I am a solid fan of Häagen-Dazs dessert products. My personal favorite is the coffee ice cream, but I also like to eat the vanilla frozen yogurt with my personal addition of nerds.
If you're a Häagen-Dazs fan too, you'll know that the company color codes their froyo and ice cream tubs. Ice cream tubs are red, and froyo tubs are green. So imagine the trouble I have now that, after my most recent trip to grocery store, I possess a vanilla raspberry froyo and a green tea ice cream.
I open the fridge and my brain thinks "red=raspberry" and "green=green tea," but not so! No, every single time, I grab the wrong tub because the ice cream-froyo color-coded system defies the flavors I have selected.
I better go back to coffee ice cream and vanilla froyo. The color-coding doesn't mess me up then.
Of course, their website has just informed me that they have a lemon option in their "five ice cream" selection, which includes ice creams that are composed of only five ingredients. That sounds like my next ice cream purchase for sure.
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Monday, September 5, 2011
Hat Sketches
Here are my hat sketches with some PhotoShop coloring. The baby hat is actually going to be multi-colored yarn, not orange.
So there are the hat plans. I wanted to do something weirder for myself, but couldn't think of anything I really liked, so if you have any ideas, I might change my plan.
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Working on Owl Hats
So I am working on owl hats for Kerrie's impending bebe. (Nervous smile face I picked up from hanging out with Chris.) Not too shabby. I'm figuring this out. I have a trial hat with one earflap so far. Then I need to do the other earflap and the ears. I kind of want to do one where the eyes are fabric stitched on, but I might do the yarn eyes.
[Pictures are linked to the their approrpriate sources]
I don't plan for my hats to be exactly like either of these. There are a million owl hat ideas out there, so I am working on something a bit inspired by all.
I also think I might like to do something a bit different for everyone. Not all owls. I think baby alone can have an owl. Planning a bull for Dad, maybe a frog for Kerrie, not sure about Molly and myself yet.
I don't plan for my hats to be exactly like either of these. There are a million owl hat ideas out there, so I am working on something a bit inspired by all.
I also think I might like to do something a bit different for everyone. Not all owls. I think baby alone can have an owl. Planning a bull for Dad, maybe a frog for Kerrie, not sure about Molly and myself yet.
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Labor Day Weekend - It's About Labor
I have a lot of things I want to do this weekend.
Cheers!
- I want to copy all my CDs onto my computer so that I can get rid of the CDs. They take up too much space, and I never use them...except maybe my Fellowship of the Ring Soundtrack.
- I want to work on hat-making and start Molly's blanket.
- I want to bake my giant zucchini into a tasty cake.
- I want to make a peach pie.
Cheers!
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Buffy! and now Angel
I have officially finished watching all of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. After watching all 7 seasons, I am an invested fan.
Spike is absolutely my favorite character. I'm also a big fan of Anya. The ending, though not entirely happy was perfect. They win, but it's not a neat ribbon ending. The suspense was perfect. The interplay of characters was real and complicated in the sense that characters weren't all good or bad and their interactions with eachother were messy. I like that.
Now I'm watching Angel. I had seen at least the first few episodes, so I am remembering things so far, but it should be good. I hope I get to see some of my favorite characters from Buffy.
Spike is absolutely my favorite character. I'm also a big fan of Anya. The ending, though not entirely happy was perfect. They win, but it's not a neat ribbon ending. The suspense was perfect. The interplay of characters was real and complicated in the sense that characters weren't all good or bad and their interactions with eachother were messy. I like that.
Now I'm watching Angel. I had seen at least the first few episodes, so I am remembering things so far, but it should be good. I hope I get to see some of my favorite characters from Buffy.
Fashion Pick-Me-Up
I live in a place I hate; I don't really have any friends here, and the one person I talk to most (who is actually like 14 hours away) is clearly changing into someone I don't really know. Yay transition phases in life?
This is not a poor me rant though. I'm just going through the standard desire for shopping and a change in hair that often comes with moving on and letting go.
I dunno what I want to do with my hair. I'd like it to be edgier, but I'd also like it to be longer. Edge is easier with short, and I have a long ways to go before it's long. I also don't know if I want to let it go natural color again or do something weird. I've been thinking a dark chocolate brown with a streak of a crazy color. Either or blue or orange. I wonder if Molly would give me permission to do so for her wedding. Mom would freak.
