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This Is Working Even Better Than I’d Expected

k2 — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 23:55:23 +0000

Two girls + Two Wonder Knitters + Two Skeins of Red Heart Super Saver = Blessed Quiet

Now all I need to do is come up with something to do with the enormous yarn snakes they’re making.

Lunch Box Time

k2 — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 17:35:56 +0000

My calendar tells me that June is here, even if the weather vehemently disagrees. (As I type this it is 55 degrees outside and raining.) Beginning the first week of June the girls’ preschool goes into ‘camp mode’. Every Friday they take a mini-field trip to a neighborhood park and each child brings a sack [...]

Look What I Made This Morning

k2 — Sun, 23 May 2010 20:57:16 +0000

Recipe here.

Honestly, I do make things besides sweet breads. Really. They just don’t end up being photographed.

Dinner this Week

k2 — Mon, 17 May 2010 16:56:48 +0000

Not a terribly exciting post, but it *is* about food. Here’s what we’ll be eating this week.

(Click on the image to see a larger version.)

Easter

k2 — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 21:26:55 +0000

A belated Easter post is better than none at all, right? As my husband has already done a lovely family holiday recap, complete with photos, I will content myself with showing off my contribution to the holiday: bread.

The husband loves bread. Not likes bread, LOVES bread. And I love my husband, so I baked.

He [...]

Return of the Weekly Menu

k2 — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:21:06 +0000

I haven’t posted my weekly menu for, um, a while, but I’m aiming to improve. As proof of my good intentions I would like to present this week’s menu:

Monday – Pasta with Broccoli Rabe Tuesday – Spinach and Mushroom Lasagna Wednesday – Pasta w/Creamy Roasted Red Pepper Sauce Thursday – Potato, Leek and Chickpea Soup Friday – Parents’ Night [...]

A Craftacular Valentine’s Day

k2 — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:12:56 +0000

The husband is out of town right now. That means that the girls are in danger of having some small part of their lives go undocumented. I would hate for them to be the only ones in their graduating class not to have every single event, no matter how insignificant, be fully recorded for posterity [...]

This Week in General and Wisteria Today

k2 — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:32:29 +0000

It’s a Monday, which by definition means that I am already behind in what I need to get done for the week. This week’s to-do list includes phrases like “Kindergarten applications”, “rotate tires, “call electrician” and, shudder, “tax prep”. And there are two doctor’s appointments, one for me and one for the girls, thrown in [...]

Corgi Dinosaur Sweater

k2 — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 06:17:45 +0000

I think that I should absolutely knit the Corgis one or two of these (scroll down for Corgi content). You know, in my free time. What do you think?

Wisteria

k2 — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:22:37 +0000

I love my mailman. He’s a really nice guy, he has cookies for the Corgis and, best of all, he brought me this today:

Isn’t it lovely?

I signed up for several classes at this year’s Madrona Winter Retreat. This is the kit for “Eek! Steeks as Design Elements” taught by the inimitable Mary Scott Huff, [...]