tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33495452012-02-02T13:26:04.878-08:00Random ramblings cuz I have nothing better to do... or something... :)<br> Enjoy your visit, and come back soon!Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319784596392058242noreply@blogger.comBlogger15251100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349545.post-66722949307610320352012-02-02T12:09:00.001-08:002012-02-02T12:16:43.669-08:00

I spend my time at work listening to my iPod most of the time I spend much of my time in the car listening to Jack FM. In both cases, this means it's all older music. I've stumbled across some newer stuff via Pandora or my friends, but I feel like I'm not really keeping up with new music anymore.And the really aggravating thing is that, aside from switching radio stations, I'm not even sure how

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319784596392058242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349545.post-74435211067397926382012-02-01T07:52:00.000-08:002012-02-01T07:56:57.527-08:00

Sometimes, you just have to have some ice cream. The cute little pint sized containers are great for this, especially if you like one kind of ice cream and the people you share your home with like other kinds. The pints also just scream to be eaten straight out of--why bother to dirty a bowl with such a small amount of ice cream, right? But those suckers get COLD if you hold them for too

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319784596392058242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349545.post-35371845762899403592012-01-31T12:23:00.000-08:002012-01-31T12:23:00.757-08:00

Growing up, my mom made the BEST spaghetti sauce. It was just the right blend of sweet and salty, and was chunky enough to feel like you were getting a decent meal. When I started living in places where I had my own kitchen, I got the recipe from her and started making it. But over time, the canned sauces and tomatoes that she used have vanished from the grocery store shelves. I've been trying to

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319784596392058242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349545.post-84605623581127984022012-01-30T12:01:00.000-08:002012-01-30T12:08:34.849-08:00

We just started our new Changeling: The Dreaming game yesterday. Jeremy is running it, and there are nine players, which means a) the living room is very full, and b) there's always something crazy happening. :) We have 3 Sluagh, 2 Trolls, 2 Nockers, and 2 Sidhe in the game. Six of the characters are high school students, ranging from age 11-17, and the other three characters are teachers at the

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319784596392058242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349545.post-55535321762918404022012-01-27T07:10:00.000-08:002012-01-27T07:14:11.200-08:00

This week's End of the Work Week Wisdom takes a bit of explanation. As we're driving home from work yesterday, Jeremy had music playing from his iPhone. A song came on, and he said "Is this Maria Bareilles?" Though I don't listen to her music, I said "You mean Sara Bareilles?" He said "Oh, yeah. She looks like a Maria." I looked at the picture on the phone, in which her face is half covered by

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319784596392058242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349545.post-48650581079982071192012-01-26T07:38:00.001-08:002012-01-26T07:44:09.479-08:00

I haven't had much crafty stuff to blog about recently because I've been working on an order of soap sweaters for Seattle Sundries. Anne makes this wonderful round soap, and I make little sweaters to go over the soap. The idea is that the sweater acts as a washcloth, and as the soap gets smaller over time, you can tighten the drawstring at the top, so that you are able to get the most life out of

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319784596392058242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349545.post-86223688504075263222012-01-25T07:37:00.001-08:002012-01-25T07:41:10.534-08:00

Marvel at the poor lighting in my office and low quality of my phone's camera! Oh, and maybe take a look at my haircut, too, because my hair looks semi decent for once. I hadn't realized just how ridiculously bad it had gotten until I was sitting in the chair last night, trying to get my "bangs" off of my forehead... yeah, my haircut is not meant to have bangs. :)Just had to do a quick vanity

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319784596392058242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349545.post-22385368394806758472012-01-24T14:50:00.000-08:002012-01-24T14:57:59.576-08:00

Valentine's Day is rapidly approaching! If you're looking for a good gift for a loved one that lasts longer than flowers or chocolates, a crocheted rose pin or hair accessory is a good bet! These roses will stay vibrant and beautiful for a long time, and act as a perpetual reminder of your love! I have two styles of pins (some of which would be great for a man or woman) and three styles of hair

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319784596392058242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349545.post-19736915430643289682012-01-23T11:58:00.000-08:002012-01-23T12:08:12.902-08:00

I went to RustyCon this weekend, primarily because Jeremy was on a number of panels, talking about writing and gaming and such. We had some time to kill, so we stopped by the art show. At one end of the room, they had a "Print Shop," where you could buy prints of various pieces of art in the show (and some that weren't. I'm not sure if I just never noticed this at other cons, or if RustyCon does

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319784596392058242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349545.post-24522996226298772422012-01-20T09:31:00.000-08:002012-01-20T09:37:51.971-08:00

I've decided that it's about time to bring back the End of the Work Week Wisdom. It's been a while, so if you want to check out some of the old ones, click on the "end of the work week wisdom" tag at the end of this post. :) Go ahead, this one will still be here when you get back. :)And without further ado:"There's snow, and then ice, and then more snow. It's like an Oreo. A crappy, cold Oreo."--

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319784596392058242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349545.post-40983985379167551662012-01-19T18:38:00.000-08:002012-01-19T18:39:47.882-08:00