I've also been doing some window shopping online. I've been taking more and more to bohemian fashion, but it's hard because a lot of options in that range work best on skinny legged girls, and I have thick legs and a skinny top. Complicates the wardrobe options.
I can't buy anything, but I am window shopping. Here are some things I like (or hate):
This is not a poor me rant though. I'm just going through the standard desire for shopping and a change in hair that often comes with moving on and letting go.
I dunno what I want to do with my hair. I'd like it to be edgier, but I'd also like it to be longer. Edge is easier with short, and I have a long ways to go before it's long. I also don't know if I want to let it go natural color again or do something weird. I've been thinking a dark chocolate brown with a streak of a crazy color. Either or blue or orange. I wonder if Molly would give me permission to do so for her wedding. Mom would freak.
I've also been doing some window shopping online. I've been taking more and more to bohemian fashion, but it's hard because a lot of options in that range work best on skinny legged girls, and I have thick legs and a skinny top. Complicates the wardrobe options.
I can't buy anything, but I am window shopping. Here are some things I like (or hate):
- Same coat, two color options. I think I like the black, surprisingly.
- http://www.modcloth.com/Modcloth/Womens/Outerwear/Coats/-Amber-Road-Coat-in-Black
- http://www.modcloth.com/Modcloth/Womens/Outerwear/Coats/-Amber-Road-Coat-in-Cream
- For humor...the ugliest retro swimsuit ever.
- Wish I had found this for my sister's wedding (actually it's more of a financial barrier).
- Tis nerdy, but I think every future librarian nerds a cardigan with flowery stuff.
- With a cardigan I could so be chic nerd bohemian in this
- It's flowy, but the tie would make it work for curvy me.
- I love this! Good color and image. I have turned into the t-shirt plus cardigan queen. I think it is my fashion of choice.
- I think my twin sister needs this. She let her edge die a little since she became a teacher.
- She looks curvy enough. I could do this with some leggings maybe?
- Me thinks my sister needs this...or maybe I do.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Pondering MPG
So, here in the States, we calculate the efficiency of our car by miles per gallon. The more ground we cover per gallon, the happier we are. Naturally this means we get the best of our car on long road trips where acceleration isn't necessary and we can maintain a speed.
This means that city driving, which involves a great deal of time idling, is viewed as inefficient driving. I got to wondering yesterday if we would look at the whole situation differently if we changed the unit miles into minutes.
I could be like, "Oh yeah, my car gets 30 minutes to a gallon" (if my math is right, this is decent fuel efficiency--the increments don't seem to be too far off mileage).
It might even the fuel efficiency playing field--it might not. Measuring fuel efficiency in minutes would eliminate the view that idling time is wasted gas, but all the acceleration of city drivers would still impact the amount of time they get out of their gas tank. I just wonder. I might have to start tracking the time I spend in my car and evaluating my minutes per gallon.
In truth, I think my car gets about 27 minutes per gallon (right about the same mileage it gets). My daily commute is in town, but I drive at least one 500 mile road trip each month. Instead of averaging it all together, I should track a period of time that is in town only and then track highway time. 'Twould be interesting.
This means that city driving, which involves a great deal of time idling, is viewed as inefficient driving. I got to wondering yesterday if we would look at the whole situation differently if we changed the unit miles into minutes.
I could be like, "Oh yeah, my car gets 30 minutes to a gallon" (if my math is right, this is decent fuel efficiency--the increments don't seem to be too far off mileage).
It might even the fuel efficiency playing field--it might not. Measuring fuel efficiency in minutes would eliminate the view that idling time is wasted gas, but all the acceleration of city drivers would still impact the amount of time they get out of their gas tank. I just wonder. I might have to start tracking the time I spend in my car and evaluating my minutes per gallon.
In truth, I think my car gets about 27 minutes per gallon (right about the same mileage it gets). My daily commute is in town, but I drive at least one 500 mile road trip each month. Instead of averaging it all together, I should track a period of time that is in town only and then track highway time. 'Twould be interesting.
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