Archive for the 'Food' Category

Thanksgiving preparations

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

I’m a big fan of Thanksgiving. I think the Thankgiving meal is one of the best, and in fact, I’ve been trying to eat a combination of those foods as often as possible during the last couple weeks (yesterday’s lunch was a turkey sandwich with cranberry sauce, and then dinner was a pre-Thanksgiving trial run, [...]

A new fall bag & a tasty fall treat

Friday, September 26th, 2008

After my success with the Amy Butler bag pattern, I thought I’d attempt another. I’ve had this bag tutorial by machen/machen on my list for a while now, and since I’m on a bag kick, I thought I’d give it a try. Things started well, but then kind of went downhill. It did end up [...]

Food, fireworks… and of course, fabric!

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

Yesterday was National Night Out, which I’ve since learned is a national event celebrated now for 25 years (15 in our town, apparently). It focuses on crime prevention awareness and is a way to strengthen communities. As part of this event, there was a parade and later on, fireworks. We saw it as a good [...]