Seattle is in the throes of another Snowpocalypse (the third one since I've lived here, and I've only been here five years!), so we're doing a lot of cooking with what we have on hand. I've pretty much determined that getting my car out of the subterranean garage it's currently parked in isn't going to happen until the snow on the parking lot thaws at least a little bit. I don't look forward to

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319784596392058242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349545.post-72499819965479571222012-01-13T07:53:00.000-08:002012-01-13T08:06:03.024-08:00

Life means that this blog tends to come and go from time to time. Especially when I spend about 3 months working out of an archive with no internet, as opposed to in my office, where I can blog during my lunch break. :)So let's see here. I spent most of December crocheting until I thought my fingers would fall off. I got a brief respite from that when we went down to California to visit Jeremy's

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319784596392058242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349545.post-91536985604888667642011-11-29T07:35:00.001-08:002011-11-29T07:40:12.956-08:00

My Etsy shop, Scary White Girl Designs is 5 years old as of tomorrow, November 30th! To celebrate, I'm offering a discount to readers of my blog, fans on Facebook, and followers on Twitter! To receive 20% off of your order on Etsy, use the coupon code: 5YEARSFANS. (The coupon code is good on 11/29 and 11/30.)Here's to another 5... or 10... or 20! :)

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319784596392058242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349545.post-60875623378073491082011-09-02T11:56:00.000-07:002011-09-02T12:03:22.364-07:00

We're headed to Vancouver this weekend for our honeymoon, which we intentionally delayed until this weekend, because a) it is a 3 day weekend, and b) I was pretty much out of vacation time right after the wedding. We don't have much of anything planned, and I think that will be the best way to do it. :) But it does mean that we're disconnecting from the interwebz and most contact for the

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319784596392058242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349545.post-92225988404739414972011-08-31T12:35:00.001-07:002011-08-31T12:51:33.047-07:00

Finally, a cooking post with a picture! This is a pot full of the start of black beans and veggies, which is a great meal that cooks up a large amount, and works perfectly as leftovers. This is what I make for lunch pretty much every week for the hubbie and I, cooking it in a large batch on Sunday afternoon (sometimes for Sunday dinner too), and then portioning it out for our lunches to take with

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319784596392058242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349545.post-2095450227450921282011-08-29T14:07:00.001-07:002011-08-29T14:22:58.990-07:00

I've managed to watch a bit more stuff lately than I normally do, so here's a couple of notes on those things. 1) Tangled: Yes, the Disney movie. It was pretty good, but it's just NOT a Disney movie like the ones that came out when I was a teenager. Songs from The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, and Beauty and the Beast still stick with me. I think that maybe if I was willing to watch Tangled a few

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319784596392058242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349545.post-1065315745607458602011-08-18T17:31:00.000-07:002011-08-18T17:38:46.673-07:00

I realized tonight that apparently I can't get enough of the Pirates of the Caribbean series. We went to see the fourth movie (On Stranger Tides) last month, and a day or two later, I rewatched the third movie (At World's End). Tonight, I flipped on the TV in my hotel, and discovered that they were showing At World's End on SyFy, so I had to watch. Mostly, it's on as background noise for now. I

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319784596392058242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349545.post-63725864051640237942011-08-16T19:13:00.000-07:002011-08-16T19:19:59.265-07:00

So I am quickly learning that this eating healthy on the road is much trickier than it looks. Especially when you go to dinner with your sister and her kids. Because if said sister sees a Krispy Kreme near your hotel, she just might decide that it sounds like a good idea for dessert. It was fun, though, because the kids wanted to see how the donuts were made, and I guess I've never paid enough

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319784596392058242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349545.post-89797501279702963672011-08-15T08:20:00.000-07:002011-08-15T08:29:38.743-07:00

I'm traveling this week for work, which means I'm not doing any cooking. This means the hubbie is eating meals out of boxes all week (well, at least I put together normal lunches for him), and I'm eating a wide variety of hotel and restaurant food. Not necessarily the best thing for either of us, though I'm trying to be a little conscious of what I'm eating. So far, not too good. I've had bacon

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319784596392058242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349545.post-62364730014329997942011-08-09T07:22:00.000-07:002011-08-09T07:28:40.607-07:00

Since we don't have any TV stations at home, we watch nearly all of our TV at least a few months after it originally airs. (We make an exception for Doctor Who, which we buy as individual episodes, because even that is cheaper than cable.) So we watch stuff on Netflix whenever it's available. Lately, we've been on a tear through Buffy. Jeremy has watched the last two seasons, but he never

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319784596392058242noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349545.post-66596043627281656172011-08-08T07:37:00.000-07:002011-08-31T12:52:13.398-07:00

Taco seasoning is great for dishes other than tacos. It's an essential part of the lunches that I make for us just about every week. But I don't like buying pre-packaged taco seasoning, because it's filled with sodium and preservatives. Instead, I've started making my own taco seasoning. I mix up a decently large batch of it and store it in a plastic container in the cupboard, so it's always easy

