It’s hot. It was 100F/38C in our backyard yesterday. There’s the bodice for the Neue Mode dress. Which picture is better? The one on top shows my face, which at least one reader seems to think is important. The one on the bottom shows the fitting issues better.

Mechanical eating is what my therapists call it. Basically, it’s a 3 meals and 2 or 3 snacks food plan. The medical research supports the 3 snacks option as being more successful, but most of the people in my group have trouble with 3 meals and 2 snacks (3/2). And even I, who is mostly [...]

Click Here For Movie Left to right, LoriB, Tailypo, Irene, JenS, Quesie, and Verosews. I didn’t realize I had the movie function on, and then it took me forever to figure out how to upload the movie. Hey, you can hear my voice. I’m rather glad I didn’t say “@#$%ing thing”.

So I start the day by eating a “whole foods food plan” breakfast: oatmeal, banana, raisins, almonds, and soymilk. That is followed up with a 30 minute swim; my shoulder is bothering me. Off to work, woo-hoo! Not. Then it’s off to group. I’ve been having problems doing the work required to get well. I [...]

Snowy Egret at the Lagoon on Bay Farm Island This is one of those times that I wished that I had my trusty, old, 10 pounds (1 stone?, 4.5 kg) 35 mm SLR Konica instead of my fit-in-my-pocket digital camera. I find these birds fascinating. They are so white and graceful. Alas, this was as [...]

Six petaled flowers; I love the way the varigated wool worked up. Sunflowers; I don’t like the ring around the outside. I’m thinking of tacking it down. These are spirals, but I didn’t like the way they ended, so I turned them into lopsided circles. My first Irish crochet, and it’s missing the center motif [...]

Pudgy Pete After seeing Pudgy Pete on another blog (I forget which one, and I couldn’t find it). I just had to order the book. The kids were very excited at first, and they enjoyed going to the grocery store just for things for the pizza. However, after pouring the various ingredients in the bowl, [...]

azurerose posted a very useful comment in the LJ Crochet Community on how to buy Japanese books on amigurumi (aka those really cute, tiny crocheted dolls). “Go to http://www.kinokuniya.com and pick the coast closest to you. Search for あみぐるみ (cut & paste that – it says “amigurumi”)” I got a list of about 45 books. [...]

Annette adding cat hair to acetate velvet As you know, Tuesday is ED Day for me. The day didn’t start out as usual; I had to drop the kids off instead of swimming. Plus, we had all stayed up late for fireworks, even if Chunguita and I left before the show. I don’t like to [...]

This is why we call her Chunguita. We had a nice weekend. I spent Friday with Jen Shaw. We had really good, really cheap (my favorite combination) sushi and went to the Palace of the Legion of Honor in the Presidio to see Artwear: Fashion and Anti-fashion. It was a good show. Jen’s a member [...]