tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65074372012-01-24T22:02:50.618-05:00cranking out the lemonade,<br> savoring the lemondropskmphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12773478559413018564noreply@blogger.comBlogger201100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6507437.post-1154989053333144182006-08-07T18:09:00.000-04:002006-08-07T18:17:33.346-04:00

Crazy, lightning-flinging, wind-blasting storms rolled around all weekend. We almost had a hurrican-force storm plop overhead on Friday - and let me tell you, driving around in that after work was not fun. I pulled into a gas station after the world turn into white water and wind, only to flee as the overhead covering swayed alarmingly in the wind - then pulled around into the lee of a building

kmphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12773478559413018564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6507437.post-1154646537324280542006-08-03T19:05:00.000-04:002006-08-03T19:08:57.326-04:00

(Here's a meme I've gotten from Joyce.)One Word for -1. Yourself: dreamer2. Your partner: pragmatic3. Your hair: despair4. Your Mother: martial5. Your Father: bedrock6. Your favorite item: books7. Your dream last night: many8. Your favorite drink: tea9. Your dream home: airy10. The room you are in: office11. Your pleasure: ocean12. Your fear: cockroaches13. Where you want to be in ten years:

kmphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12773478559413018564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6507437.post-1154646288660636162006-08-03T19:01:00.000-04:002006-08-03T19:04:48.676-04:00

I know - no pictures in a while. That doesn't mean I haven't been crafty and productive. I have been! But I have discovered that Flickr doesn't display things that are scanned, only photos, and I am still currently sans camera. Am digging through our home to determine once and for all if the camera has truly disappeared, and am contemplating whether or not the budget can bear a new camera...

kmphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12773478559413018564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6507437.post-1153754717114457162006-07-24T11:20:00.000-04:002006-07-24T14:19:12.176-04:00

Hey-ho, Moppet is on her way into the world this morning! My sister called this morning just before my alarm clock, and my sleep-fuzzed brain only grasped the gist of our conversation:L'Ange: On our way to the hospital...sleep-fuzz, mumble mumble...baby's coming...Slothgirl: Baby's coming! Yay!L'Ange: Yay! sleep-fuzz, mumble mumble...and then in recovery for two hours...sleep-fuzz, mumble mumble.

kmphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12773478559413018564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6507437.post-1153344861357682382006-07-19T16:32:00.000-04:002006-07-19T17:34:21.376-04:00

'What will your obituary say?' at QuizGalaxy.comWe actually have a friend in Chicago who writes obituaries for a living. Obviously, this is just for fun, but I like it! Brief, ambiguous, a little odd. I don't have a cat yet...

kmphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12773478559413018564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6507437.post-1152828724747562762006-07-13T18:07:00.000-04:002006-07-13T18:12:04.756-04:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 1px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 0px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Stitch#8 & dragonfly, originally uploaded by lemonsugar. A detail from the right-side panel of Babysocks' quilt. I really need to practice making dragonflies - this one came out looking far less graceful and swoopy than I'd

kmphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12773478559413018564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6507437.post-1152653704743358322006-07-11T17:11:00.000-04:002006-07-11T17:35:04.756-04:00

Driving home from work yesterday, I had this happy baking feeling. Thoughts of icing-topped cupcakes and chocolate chip cookies danced through my head. Then I get home and voila! the Beloved has made a batch of giant chocolate chip cookies - half in the cupcake tins and half in the heart-shaped, mini springform pans. Chocolate chip cupcakes! I think that's the best kind of ESP.Making slow

kmphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12773478559413018564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6507437.post-1151963655094284942006-07-03T17:50:00.000-04:002006-07-03T17:54:15.103-04:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 1px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 0px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Babysocks' cq - left panel detail, originally uploaded by lemonsugar. Here's a sample of my weekend project! This is a sample from Babysocks' quilt, and I'm especially fond of the teeny hedgehog. I'm currently working on

kmphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12773478559413018564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6507437.post-1151342725240085112006-06-26T13:20:00.000-04:002006-06-26T13:25:25.256-04:00

For Queenie & the Giant Elf on their engagementYou were born together, and together you shall be forevermore. You shall be together when white wings of death scatter your days. Aye, you shall be together even in the silent memory of God. But let there be spaces in your togetherness, And let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be

kmphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12773478559413018564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6507437.post-1150138381166053702006-06-12T14:49:00.000-04:002006-06-12T17:16:26.363-04:00

No progress last week on my quilts, as work has been hectic. I picked up a neat little book on Art Nuveau borders and motifs - should be a great resource for the crazy quilt embroidery. We still haven't found the digicam, which is why there haven't been any pics in forever.My Little Mochi has a sweet solution to my pet-yearnings: pygmy hedgehogs!! I'll try making one, and if it works out they

kmphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12773478559413018564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6507437.post-1144427739575246992006-04-07T11:21:00.000-04:002006-04-07T14:21:56.653-04:00

