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that’s how i’m feeling. what has wendy done today?

- laundy
- grocery shopping
- baked a pumpkin pie
- baked four dozen oatmeal cookies

not too pleased with the cookies. they taste great, and seem like they’ll stay nice and gooey and not get crispy. the problem is that they are really…flat. anyone have any tips? i followed the recipe under the lid of the quaker oats, so i’m not sure what went wrong. oven temp too low? too much butter? not enough flour? i did not use raisins, because i hate them, so maybe i need to add more of something else to make up for them not being in there?

why is it that there is always an extra cup or so of pumpkin mix after you’ve made a pie? why don’t they make the cans of pumpkin smaller? so what if you would have to measure out the evaporated milk instead of using a whole can. maybe they should make the cans of milk smaller too! it seems like such a waste. i got a deep dish pie crust, but there was still stuff left over. oh yeah, my oven cooks unevenly too. one side of the pie was nice and golden brown (the side i took a picture of) and the other was too dark. i can’t wait to live in a nice place with a good oven. i have never had a good oven. i think before i buy a house i’m going to have to bake in the oven to decide whether i want to live there or not.

these last few days have been really great. wednesday i got a super great hair cut that i am in love with. hideyo rocks! thursday a friend of mine at work got some really great news. friday i spent all day with jon. we went out to see the wallace and gromit movie, which was awesome, and took our first trip to cold stone creamery. oh. my. god. best ice cream EVER. then we came home to find that i had sold two cat toys! saturday a friend at work took my stuff with her to a craft show and i sold another cat toy and the purple alien monster. worked that night, came home and played video games with jon. had tons of fun. i managed to get my main toon up to level 50! i’ve had multiple people show interest in my goods/website, and i just sold the rest of the cat toys tonight! i need to make some more of those babies, and quick! also, it’s employee appreciation week at work, and we get 50% off of everything! omg! i already got some christmas gifts today, but i need to get some more later in the week. i get paid on wednesday night, so it will probably be thursday or friday. we shall see. i’ve just had such a wonderful last few days! to top it off, jon and i carved our first pumpkin tonight!

Boiling Water

fujifilm A303, image adjusted, brightness/contrast

they started out as a swatch to see if my frog tree merino would felt, and grew from there. the first one i made is the little red and green one, so it has no jingle bell or dangly attachments. i knit all of them up in about two hours, so they’re a fun quick project that uses up scrap yarn.

sometimes i like to sit around and watch all the trailers on apple.com that look interesting. sometimes they suck, sometimes i can’t wait to go and see them. tonight wasn’t giving me too many suprises. i can’t wait for king kong, the lion the witch and the wardrobe, and harry potter. we all know that. but then, this gem was discovered:

pride & prejudice

yeah, i know, it’s been done before. and it had colin firth. but OMG the hot guy from spooks is in this! *dances* if you haven’t seen spooks (MI-5 in the US), you cannot begin to fathom the superb hotness that is Tom Quinn, aka Matthew Macfadyen. oh, i cannot wait for this movie! it will be watched over and over on cold winter sunday afternoons, with a cup of hot cocoa and a warm blanket. mmmm, sexy british guys!

i wish i could capture the view out my back window. not just how it looks, but how it makes me feel. that this is my place, and i live here with my husband. it’s a beautiful fall day, and a crisp breeze is blowing through the trees. jon and i are curled up on the couch watching Prizoner of Azkaban. we watched Return of the King earlier. i don’t remember the last time i had a more wonderful day.

Whew! There’s been quite an update at allknitup.etsy.com! Five new monsters (two are together in a set) have been added. Here are some thumbnails, you can click on them to be taken to their page on etsy:

Belle & Sebastian:

Neko Kitty:

Harvest Fairy:

Buzzy Bee:

I’ve also been working on a custom order of fairies for my aunt, and here is the first:

5 things meme

10 years ago: 7th grade. serious depression! i hated myself, my life, and everything around me. got my first ever F in a class, didn’t give a crap. no one seemed to notice my clinical depression. big thank you to all of my friends at the time (heater, laurel, etc.) you guys got me through it until they finally got me some treatment.

5 years ago: just starting college, hating the dorms, starting to get together with brian, trying really hard to get over jon and not let anyone notice.

One year ago: getting things ready for the wedding, getting used to working in retail again.

5 treats I enjoy:

*butterfinger crisp bars
*hidden valley ranch dip
*nerds
*breyer’s dulche de lece(sp?) ice cream
*ice cream sandwhiches

5 songs I know the text to:

*i’m only sleeping - the beatles
*gabriel - lamb
*within you without you - the beatles
*sheep go to heaven, goats go to hell - cake
*me and bobby magee - janis joplin

5 things I would do with 100 millon dollars

*buy canadian citizenship for jon and i, seriously, you can do this
*build a log cabin (or timber frame house, not sure) on about 50 acres of land in British Columbia
*get a house for my mom, and a house for my dad, i hate that they have to pay rent
*buy aunt linda a place to retire to somewhere warm, like one of the carolinas
*raise orphaned kittens!

5 places I’d like to run away to:

*vancouver
*england
*new england
*scotland
*wales? i don’t know, somewhere damp, cool, and not in republican control

5 things I would never wear:

*fur - good one liz
*anything neon
*strapless gown, i’m too big on top to feel comfortable
*fun fur
*nylons

5 favorite tv-programs:

*lost
*er
*my sweetheart, my darling
*the x-files
*cash in the attic (UK version)

5 greatest joys:

*jon
*fuzzy kitties
*yarn
*my family (even though they drive me mad frequently)
*laying in bed with jon, rubbing his fuzzy tummy *squeeee*

5 favorite toys:

*computer (world of warcraft)
*digital camera
*ipod (even though it’s in for repairs/replacement right now)
*x-box
*gamecube

5 Tags

eh, whoever. i don’t like to do things as much when i feel like i have to, so i don’t do it to others.