Category: everyday

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    The log cabin blankie is growing; it’s really quite large now. I have this feeling that I might not stop until it’s actually big enough for say, the bed, but on the other hand I have a set amount of yarn now, and maybe I’ll just stop when it runs out.

    Someone asked for a shot of the back – here tis:

    Not too bad, where the ends are concerned. I’m knitting in half of the ends as I go – when I start a block, I knit in the tail from the new yarn. So when I’m done I’ll just chop those off and weave in the other half of the ends.

    I don’t have much time to work on it right now, but I did finish that pink block on the right while my lentils were cooking last night. That yarn is not the greatest, but it was one of my earlier wheel efforts. Not bad, not bad.

    I have so little of the grey cabled cardi to finish, but I don’t know when it’ll get done…I have so much to do!! Plus I just keep adding sweaters to my “to-knit” list. It’s nuts, I tells ya.

    Skin and diet stuff:
    Thanks for all the encouragement and stories. I’ve been going to doctors and using topical prescriptions for my entire life (that’s a whole lotta steroids) and decided it was time for a change. So off to the clinic at the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine I went (they have great rates btw). This diet was prescribed by my doctor there, and I’ll be on it for two weeks. It’s been three days (today’s the fourth) and my hands already look better – it’s going to be interesting reintroducing the foods to see what makes them worse.

    I’ve bought a lot of food to try and have stuff on hand for when I want to eat, but it’s been pretty tough. Especially resisting the cookies at last night’s snb! I did finally find something to help satisfy my sweet tooth (it appears I’m hopelessly addicted to sugar..): blueberries! Yum. Anyway, it’s going to be a big fat challenge, along with knitting and school deadlines, but hey, week one is half over.

  • missing: one weekend

    Sadly, I wasn’t partying it up with anyone or doing any thing illict or “fun”. And suddenly it’s Monday and I’m not done any assignments or finished any knitting project (although I have been thinking about the latter!).

    So instead, I will share my new challenge for the next two weeks: an Elimination Diet (for my eczema). The List?

    NO:
    – tomatoes, corn, mushrooms, eggplant, potatoes
    – bananas, citrus, strawberries
    – gluten-containing grains (barley, rye, oats, wheat, spelt)
    – soy and soy products
    – dairy
    – eggs
    – peanuts, pistachios, cashews
    – table salt
    – refined oils, margarine
    – all sweeteners (sugar, honey, molasses, glucose, corn syrup, etc)
    – caffeinated beverages
    – alcohol

    Duuuuuude. I tried brown rice pasta today, and it was ok – not my favourite thing ever, but I think it’ll do. Had it with broccoli, peas, and garlic+chili olive oil. And I bought a whoooole lotta stuff that I can eat from the grocery store, so I have it on hand to snack on, etc.

    Wish me luck! And seriously, pictures of stuff soon. Tomorrow.

  • a little test-y

    So I’ve got one big test (worth 30%) this afternoon, one tomorrow (worth 20%), and two assignments due at the beginning of next week (20% and 10%). Lovely. As you can imagine, I’m a bit stressed…and thus haven’t put together a Rhinebeck post yet. I might just post a few photos with not too much commentary, and then the ‘haul’ photos.

    In the meanwhile Mel has lots of great photos and a complete blow-by-blow of our fantastic weekend.

    I’ll get to it as soon as I can (probably tomorrow evening – no new grey’s or CSI, either) – soon, soon!