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319784596392058242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349545.post-22292914354201543042011-08-03T09:34:00.000-07:002011-08-31T12:52:56.002-07:00

I've been trying to expand my cooking repertoire and steering away from pre-packaged meals. I won't say everything has been an unqualified success, but I'm discovering that a little bit of experimental cooking can turn out pretty well. So I thought I'd try sharing a couple of recipes that have worked well for me. A couple of caveats: 1) I don't really measure ingredients, especially spices. So

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319784596392058242noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349545.post-32579418959282707462011-07-25T12:40:00.000-07:002011-07-25T12:48:27.841-07:00

I came late to the Harry Potter phenomenon out of obstinacy. I didn't want to read the books when everyone else was, precisely because they were popular. But I let myself get sucked in last year, and found that I really enjoyed the books!I didn't watch any of the movies as they were coming out either. And now that the final movie is out, we've finally begun watching them. This will likely take a

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319784596392058242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349545.post-10385889535428118732011-07-11T12:42:00.000-07:002011-07-11T12:44:38.895-07:00

I got married on Saturday. During the wedding, several of our guests asked me about various items I was wearing or that were a part of the wedding. There was at least one person who I promised to E-mail with the Etsy seller information, but I promptly forgot both the question and the questioner. (I have an excuse. All of the crazy adrenaline had drained by that point, and I was a bit out of it.)

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319784596392058242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349545.post-60001980905204360132011-06-22T09:17:00.000-07:002011-06-22T09:22:16.795-07:00

In a week, I can start obsessively checking the weather! :)Recap of the to do list:Finish all of the flowersFinish the tossing bouquet - almost there, just need some glue to finish the ribbon part.Stamp all the favorsGet the last wedding party giftGet Costco membershipSend UJ the headcountBuy all the picnic stuffGet the marriage licenseMake appointment for nailsMake appointment for pictures (

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319784596392058242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349545.post-26178399931245871792011-06-02T07:13:00.001-07:002011-06-02T07:26:15.811-07:00

Yup, I've reached the point where I start counting down to the wedding. :) And no, I haven't done a whole lot since my last post. Well, I made some leaves for the roses. That's a good start. :)But I did pick up the rings last night, and they are spectacular! :) Mine matches up with the odd shape of the bottom half of my engagement ring perfectly, and it also looks neat even if I decide not to

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319784596392058242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349545.post-47972623894833237372011-05-12T08:57:00.000-07:002011-06-02T07:27:08.597-07:00

So I've finally gotten back in the swing of posting to Shop Etsy. There are new posts on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, which is a good start. Now, to see if I can get back into the swing of updating here...Monday marked two months remaining until the wedding. Things are coming together quite nicely. We're going to see Marlo tonight to see the progress on our rings, and I'm picking up the

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319784596392058242noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349545.post-32401927609536324472011-04-25T20:51:00.000-07:002011-04-25T20:58:17.432-07:00

I haven't had much to post lately, because I haven't been working on much new stuff. I did spend a chunk of Saturday working on some costuming stuff, which I'll be sure to post here 1) after we've worn the costumes and 2) after the desktop is back in working order.I do have one new thing for my Etsy shop in the works--coffee mug cozies. These are not like my coffee cup cozies, which go on

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319784596392058242noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349545.post-55357633247007064762011-03-15T12:19:00.000-07:002011-03-15T12:23:04.780-07:00

Just a quick note today: Go check out Rose Works Jewelry blog, where I'm the featured artist this week! I'm also giving away one of my organic cotton crocheted coffee cozies. Check out her blog post to see how you can be entered to win it! :)

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319784596392058242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349545.post-78737270711404268872011-03-14T07:16:00.000-07:002011-03-14T07:20:36.646-07:00

I've been plugging along with more scarves, and I have three more that are done and one almost done (it needs to be washed). I haven't posted any of them yet, of course, since I only just got photos of one of those taken. Yeah, I'm a wee bit behind on the photography front.Tonight, we're going to work on getting part of the spare room organized. If it turns out that it's too crowded for both of

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319784596392058242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349545.post-33639575335161053052011-02-28T12:52:00.000-08:002011-02-28T12:58:03.469-08:00

One of the other derby refs gave me a GIGANTIC box of mixed yarn at Christmas. Most of the yarn doesn't have labels, but those skeins that do look like they're from the 70s. :) So I've been picking through the yarn and sorting it out by colors, and then making these "Scarves of Opportunity."There's enough wool content yarn in the box that the scarves get felted/fulled when I wash them, which

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319784596392058242noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349545.post-86352160788889835072011-02-16T18:58:00.001-08:002011-02-16T19:09:08.372-08:00

So one of my goals for the wedding is to have as much as is possible be handmade. This means I've been scouting and picking things out already, to give everyone enough lead time to make their parts. Since after the beginning of the year is a slower time for a lot of crafters, it also means that I'm getting a lot of stuff well in advance of the wedding, and only have to remember where I put it to

