Ashley tagged me for a meme where I list six things about me that are weird. I can’t sleep so let’s see if I can come up with a few surprises.

1. Sock monkeys scare me. So do ice cream truck songs. And clowns.

2. There once was a time when I could apply the lyrics to “Moon River” to every song I heard.

3. Sometime in my early twenties I came up with what I like to call the “phlegm” theory of creativity where the urge to create something is almost like a tiny virus inside you that you have to get out before you choke on it. The results aren’t always pretty though.

4. I can move my pinkie toes independently of my other toes.

5. The first time I tried to quit smoking I ate so many wint-o-green lifesavers I developed a kind of allergy to them. Now if I try to eat one my tongue will swell up and I’ll sound funny when I try to speak.

6. I have a fear of heights but only if I can see under my feet - like on a grate. I didn not know this until I was 19 and was standing on a walkway along the inside of the bottom of the dome at St. Peter’s Cathedral. This was very inconvenient.

Yesterday I ordered eight of the eleven gifts I need to have for Xmas. Several of them have already shipped. God I love the internet.

What was that about knitting xmas gifts? I didn’t hear you. La la la I don’t hear you.

Just some stuff I have my eye on. I totally absolutely do not expect people to get these for me. I just like compiling the list of goodies.

Pink! Denise! Needles!

Creamy shawl with multicolored skully beads!

Smaller organizer case in “lotus” or “anemone”

Colorsmart handmade wooden needles set

Animals Knitting Duvet Cover (clearance woo!)

Holy Crap look at that Louet Victoria Wheel

This swirly shawl pin

Anna’s Grasshopper Batting from Peace Fleece

Pink Embroidery Scissors

Stuff from my Etsy Favorites

I’ll add more as I find more cool stuff!

And I’ve changed the default blog skin to the old Moxie Hedgehog Reindeer on a rooftop design! Is that design really two years old now?