Between our backyard garden and our friendly neighbors’ gardens, we’ve been getting a lot of pretty, fresh vegetables… especially jalapenos and bell peppers. So after lots of chopping and some onion tears, I created this: Yum Yum! There wasn’t a specific recipe, I just went from the memmory of past dips. 🙂 Here’s the ingredients,…
Archives for September 2009
A skein is a terrible thing to waste: Learning How to Knit
While cleaning my room/organizing my living space this weekday-weekend (my days off rarely fall on a Saturday-Sunday), I realized I have a lot of space-hogs. One is my VHS movie collection. Another major culprit is YARN. Apparently I have lots of yarn… 2 big Rubbermaid plastic storage bins full. And then I got ANOTHER huge…
Sew what?? A bag and a bear!
September is National Sewing Month! But you already knew that, right. :/ I found out via a Joann’s Fabrics email. If you cant find a Happy Sewing month cards at Hallmark, you could always make one yourself 😀 My last weekend was originally supposed to be 4 days, but turned into 6 days off… leaving…
8 Years ago
Manhattan/Financial District as seen from Hoboken, NJ September 11, 2004 It’s weird living in Texas on September 11th. Texas itself isn’t to blame. It just feels different, almost inappropriate, on how normal the day feels here. As many of you are aware, I was in Washington DC as a college student on September 11, 2001….
How to go on the St Arnold Brewery Tour
Lets start by stating the obvious. Beer is delicious. And beer should not taste like water. Yes, some people choose to drink beer that tastes like you just dunked your dixiecup in a toilet for one reason or another. But wait, you say… it’s inexpensive, and refreshing, and the commercials are so funny. Seriously? Maybe…