The first two weeks of March were a lovely reprieve from the TOCLE (tide of crappy life events) that began in 2005 and has been seeping into 2006. Had a fun weekend with RainbowSocks in New Orleans. We lounged in her ghetto-chic Bywater apartment, and I got some work done on the crazy quilt for BabySocks. Pictures to follow, if I can remember where in hell I left the digicam... Driving in, I saw

kmphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12773478559413018564noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6507437.post-1141256486856633262006-03-01T16:12:00.000-05:002006-03-01T18:46:07.016-05:00

Alright, this whole Johari/Nohari window thing has hooked my attention - rooted in the same nervous curiosity that sometimes makes me succumb to an episode of Desperate Housewives. Have at me, my wee audience.In happy news...RainbowSocks has announced that a BabySocks will be joining the family in the fall. Confetti! Confetti! Note to my other favorite people: I am always honored and capable of

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How taut a Monday: a fraught day, tangled-knot day, bundled with deadlines and fragments of words. It's almost a poem, heading home in the gloaming toward an empty apartment and the persimmon stained sky...Will the budget bear yoga? Or the body bear babies? Or is it just cheaper to swim in the night? Bourbon is tempting, but my figure's relenting so of course I plunge into baked quince: a delight

kmphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12773478559413018564noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6507437.post-1116015136682783472005-05-13T16:05:00.000-04:002005-05-13T16:12:16.690-04:00

Read this: Mike Reed from man about murfreesboro writes about Dr. W. David Hager, the Bush Administration's appointee to the FDA's Advisory Committee for Reproductive Health Drugs - a man who is also "a leading conservative Christian voice on women's health and sexuality" (The Nation 11may2005 A.McGarvey). In an article from The Nation, Hager's ex-wife comes out on the record about experiencing

kmphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12773478559413018564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6507437.post-1115837669370040682005-05-11T14:24:00.000-04:002005-05-11T15:49:00.033-04:00

If you'd like to feel gifted (or not), try the color quiz from the Queen. The Queen is gifted, having gotten it 100% right the first time. I would be the un-gifted, the anti-gifted, the person who actually rode in a short bus-gifted, having failed the test three times. Don't ask. I have no idea.Another quiz from Sam:Your Political ProfileOverall: 30% Conservative, 70% LiberalSocial Issues: 50%

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[ Spinning off another idea from Jacqueline ]10 Things I Have Done That You Probably Haven’t1: Had chicken-pox twice.2: Eaten lavender-flavored (and colored) ice cream on a lavender farm in Japan. 3: Swung from jungle vines like a hairless monkey in Indonesia.4: Ridden in Elvis' private jet to Australia.5: Watched a ballet company's nightly rehearsals on the rooftop of the building across from my

kmphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12773478559413018564noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6507437.post-1115243587147903532005-05-04T17:50:00.000-04:002005-05-05T10:39:36.023-04:00

[ Crafting courtesy of the Queen via Jacqueline via George Lyons. ]I am from a wooden spoon, from McDonalds and radio antennas.I am from the houses like sea glass (crazed, buoyant, pummeled smooth to the touch).I am from sea kelp,from sagebrush and cloud forest canopies,from bayous and rice fieldsand cities. I am from hula and hips,from Piilani and Mary Theresa. I'm fromfamily bonds and

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There were piles of things lurksome behind the sofa: loved-out, worn-out, out-grown, out-of-style. I remember seeing them again this morning - a thick, creamy sock fuzzed at me as I was fumbling at the front door with a sandle strap and jingles of keys and the doorknob. The sock and the denim and the piles and the bags reproached me for leaving them out - pending goodwill or shelter or some

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My AliasesYour movie star name: Rolls HansYour fashion designer name is Kaui BarcelonaYour socialite name is BooTunes OsakaYour fly girl / guy name is K MacYour detective name is Cat HockadayYour barfly name is Cookie G&TYour soap opera name is Anna-Marie BayonneYour rock star name is Kisses LightYour star wars name is Kaumad MacschYour punk rock band name is The Somber KatanaThe Amazing

kmphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12773478559413018564noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6507437.post-1084210787935645822004-05-10T13:34:00.000-04:002004-05-10T13:44:00.483-04:00

contemplating a new layout for the blog. my links did not survive the template switch, and there's something heinous going on with the font for the blog entries. I love the template's green and yellow circle things - ode to citrus, y'know? but all of the pastel blue and beige polkadots in background just remind me of a dirty window. not appealing. color intervention, here I come! fingers...

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