I would like to learn how to knit. Does anyone have a web resource they can recommend? My biggest problem was remembering which stitch I left off on, ie, knit or purl, and I got frustrated. Crochet always made more sense to me. But knitting strikes me as one of those thing I should know. (Though learning a musical instrument doesn't strike me the same way, odd.)
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
DH and I just watched the first three eps of the new Community, and OMG you guys, my show is BACK! Dan Harmon in the driver's seat and suddenly all the characters have shaken off the off-ness of last season and are back to being themselves.
Relatedy, I miss ita.
We'll be working off the Xmas ham by moving furniture!
My presents are all wrapped! Which means it's time to go drink!
My mother is here! I am contemplating the wine right now!
I am very tired, having done stuff all day, and now I still have to cook dinner and deal with presents and stuff.
The tree is decorated, the presents are all wrapped, the dogs are walked and fed, dinner is cooked, and lumieres are lit. Now 'tis time to eat!
Oh, dear. I just glanced at my bag of dark-chocolate covered coffee beans and thought, very clearly, "Come to me, my precious."
I may have A Problem.
DH and I just watched the first three eps of the new Community, and OMG you guys, my show is BACK! Dan Harmon in the driver's seat and suddenly all the characters have shaken off the off-ness of last season and are back to being themselves.
YAY!
Sausage rolls are made, potato-ham-cheese bake for tomorrow's brunch is assembled. Next I make sausage stuffing, and then I go get ready to go to a party. When we come home, I wrap Pete's presents.
Yay productivity? I'm also tormenting Pete with my choices in holiday music: first it was John Denver and the Muppets, and now it's the Haunted Mansion Christmas.
Speaking of Christmas, here's a totally awesome flashmob (for anyone who didn't see it on GSHT):