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319784596392058242noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349545.post-2724650699600204772011-01-06T12:12:00.001-08:002011-01-06T18:28:35.827-08:00

Photos have long been something I've struggled with on Etsy. I'm not a photographer. I used to try to take slightly artsy photos (because I have friends who are photographers), but really even those weren't very good. The first items I listed on Etsy were REALLY badly photographed. I'm honestly shocked that I ever sold anything!But 2010 was a good year for Scary White Girl Designs, so I decided

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319784596392058242noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349545.post-39997943780889928662011-01-03T12:51:00.000-08:002011-01-03T12:58:35.178-08:00

Yeah, gone for a long time and all that. :) Lots has happened, including several emergency room trips for Jeremy (fractured elbow, followed by a gall bladder attack and removal, followed by almost pneumonia (we think)), moving into a bigger apartment, and getting engaged. Probably some other things, too, but those are the big ones.So yeah, engaged means wedding. And as of today, we have an

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319784596392058242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349545.post-81814025134369442572010-09-08T12:24:00.000-07:002010-09-08T12:41:01.228-07:00

A while back, I bought a pattern for a crocheted d20 from Needle Noodles, thinking that I'd make one to amuse my D&D group. (For the non-geeks reading this, a d20 is a 20-sided die. Which may be more apparent than I think, but it confused my mom.)But then when Wil Wheaton was getting ready to go to GenCon, he posted on his blog or Twitter or something that he wanted to see how many dice he could

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319784596392058242noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349545.post-45868629895918257192010-08-26T12:03:00.000-07:002010-08-26T12:13:32.336-07:00

1) I'm working on an epically awesome crochet project of epic awesomeness. If the initial epic awesomeness works out, there will be spawn of epic awesomeness as well. (This is all suitably vague, dontcha think? There will be a picture in a couple of weeks. :) )2) I have somehow slated myself to write four stories by the end of the year. Not sure what I was thinking with that, since I have pretty

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319784596392058242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349545.post-35604056502119695172010-08-09T12:25:00.000-07:002010-08-09T12:30:36.578-07:00

Just a quick post today on the writing front.1) I have a short story, "Daddy's Little Girl," appearing in the Cobalt City Timeslip anthology, which comes out in October. Yes, I'm the one who wrote "steamwork ex-presidents." :)2) My story for Rock is Dead did not get picked up. I'm debating whether this means I should try to rework it per Jeremy's suggestions, or see if I can't find another venue

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319784596392058242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349545.post-78402151502665644802010-08-04T12:10:00.000-07:002010-08-04T12:18:50.287-07:00

I decided a couple of weeks ago that when I start work early, take a short lunch, and leave the office at 4 instead of 5, I am a much more productive person. Since Jeremy has to be at his office at 7:15, and since I generally ride the same bus as him, this works out pretty well. It does mean that we don't take the same bus home any more, but I think this actually works better for us. Anyway, we

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319784596392058242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349545.post-20793250555690986332010-07-20T14:16:00.000-07:002010-07-20T14:17:56.489-07:00

I've been ridiculously busy lately, which is why I can go for more than a month without updating. But there's plenty to talk about, so here's a nice little recap.We did Go Play Northwest in the middle of June, which was a weekend of indie games. I ran a Best Friends game (The Girls of Hogwarts), which turned out to be utterly ridiculous. But that's my favorite sort of game to run. (Of course, I

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319784596392058242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349545.post-67051166478148031642010-06-14T14:25:00.001-07:002010-06-14T14:37:15.168-07:00

We finally picked up a copy of Lego Rock Band last night. While it is filled with much awesome, there are parts of it that leave me going "huh?"1) The premise of the song selections for the game is to be more "kid friendly." I think this only means "eliminate any songs that have swearing in them." Alluding to sex and pagans? All good. :)2) The song selection when you're first starting out SUCKS.

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319784596392058242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349545.post-44864997305399940312010-06-01T12:44:00.001-07:002010-06-01T12:55:30.793-07:00

One of the hardest things for me is the fact that between January 1st and the end of May, the only paid holidays are those days--New Years Day, and then Memorial Day, whenever it falls near the end of May. That's a long stretch of working every day! Granted, I had a lot of vacation in March, but there's something about having a long weekend WITHOUT travel. :)Our normal Saturday afternoon game was

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319784596392058242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349545.post-35424846138908955312010-05-17T12:05:00.000-07:002010-05-17T12:17:37.402-07:00

Kids take a TON out of you. We picked everyone up at the airport around 11 a.m., and dropped them off at their hotel a touch before 6, and we were beat. Now, granted, I had been to the gym in the morning, and there was a REALLY big flight of steps that Peter begged to be carried up. And since his mom had Lila and his dad had all of their stuff, I carried him up a couple of flights, and Jeremy

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319784596392058242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349545.post-1488954024920276662010-05-14T12:13:00.000-07:002010-05-14T12:23:21.529-07:00

