Blossoming

Baking and Making
As in, baking a loaf of cranberry bread.  Mmmm.  I’ve also made a pie crust, with the actual pie to follow tomorrow.  I’ve baked gingerbread, which will be crumbled up into a pumpkin trifle tomorrow, and I whipped up some instant pumpkin pudding with a mix Neil found at the grocery store this afternoon.  It was good (and already gone).

Blog-reading habits
Hello, my name is Lisa, and I am subscribed to too many blog feeds.  There, I said it.  I’m a Google Reader fan, and I’m embarassed to tell you how many feeds I have taking up residence there.  Years ago, I adopted a hierarchical structure using labels: The read-me-first category, which contains my five favorite feeds of the moment A series of read

Nice to have a weekend project
This weekend we did that thing we sometimes do when Neil will be away at a conference:  we went with him and took advantage of the hotel room that would otherwise go largely unused. When we go to a hotel, the boys enjoy the change of scenery, and would be happy never to leave the room.  I like to spend some of the time exploring the local towns and visiting independent crafty shops, but I, too, am usually happy spend the rest of the weekend just hangin

One for me, seven for you
Ok, technically, the one that’s for me isn’t even for me to keep – it’s for my MIL, and it’s part of her birthday gift. I went back to my trusty little blue Knifty Knitter loom this week and made my very favorite neckwarmer pattern: Cashmere Neckwarmer [the only link I can find is to

Eco-Tawashi
I’ve had this post in the works for at least a week, but it has intimidated me to the point where I just keep setting it aside for later.  I had it in my head that I would do a roundup of sorts, giving you the lowdown on these nifty little dishwashing pads, providing links, and generally waxing poetic.  But with all of the projects I have had my fingers in lately, typing has taken a back seat. Really, the whole point was to tell you about t