March 6, 2011 7

Picture free update.

By in Art!, books and reading, crochet, daily grind, dollhouse, food, making stuff is good

So it looks like it’s been 2 weeks since my last update, sorry. Where does the time go? Frankly, I don’t know. I mean, I have made 4 quilt tops (and finished one completely including binding), sewn 90 triangle flags for a bunting (they are 6″ across, 9″ long and not quite finished yet) had work meetings and seen a bunch of movies.

Ok. I loved Rango. I know I’ve been going on about it on twitter and Facebook, but for everyone else in the world? Go see it. Don’t worry about if you have a kid to go with or not, they won’t enjoy it as much as you anyway. I took Ari yesterday and practically gave myself a hernia I was laughing so hard. Maybe it was stress related, I don’t know, but I’m going to see it again, hopefully in the theatre. And it’s NOT in 3D! Woo!

And I also loved The Adjustment Bureau. It’s a smart movie about love. About waiting for love and being true.

We watch Bob’s Burgers each Sunday and I just said to Shannon how much I like it because it’s odd and funny and very silly. The voices are great, it’s a good show. Especially compared to the rest of the crap you get to watch on Sunday night. I haven’t enjoyed an episode of The Simpsons in at least 8 years. And I don’t like Family Guy and I loathe Cleveland. It’s awful.

I’m still going to the gym twice a week but I think I’ve lost the fever for it. My legs hurt when I use the treadmill and it makes the rest of my workout pointless. So yeah, I use the elliptical (or cross trainer as it were) and that hurts way less but still. And swimming is hard. I love the swimming part but I hate the wet hair afterwards part. And swimming caps don’t help. In fact, I don’t really know what a swimming cap is for.

Ok, so other than sewing like crazy (like, literally, CRAZY) I still do knit sometimes and I’m working on a couple other things.

I’ve also been enjoying cooking more lately, I often find myself thinking about how delicious roasted cauliflower is (very!) and what goes well with quinoa (almost anything). Shannon and I ate at Rawlicious last weekend while Ari was at her Oma’s house and I’ve been thinking about going back soon. I had this zuchetti thing, zucchini spiral shredded with tomato sauce all raw and I loved it. And then we shared a piece of ‘cheesecake’ and died and went to the moon. So very delicious, wow. So I’ve been thinking abut making that and then thinking that it’s the type of food best left to the professionals. Like sushi. And pad thai.

On top of everything I haven’t been sleeping much lately. Every night I go to bed and sleep for a couple hours then wake up at about 3:30 and stay awake for about 2 hours. Or longer. Then when I wake up for real for work or…sewing, I’m exhausted. I feel dead. I know why. But I feel more secure if I have my ipad in bed with me. RAH. It’s the IPAD’s FAULT!! But you know? When you’re like, ok, sleep time, good night pillow, good night duvet, good night ipad. Oh, what? Did someone tweet something witty? Is there an email for me? Grr.

Technology will clearly be the death of me.

Ok. I love you all. I’ll post real pictures soon.

7 Responses to “Picture free update.”

  1. Mumma says:

    Sorry to hear about the sleeping problem but love your Rango review. Maybe we could see it together when you visit.
    Love xoxo

  2. cj's sis says:

    What is all of that bunting for?

  3. Caitlin Jane says:

    My friend Jana is getting married this summer but we can’t go to her wedding so I’m helping where I can: it’s to decorate the hall.

  4. marie says:

    hi ! just in case you never came across this blog, i thought you could like it :
    daintysquid.blogspot.com

  5. Steph says:

    mmm sushi & pad Thai Love em both! I also know how to make both after working in both a Thai & sushi restaurant. Not as hard as you would think. Sushi actually is far more complicated.
    Of course now I want some!
    However the whole point of that was if you ever swing back to MTL, I’ll give you the quick and easy low down on making both. :)

  6. Caitlin Jane says:

    I’d love cooking lessons, Steph. We have made sushi here a few years ago and it tasted good but looked awful and messy.

    Hi Marie, welcome. I have seen that blog before, she is great. I used to dream about having blue hair, more of a royal blue, but similar to hers!

  7. Steph says:

    Well look me up lady if you ever come back (please do I would love to meet you! I’ve met Shannon once upon a time).
    I don’t get to Ontario nearly as much as I like anymore :(

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