I'm very excited about tomorrow, because tomorrow is the day that my sister, her husband, and their two kids arrive in Seattle! They're here for just about 24 hours, en route to Hawaii, but we get to meet them at the airport, ride the light rail to downtown, and take them to the Seattle Aquarium and Pike Place Market. Although my niece is too young to appreciate all this, I know that my nephew is

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319784596392058242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349545.post-57476811434017641112010-05-11T13:15:00.000-07:002010-05-11T13:25:18.234-07:00

(Advance warning that there is a spoiler about "Victory of the Daleks" below. It's not a ZOMG spoiler, because the title implies the existence of Daleks in the episode, but the details are spoilery. You have been warned.)We got done with Jeremy's birthday dinner at Red Robin last night early enough that we decided to watch "Victory of the Daleks" when we got home. (Side note: If you go to Red

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319784596392058242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349545.post-77453566456492407852010-05-10T12:41:00.000-07:002010-05-10T12:47:50.120-07:00

Back in the office, after staying home sick on Friday. I was really miserable on Thursday, and Friday morning it seemed like it would be more of the same. Taking it easy was probably a very good idea, especially since I had a busy weekend planned.Friday night was w00tstock, which was so much fun. Good music (mostly), geekery, and fun. Jeremy bought me two T-shirts and a CD (and got a T-shirt for

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And I've been busy! :)The weekend before this past one, I took a needle felting class with Moxie. I have had a needle felting kit for a while, but was generally getting frustrated every time I tried to use it. But after this little class, I feel a lot more like I can make the fiber bend to my whim. Moxie also mentioned that yes, it is possible to felt natural fibers to unnatural ones, which means

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Jeremy decided to buy the first episode of the latest Doctor Who season from iTunes the other day. Who am I to tell him no? :)I should backtrack, though, and say that I watched like one episode of Doctor Who in college and also read the novelization of that same episode (as a bizarre coincidence). Then when they rebooted the series with Christopher Eccleston, I started watching it and fell in

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I sat down on Saturday night with my iTunes gift cards and a short list that I had made on my phone. I came away with:To the Bottom of the Sea by Voltaire - This was dubbed as Voltaire's "steampunk" album. I'm not sure I'd use that term for all of the songs, but nonetheless, it's Voltaire, so I love it. :) I think I had only heard the first and last songs from this album--the last I heard live

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Cassie had her follow-up opthamologist appointment yesterday, and I was concerned because I thought I could still see the problem with her eye. But the opthamologist, who knows WAY more about eyes than me, said it was healed, and that what we could still see was similar to a scab or a scar, which will continue to fade. Since Cassie can see with no issues and is happy, all is good in the world! :)

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One of my favorite dishes in the world is Shepherd's Pie. Unfortunately, Jeremy isn't fond of cream of mushroom soup, but I have managed to replace it with cream of celery soup successfully. (He grew up eating cream of mushroom soup on EVERYTHING, thanks to his grandmother. He just can't take it any more! :) )The best part about Shepherd's Pie, though, isn't eating it fresh out of the oven. It's

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I haven't written much about music here lately, which is an oddity if you've followed me for a while. I suppose the truth of the matter is that I haven't had much new music to talk about lately.My iPod has been reminding me of this today, with an eclectic mix of music that is very much me. With the various artists that have come up, I'm also reminded of how I first heard them. On a compilation,

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We survived the month of too much travelling. Now I'm just staying put until work tells me I'm travelling again... but I think I've got at least 3 weeks at home, for which I am very grateful. :)I wore my pair of Cthulhu bun covers for a few hours on Friday night, and discovered that as my hair has gotten longer, they're a little snug. So I think I'm going to be creating a slightly larger size for

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And April Fools Day at that. I don't really do April Fools Day, so there will be no major announcements, fake or otherwise, here today. :)Flipping the calendar to a new month is always nice. On my calendar at work, I use color coded post-it notes to designate when I'm traveling, with the color coding corresponding to why I'm traveling. March was a wash of color. April is stark white. :) So I've

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319784596392058242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349545.post-22036541137450541932010-03-31T12:56:00.000-07:002010-03-31T13:04:22.945-07:00

I suppose I should point out that today is the last day that my short story, "The Recondite Riddle of the Rose Rogue," is available on the front page of Crossed Genres. It will remain on the site until February 28, 2011, but you'll have to look for it under "Archives" after today.I spent last night reviewing the schedule of panels for NorWesCon, where we're headed this weekend. This convention

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I think that our lives are finally settling back down to normal. Yeah, we have a convention this weekend that will throw things off a bit, but it's in Seattle. We're staying at the convention hotel for convenience sake, but if anything bizarre came up, we're only about 30-45 minutes from home.Michigan was rather cold, but as we spent nearly all of our time inside, that didn't really matter. I got

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I have completely fallen off with posting here. So you get the super quick recap.1) Our trip to St. Louis went very well. Mom was utterly thrilled with her birthday present, which I can now tell you all about. :) We're flying her to Seattle in August. Jeremy and I will take her to Portland for the weekend to go to the spa at the Edgefield and Powell's Books. Then we come back to meet up with her

