Today at the Church Ladies', I make tomato soup without opening a single can (it's way easier than you think!).
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Friday, February 20, 2015
7qt: Bright Spots in February
{1} My niece is the best niece
This week, I finally achieved my lifelong goal of becoming Auntie Em! Cannot wait to smooch those cheeks! (I mean, just look at them.)A photo posted by Holly (@hollygphotos) on
{2} Flowers for Valentine's
(I could really just stop at #1, but I'm told you need seven for this thing.)
I mean, I got real flowers, too (Which are still looking lovely, actually. Well chosen, husband!), but I'm pretty excited about these flowers. It's quite beyond any embroidery I've attempted before, but the supplies for the projects are mostly DMC floss, so if I mess up, at least I haven't put a lot of money into it!
{3} Sweater!
Real pictures forthcoming when good lighting and good hair days converge. |
I cut my knitting. Nobody died. |
{4}
One of the questions people always ask me is how much money I save by knitting. I think my new answer is, "A few hundred dollars, if the website will let me zoom in close enough to count stitches." Seriously, though. Don't they just make you want to swoon? It almost would make February worth it.
{5} #LoveTHEONotreDame
My computer background for the past year. I read it in a 200 level theology class. #Augustine #loveTHEOnotredame pic.twitter.com/ZBmMET7Oup
— Erin Stoyell-Mulholl (@erin_sto_mo) February 12, 2015
It recently came to light that my alma mater has been thinking about dispensing with their core theology requirements in favor of checking that box with a "Catholic studies" type course or two in another department. Much to be said about that, angry letters to relevant parties, etc. But, it's been really wonderful to read the stories people have been posting on Twitter and this blog about how required theology courses changed their lives. Warms my little heart.{6} Lent!
I put an exclamation point there, but I'm not really feeling it this year. However, two mornings out of three so far I've been awake (NOT of my own volition) and praying Lauds sometime around 5:00, so I guess I'm getting a little help. Can we at least make it 6:00, God? Monks pray it at 6:00. Thanks.{7} Lenten Resolutions Booklet
If your Lent problem, like mine, tends to be half just remembering to do this stuff throughout the day, I've put together a little booklet (Prints on one page! Fits in your pocket!) so you can neatly check off the boxes each day, satisfy your OCD, and have a fruitful Lent all the way to the end.Also, if you're looking for dinner ideas, Lucy has kicked off the festival of meatlessness for the year. Have a look at her recipe and the archives.
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Thursday, February 5, 2015
{pretty, happy, funny, real} Snowstorm Edition
{pretty}
This sweater, two years in the making, is almost done. If we have a sudden warm snap, you can thank me for jinxing any chances of wearing it this season...{happy}
I suspect most of you got dumped upon once or twice in the past week. We got enough that DH got himself a snow day, and the wind stayed away, so it was nice enough to stay out in for quite some time.
Also happy: having a camera with a lens long enough to get these pictures from inside, wearing my pajamas. This was my actual perspective:
{funny}
Our sidewalk is shoveled, the neighbor's is not. At least one of the school children seems not to care.{real}
A bit after the fact. Shockingly, snapping a picture of the actual flood was not on my mind. |
At any rate, thank goodness for Shop-Vacs and family with the foresight to give them as Christmas gifts. And said four-year-old did redeem himself by (perhaps too gleefully) tackling his brother every time he got too close to the puddle.
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