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BlahBlahBabble Knittastic!

Voting is Still Open!

Just a reminder – it isn’t too late to vote for Mike’s wonderful Lapsang Souchong-smoked Stuffed Cornish Game Hen recipe at TeaChef.com! Pretty please?

I frogged my sock back to where I should have been doing the decreases at, carefully picked up 78 stitches, decreased down to 72 stitches, and have moved on past the point where I realized my error. Whew! Now I only have about an inch to go before I start the toe decrease. I guess I’m not going to make my original goal of having the pair done by the end of January, but they will be done in time for the JayWalking KAL deadline in February – and they will be my first pair of 2006 socks completed!

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Knittastic!

Arrested for Jaywalking…

*Sigh* I turned the heel on my Jaywalkers the other day, and wrapped up the decreases this afternoon, moving on to the main body of the foot. I decreased the sole of the foot down to 38 stitches – half of the total stitches – just like I normally do.

It would have been smart to have double checked the pattern.

Yeah, I was supposed to decrease down to 32 stitches. I stopped too early. Of course I’ve knit close to an inch since then. Gah! I kept thinking the bottom of the sock looked like it was going to be loose. I think my only option is to weave a different colored yarn through the sock and frog back to where I should have done the other decreases.

Man, I hate it when I do stupid things like this!

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BlahBlahBabble Food

On the Menu This Week…

You Poor Thing...
As I mentioned before, I took a LOT of photos in Paris. Tons. I am still wrapping up posting day 1 on Flickr – and that was just a half day! The above statue is St. Denis. The angel comforting him adds a certain touch. Cracks me up every time I see it.

Mike is the official chef of Chez Tremoulet, and loves to try out new recipes. A few weeks ago, he signed up to compete in the TeaChef competition, and they sent him a sample of tea to create a recipe to go with it. His creation, Lapsang Souchong-smoked Stuffed Cornish Game Hen came out wonderfully. He has posted photos of it, along with the recipe.

Now, voting for his recipe is open! You can go and vote for his fabulous recipe, and you would make him very happy. And if you want to come by our house, maybe he will even cook it for you!

Vote! Vote! Vote! (And thank you for doing so!)

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Amuse Me General

Don’t Put All of Your Eggs in One Biscuit…

The Bushesque State of the Union 2006. Our children must be literized! [via Jay.]

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Amuse Me General

Now I’m Curious…

How on earth does Katie Holmes go from looking rather pregnant on January 14th, to having a flat stomach on January 15th? [Via And Knitting.]

Seriously? That just doesn’t make sense at all. (Maybe this post should go under my “Abducted by Aliens” category too? *snark*)