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No, it's not a craft show. It's a comedy show. But it's a comedy show where the audience is encouraged to bring their craft projects that are quiet, don't smell, and can be worked on in dim lighting. If I could make it, heck yeah, I'd be crocheting. :)But I can't go, and instead, I've sent a couple of items in for the silent auction to benefit Friends of the Orphans. In fact, a portion of the

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This time tomorrow, our flight leaves Seattle. I'm not even taking my laptop with me, because I know I won't have time for it. We get in to St. Louis after dinner tomorrow, and will head straight to my mom's house. Saturday, we need to buy party decorations, buy and prepare a bunch of food, and help with set up before the party. Not to mention that somehow I was roped into promising Jeremy Imo's

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319784596392058242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349545.post-36471567837600932972010-03-03T12:43:00.000-08:002010-03-03T12:51:10.299-08:00

Work has been running me down lately, mainly because I've been working 9 hour days, in order to have enough vacation time for my two trips in March. I'm very glad that today is the last 9 hour day, because I am completely useless when I get home at the end of a 9 hour day. I'm hoping I can persuade Jeremy to put together at least some of dinner tonight, since he is off work early today for a

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So a few months back, Captain Robert of Abney Park posted something to Twitter about his suggestion to his kids that they go to the botanical garden. But his older daughter, Chloe, misheard him and said that she wanted to go to the mechanical garden. My response? I was going to write a story about the mechanical garden for Chloe.I met Chloe when she was about 4, at one of Robert's Halloween

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That's right, it has returned! But this may be a one time thing, just because I needed to find and post this quote."I will eat all the leaves on this tree. I will eat more leaves than I should and then other giraffes may die. Ah-ha-ha. I am an evil herbivore."--Eddie Izzard as the evil giraffeThis is mainly because I have apparently been misquoting this for a while now. My version was actually

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Sometimes I have to remind myself that I'm at least getting SOME stuff done, especially when I'm not getting all that I would like to be doing done.So, the good stuff:1) I've been posting daily on Shop Etsy. I am featuring new (and new-ish) artisans on Etsy who have 10 or less sales until Easter. I've heard from at least one reader that she's found things to buy through my posts, which gives me a

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I'm taking a short lunch today, but as promised, here's the link to video of our performance. This is only the first verse and chorus, but you get to hear Jeremy sing in his girly voice, and that alone is worth the price of admission. :)You Tube videoIn other news, Jeremy taught me to tie a tie somewhat inadvertently. He tied mine for me so many times on Friday night while I watched in a mirror,

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So the show on Saturday went very well. I was a lot more comfortable on stage this time, and I think it showed. Jeremy was terrified, but he still did awesome. :) There is video with passable sound this time, and I'll link to it as soon as I find out where it's posted. :)Sunday was my Vampire game, which went okay. Once again, it felt like it was all about one character, to the exclusion of the

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We're gearing up for a month FILLED with travel, which produces all sorts of thrilling complications. Most of the complications are things I've already taken care of: we have our accommodations and transportation booked well in advance of the trips. But we've got to line up a cat sitter for 3 weekends in March and one in April. And today we had to sort out Jeremy's vacation for pretty much the

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I had a long work day yesterday, with a meeting after work for one of our projects, and I'm definitely feeling it today. Luckily, I'm really enjoying the process of the current research I'm working on, so the day is flying by. I'm only hoping that I will continue to enjoy this work as I get to the writing phase, because it seems pretty likely that I'll be working on various aspects of this

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So last year, I planned Jeremy's birthday party (indoor barbeque), and it went off without a hitch (aside from me getting mildly claustrophobic for a bit). Now my sisters and I are planning a big birthday party for our mom (and Peter, Lila, and myself), and it's a bit nerve-wracking. It probably doesn't help any that NONE of us live in St. Louis (where the party will be held), so we're having to

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It feels like I had a short weekend, which is odd. I had a somewhat busy weekend, but it had the right number of days in it.I got back from my trip on Thursday, picked up my new glasses, and headed to a pizza party celebrating the release of Crossed Genres: Year One.Friday, I headed to the office for what seemed like the first time in a million years, after coffee with my cousin who was in town

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It's been a while since the time I did a two week trip for work; this time around, I got two days at home before having to head out again. Needless to say, this means that everything gets compressed into those two days, and I end up busy beyond belief.We did take some time out for fun stuff this weekend, though. We had our regular D&D game on Saturday night, which was fun as usual. And yesterday,

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Note: This review was originally posted at Associated Content.Crossed Genres magazine publishes science fiction and fantasy short stories with a twist. In advance of each month’s publication, they solicit stories that mesh science fiction or fantasy with another specific genre, like Western, horror, or dystopian. After publishing their first magazine on December 1, 2008, the editors of Crossed

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Guess who forgot to renew her domain name? Regular content will return as soon as I get things fixed. :)

