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Friday Update

Reading all these books by chefs must have paid off because I came home from work today and decided that I would bake tonight since I got all this bakeware for Christmas. I made the cupcakes tonight. Tomorrow I am baking chocolate chip cookies. The problem is that I have a tiny ass apartment kitchen with like no countertop space and I have a limited amount of cookware, so it’s bake one thing, wash everything and repeat process. For the cupcakes, I used the cupcake recipe from MaryJane’s Farm that was featured in the special baking issue. The ingredients are semi-organic. The vegetable oil and the frosting were the only non-organic ingredients. The cupcake liners have pictures of V-day conversation hearts on them.
I finished the blocks for the rainbow Linus blankie #3 and I have 2 out of 56 blocks completed for the Sweet Pea afghan (free Lion Brand leaflet) that uses more Vanna’s Choice Baby. I am still procrastinating on weaving in all the ends. I did a lot of reading this week, so I didn’t make a whole ton of progress on my crochet projects.
I have been listening to the Flight of the Conchords cd and Luke Reynolds’ cd – Pictures and Sounds. Both are very excellent, although certain songs from the Flight of the Conchords cd are not good songs to have stuck in your head while sitting in your cubicle at work. My favorite song on that cd is Bowie and the Bowie episode is one of my favorite shows from Season 1. The Luke Reynolds is a good, mellow cd and I can actually listen to the whole cd without skipping tracks, so that is a miracle. I discovered his cd at Whole Foods the other day and it was totally worth it.

Saturday Update

I now have 4 ½ blocks done on the Sweet Pea Afghan. I was able to weave in all the ends on the rainbow Linus blankie, so one down, two to go. I am going to try to finish weaving ends on the other two tonight. It’s a slow process, but it goes better if you have Chibi needles and a Jonas Brothers cd. My mom has agreed to help me with the actual assembly process. I might have sweeted the deal by tracking down the 7 inch zippers she needs to finish the doll clothes for baby K's birthday.
So what did I do today? I went to the library to pick up all the Anthony Bourdain books I put on hold so I’ve been reading those this afternoon. I also went to Barnes and Noble and bought the new issue of BUST. Not only does it feature Amber Tamblyn on the front cover, but there is a little half page interview with my favorite vamp author Charlaine Harris. It also has a couple of crafty projects in it that I want to try. This is a really awesome issue so I know I will be keeping it for a long long time.
The neighbors below my apartment have moved out so hopefully some quiet soul will move in. I am not too in love with apartment living but it will be at least two years before I can even think about living in a place long enough to buy a house.