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Archive for September, 2010

Martha’s Vineyard Post

Posted in Adventures on September 27, 2010 | 4 Comments »

So, my in-laws invited us to share some of their vacation with them in Martha’s Vineyard. But you’re not here for family vacation photos! You’re here for the alpacas! Unfortunately my camera had gone missing by this point, so I only got some pictures with my cell phone. And not all the pictures I should [...]

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What a week!

Posted in life on September 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »

We’ve just returned from Martha’s Vineyard, exhausted and with a suitcase full of dirty laundry and sand. Also spinning fiber. Did you know there’s an alpaca farm there? I took pictures of course, but will have to post them later. Watch this space!

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tries and fails to come up with a pithy title for this post.

Posted in Knitting on September 18, 2010 | 3 Comments »

I had a busy week this week, trying to get on top of all the houseworky things I have been neglecting. I started packing up the kids’ summer clothes and headed to the second-hand store to pick up some things they’ll need for cooler weather. I am so ridiculously excited for cooler weather that I [...]

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i can has muzak?

Posted in links on September 17, 2010 | 1 Comment »

This made my (earlier than usual) morning!! (h/t: Scalzi!)

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This is a link to another blog.

Posted in links on September 15, 2010 |

I’m getting ready to run out to orchestra rehearsal (yes it’s that time of year again) and have my trombone in my hand. I just wanted to quickly share this link to an epic METApost. Enjoy! (h/t Kate Harding. Thanks!)

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Does the light side really matter?

Posted in links on September 13, 2010 | 4 Comments »

I hated Episodes I, II, and III of the Star Wars trilogy. hated I just think George Lucas did a fantastically terrible job with extraordinarly difficult subject matter. All three of those movies were a damn shame, but this video is so good, it makes me want to watch all three of them again. (h/t: [...]

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Creating My Own Content

Posted in life on September 13, 2010 | 2 Comments »

I read a great post a couple of weeks ago over on The Life of Leo (h/t: Felicia Day). Musing on his frustrations with Google Buzz, Leo realized that in sharing and participating on social networking websites like Twitter and Facebook and the like, he was essentially creating content for websites which he didn’t actually [...]

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An Adventure

Posted in Current Events on September 3, 2010 | 3 Comments »

Today, a trip to our local closest Ikea store allowed us to gawk at Hurricane Earl as it blew by Connecticut late this afternoon. There was a good stiff breeze and the highest tide we’ve ever seen when we come up here (although, I think it’s because we’ve never been up there at high tide [...]

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