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As most followers of this blog know, my job often sends me out of town to do research. Recently, though, I've been getting to do a lot of day trips to Tacoma, Puyallup, and other locales in Pierce County. Sometimes, these trips are to really neat places.Today I got to visit the Points Northeast Historical Society, which is in northeast Tacoma, right by the water. There's a lighthouse (not the

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So I ran the first session of my Vampire game yesterday. We got off to a slightly late start because one of the players managed to lock her keys in her car when she and another player stopped to get Krispy Kreme for everyone. But we got going eventually.I think the game went pretty well. I felt as though I didn't do particularly well with two of the characters, while the other two got more screen

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The four day weekend was pretty much as awesome as advertised, with only a couple of exceptions. The theater we tried to see Sherlock Holmes at was packed to the gills, so that we ended up in the front row. By the time the previews were rolling, I was getting motion sickness. I thought maybe the quality would improve when the movie started, but I couldn't do it. :( Then either as a result of that

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Today is my last day in the office until Monday. That's right, I get a whole four day weekend! It's a far cry from the days when I had the week between Christmas and New Years off (and then some), but I'll make do with what I've got.Tonight, we're headed over to see what amounts to Jeremy's family in the Seattle area for Christmas. Not sure exactly what we'll be doing, but I know there will be

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319784596392058242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349545.post-7378223646069438542009-12-18T12:16:00.000-08:002009-12-18T12:24:06.551-08:00

So my vacation was great. It was super relaxing, but I also got a lot of crocheting done. The presents I had picked out for the kids were a HUGE hit, especially the hats I made and the stuff I found on Etsy. I was really pleased by the latter, because I like having people to buy for who appreciate handmade stuff. :) (The belle of the ball has been stuff from Kayce's Nue to Me shop, which I did

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This will probably be the last post I make for about a week, as we get up bright and early tomorrow morning to fly to California, where I'll be meeting Jeremy's mom, his remaining siblings (I've already met his youngest brother), and all of his nieces and nephews. This is only marginally nerve-wracking, as such things tend to be. Mainly, I'm just hoping that everyone likes me and that the kids

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319784596392058242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349545.post-64357220598950152522009-12-08T12:41:00.001-08:002009-12-08T12:51:09.992-08:00

When I posted yesterday, I neglected to mention how my show on Saturday went. It went very well, and I think, in fact, it might have been my best PRFM yet. It was definitely better than the one where I sold a bunch of Jeremy's Cthulhu T-shirts and a bunch of pairs of old boots. :)I was nearly out of arm warmers when I got done with the EtsyRain show two weeks ago, and I barely had time to restock

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319784596392058242noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349545.post-44778390542488513602009-12-07T12:20:00.000-08:002009-12-07T12:33:41.394-08:00

Sunday was the character creation session for my new Vampire game, even though three out of four characters had their characters built before we started. But the session was mainly devoted to establishing relationships between the characters and choosing Aspects (a la Spirit of the Century) for the characters.This is a system that Jeremy implemented when he ran his Dragon Blooded game, and I

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Time for another Punk Rock Flea Market. Number 7, in fact, and I've been a vendor at all but one. Assuming I get my usual spot, I'll be right at the bottom of the stairs when you come in. I'll have arm warmers (though the selection is a bit slim right now), cozies (ice cream and coffee), cat toys (eyeballs and fish), Decapitated Dollies, and cupcakes (lavender stuffed, plain, and geeky ones).The

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This week has really been a bizarre one for bus riding for me. Monday morning, since Jeremy was off work, he drove me downtown, but I bused home. That was the only normal bus ride I've had this week.Tuesday, I again got a ride to work since Jeremy had to zip to an appointment right after work. I caught a different bus than my usual one, since I was headed to my studio. I had to run to get on the

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Despite being sick for the whole weekend, we had a lovely road trip around the Olympic Peninsula. We spent Friday driving around the southern and western sides, debating whether to stop in Aberdeen after I found out that Kurt Cobain was from there. Then we stopped off part of the way to Forks to look at the ocean, where I managed to cleverly fall off of a slippery tree trunk and skin my knee. We

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I'm just shy of 40,000 words on my novel, and am well on pace to finish my 50,000 words by the end of the month. Of course, last night was when I got the first glimpse of just how much will be unwritten by the time I get to 50,000 words, as I have just started tapping into the fictional history part of the novel. I want to write pages and pages of history for this world that I've made up, but it

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319784596392058242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349545.post-28966762564832948142009-11-23T12:16:00.000-08:002009-11-23T12:27:36.820-08:00

The EtsyRain Holiday Craft show was an absolute success for me. I was selling arm warmers so quickly on Saturday that I couldn't even keep them on my arms! Literally! A woman liked the pair that I was wearing (which I had originally made for myself), and asked if she could buy them, in addition to the other pairs she had picked out. Who am I to say no to such a request? I can always make myself

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And by that, I mean that it has been not a great awesome week, but also not a hugely crappy week. It's been some of both. Therefore, it's been a week.1) Nearly ready for the EtsyRain Holiday Show tomorrow. Come out! Buy stuff! Get your Christmas shopping done! :)2) I'm about 1,900 words shy of my personal goal for my NaNo word count. I managed to pound out 4,000 words on Wednesday, but then

