Gotta Dollah?

Many of you know that I've signed up to ride in the VT Cares Champ Ride on June 14th. I'm writing to ask you to please sponsor me and help raise money for HIV/AIDS research. Really, any amount helps.

Thank you for taking the time to check out my donations page and learn a little more about the ride. I appreciate it.

http://www.firstgiving.com/emilyspence

Emily

bookofjoe: Telephonic Sheep — by Jean Luc Cornec

Cooking Help

Hazara, Northern Indian food
Originally uploaded by AraiGordai.

I want to delve into Indian cooking and I have to admit that I'm a little overwhelmed. Can any of you reccommend a good Indian cookbook? Ideally it would be a book that did more than offered recipes to follow; I'd also like to have some sort of understanding of the cuisine.

Want to Win?

The go here and enter to win one of several fab prizes.

Thank You!

A photo thank you for Sandra who sent Elah this super cute ella-phant brooch. Go buy your own at her store!
Elah was so excited wheat a package came that wasn't for me and was actually for her. She also totally loved the ring pop inside. :)
Thanks, Sandra!

Embroidery in Helsinki

What's better than music I love? That's easy. Music I love + craft I love.

Architecture in Helsinki - Like It Or Not from helsinkids on Vimeo.

Sheep of Death!

The Rain

I can't handle the rain today. It makes me feel like this.

DÉJEUNER DU MATIN

Il a mis le café
Dans la tasse
Il a mis le lait
Dans la tasse de café
Il a mis le sucre
Dans le café au lait
Avec la petite cuiller
Il a tourné
Il a bu le café au lait
Et il a reposé la tasse
Sans me parler
Il a allumé
Une cigarette
Il a fait des ronds
Avec la fumée
Il a mis les cendres
Dans le cendrier
Sans me parler
Sans me regarder
Il s’est levé
Il a mis
son chapeau sur sa tête
Il a mis
Son manteau de pluie
Parce qu’il pleuvait
Et il est parti
Sous la pluie
Sans une parole
Sans me regarder
Et moi j’ai pris
Ma tête dans ma main
Et j’ai pleuré.

-Prévert

Uh Oh

I certainly didn't need another Etsy-like storefront. I'm hiding my wallet.

Lacking a Title

I can't come up with a title for this post.

I am finally done with the Baby Surprise Jacket I've been knitting for my daughter's new baby brother (due in 2 weeks). I loved the pattern and the yarn but it took awhile to finish because it was just hard to get into knitting something for my ex and his wife. But it made my daughter happy to have a homemade gift for her brother so I guess in the end it was worth it. I also made one for Elah's uncle and girlfriend but I still have 2 buttons to sew on.



Pattern: Baby Surprise Jacket by Elizabeth Zimmermann
Yarn: The blue is Rowan Wool Cotton
The orange is Reynolds Revue
Needles: US 6, Knit Picks Options
Time to knit: I don't know exactly but I'm going with 2 months.

Actual Knitting and a Small Velolution

Psssst, look, knitting! (Pardon the photo quality, my camera was out of batteries so these were taken with my phone.)



That's right, one whole complete sock. The pattern is Hedera by Cookie A, the yarn is Mama E (in saffron, I just love the color).

In other news I went to the bike shop on Sunday with the cutest boy ever and got a new bike!



There are 3 days a week (when I don't drive my daughter's carpool) that I can bike to work and in the summer I can bike every day. I'm excited to spend less on gas and more time outdoors. I also discovered that I am really out of shape so it's doubly good for me to get my ass on a bike.

Here's one last pic for you; new sock, new bike, old cat. :)

Best Font Ever!

How fucking cool is this font? It's been making its way around he interwebs and tumblr but I can't find the designer's name. The closest I can get, after chasing the trail of reblogs is this.

Tampon Crafts

Tampon Crafts

topherchris:

An entire site devoted to crafts that you can make with tampons. It’s so cool when you’re, like, needing a site that you don’t know exists and then you just happen upon it. God bless the interblag.

I'm Home

And I'm tired, tired, tired. I had so much fun I can't even begin to tell you about it until I've slept for a few days.
Pictures can be found here.

Happy Easter!

Here's the SFW version.























Here's the NSFW version.
link

Knits, Purls, Stump Socks and Outrage

I hope I'm this fierce when I'm grey.

Chicken & 40

After I get out of work and pick up Elah I don't have time to cook a proper dinner. The solution? I cook the night before, after she goes to bed so I just have to heat it up the next evening. Tonight it's chicken and 40 cloves of garlic.


Step 1
Season chicken and brown.


Step 2
Peel 40 cloves of garlic.


Step 3
Add chicken, garlic and thyme (I used fresh) to Dutch oven and bake at 350 for 90 minutes.
(You can also add a little white wine if you want.)

This dish is the 2 things I love most in a recipe; easy and delicious.

Creepy Chair

Clever

Do I even knit any more? Not really but I'll get back into it soon. I actually have an FO to show you but I need to take pics.

In the meantime, check out this site. I love clever people.

Get Out & Vote

Your Vote IS Your Voice
Originally uploaded by D.James | Darren Ryan.

It's Town Meeting time again and VCAM and CCTV are once again collaborating on the Vermont blogging project, Exit Voices.

Exit Voices is a Vermont blogging experiment. In November of 2006, Vermont Community Access Media and the CCTV Center for Media and Democracy joined forces to create an online public forum where Vermonters could discuss the issues and candidates on the ballot in that election cycle. The result was Exit Voices, a moderated community blog specifically designed to be a sounding board for voters who had more to say than just speaking with their votes. The blog featured posts by prominent Vermont bloggers, video interviews with voters exiting their polling places and comments by anyone who cared to participate.

On the evening of the 4th, CCTV (Comcast and Burlington Telecom channel 17 in the greater Burlington area) will include comments and video posts from the blog in its live election night coverage. CCTV's coverage will also be streamed live online at cctv.org.