southern fried goodness

it's autumn, and it finally feels like it. it's been cold and rainy and kind of blah for a week, but the leaves are turning and it...

i've decided to join national blog posting month , which means that for the month of november, i am committing to writing at least one...

part I: patriot first of all, i am not a responsible citizen. i am not registered to vote. i hate the news. i think most of what's g...

this past weekend i rode the train up to washington DC to see my friend karen (more on the trip later--promise!) who i have not seen in ...

i am heading over to my friend jenn's after work for some grey's anatomy and knitting, so this morning, i packed up my knitting ba...

the dream swatch is getting longer and longer by the day. i don't work on this very often, so it hasn't been fast, but man--i sur...

it's almost obscene how excited i get when THIS comes in the mail. i am like a 13-year-old boy with a hustler when i get the november ...

hi y'all. it was a good weekend--i got enough stuff done on saturday that i was able to dedicate yet another sunday to knitting and coo...

bookshelves these are our bookshelves, the first furniture the hippie and i ever bought together, one whole wall of our living room. i...

so--you see that little ball of yarn at the top of this picture? (trendsetter charm, by the way) that ball of yarn is why i went to the ya...

yesterday, my new friend the haphazard knitter (heretofore known as THK) came over for brunch and knitting. this lasted till midnight ...

today i opened my email to read the following: Subject: Wirethings Hi Jackie, I am a gallery owner in Ohio and saw your artwork on vacation ...

i joined socktoberfest , like so many other knitters i know. i AM making my first pair of socks ever. seemed appropriate. and you know,...

so last week was clearly not the week for blog posting. i spent the bulk of my time tired and cranky and achey without every REALLY getting ...

i need to go to the yarn store, but i honestly don't feel well enough to do it. you know that's bad... this begs the question: WHY d...

adam's sweater, finished the hippie went sailing for the weekend with our friend harry, and almost all my weekend plans sort of co...

i know, i know--i have a ton of projects going on right now. but still--don't you ever just HAVE to start a new one anyway? especiall...

cupcakes this weekend we hosted a surprise birthday party for our friend jenn who just turned forty (she looks WAY younger!), which wa...

i saw the COOLEST THING over on flaurella's blog : a cruizin cooler . i am just dying for an excuse to get one of these. i sent the link...

today i was just thinking about my kitties, and i thought i would share some cuteness with you. i have very few pictures of the boys as k...