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So my show on Saturday went very well--lots of sales, a really lovely environment, and fun people to share it with. It wore me out thoroughly enough that I didn't even take my crochet to D&D, and ended up falling asleep soundly on the couch, with my laptop still balanced on my knees. That's talent. :)I tried to get a little crocheting done while we gamed on Sunday, but didn't really succeed. I

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Even though the sky is solid blue today, and the sun is shining brightly, it's still a wee bit cold in Seattle. I meant to grab a pair of my arm warmers today, since I opted for a short sleeved dress over jeans, but our morning rush meant that the arm warmers stayed in the drawer instead of coming to work with me. Luckily, it was only really bad this morning while I was at UW, and just now when I

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A lot to recap, so let's just dive in.1) Gabe, one of our two elderly cats, spent nearly a week at the vet. He was meowing a lot on Monday night, but he does that occasionally, so we thought little of it. By Tuesday, he was having enough intestinal issues (as evidenced by the litterbox) that we thought it wise to get him to the emergency vet. They weren't able to find anything for certain, but

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So Friday night was karaoke, and Jeremy and I had agreed in advance that we would sing "A Whole New World" from Aladdin together. It was apparently very good, as he had several people come up to him afterwards and tell him it was great. One person told me the same. :) I also had a lot of people tell me that I did "Stupid Girl" by Garbage really well, which is funny, because I signed up for it,

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Because I sometimes think I am more than a little crazy, I've decided to take a shot at doing NaNoWriMo this year. For those unfamiliar with the acronym, it's National Novel Writing Month, which means I'll be attempting to write a 50,000 word novel in the month of November.I've avoided doing NaNo in previous years because November is a BIG month for craft shows and sales on Etsy. And it may very

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Yup, I've been out and about again, on another work trip. It went relatively quickly, until Friday night, when I got home about 2 hours later than originally planned. There was a LOT of panic involved in that, too, with an almost delayed flight to Chicago, and then a seriously delayed flight home. About the time that it started looking really dire for me to get onto a flight home, I realized it

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So last night we had tickets to go see Star Wars in Concert. Our seats were up in the nosebleed section, because the other tickets were a bit more money than I wanted to spend to see this. I imagine the view from the floor seats was spectacular, but with the big screen projection behind the orchestra, we could see just fine.The whole premise is that an orchestra plays the music live, while they

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Back in the office for the week, and it's kind of like an oven. Maybe that's why I rarely spend time here... :) They turned on the heat on Thursday, and it's had plenty of time to warm up now. I think I may have to switch to water instead of tea before too much longer!St. Louis was a blast, and I got to spend time with just about everyone I wanted to see. I never did see Uncle Joe, and Thor was

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Actually, I can blame my lack of posts on my lack of actually being in my office. :) I've had a bunch of vacation recently, with more to come soon!We spent the first weekend of October (including Friday and Monday) in Portland for the H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival. This was mainly something that Jeremy wanted to do, but I ended up having a blast as well. I made a pair of Cthulhu bun covers and

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I spent the last week in the Kansas City area for work, and managed to not have a lot of time for the internet while I was there. Frequently this was related to having dinner with other folks from my company and other companies who were working out there, and one night was dinner at my sister's house, for a chance to spend some time with my niece and nephew.My nephew recently told my sister that

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So the headache on Sunday and Monday turned out to be a sinus headache (as best as I can fathom), which was the prelude to the accursed cold coming back. Just when I thought it was all done, I get smacked with it yet again.The timing is horrid, too, since I have to get on a plane at o'dark thirty Sunday morning to head back to Kansas for another week. I hate flying when I'm sick, because my ears

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Spent Friday evening playing a Girl Genius table top game, and then curling up on the couch because it was WAY past my bedtime. I basically slept through the entire combat, which is a pretty spectacular feat, given how loud the other players were. We won't be playing in that game regularly, since Friday nights are often booked with other things, but we did have a lot of fun. I made a construct

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So I finally understand all the hype about Wicked. We went and saw it last night, and it was a blast! :) I had a bit of trouble understanding what they were singing when it was an ensemble song, but the solo stuff was much easier to understand. And I suspect it was more of not knowing the songs plus bad hearing that gave me trouble, rather than any major production flaw.I was a little surprised

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Continuing on our kick of all things Jane Austen, we watched Bridget Jones's Diary last night. For those who aren't aware of the connection, the plot is loosely (oh, SO loosely) based on the plot of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.For starters, I knew that the movie starred Renee Zellweger, but I had no idea she'd be doing a British accent. The opening voice-over was painful, but either her

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The weather has turned directly into fall, and just about right on schedule, too. Seattle has a good tendency to turn warmer around Memorial Day, turn hot around the 4th of July, and turn cooler around Labor Day. It's a good system, if you ask me, because I'm perfectly happy with about 3 months of summer-ish weather (with only a week or two of summer heat).Of course, this seems to mean that I

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