How Obnoxious.

This is the second time I've started a post with the intention of putting on a new Name that Tune video. However, my blog only lets me put on videos under 100 mb and my fancy new camera recording in High Def makes 30 second videos 110 mb. Sigh (and hence the name of this post). This is also the reason there was not a second post for the month of January. When my video didn't work, I got mad and didn't feel like writing anymore.

I've been selling some of the stuff i've crocheted to people at work. I made a couple scarves for my boss and one of the nurses and some mittens. These mittens are super small (about the length of my middle finger) and ridiculously cute. They are for my co-worker's one-year-old daughter. I made her (the mom) a pair and had some leftover yarn. I was going to make her a matching hat, but there wasn't quite enough yarn left so I decided to make the mini-gloves instead. Now they can have mommy-daughter matching gloves. Plus the kid likes to suck on her fingers so now she has finger access without her hand getting cold. Everybody wins!

There is this cupboard in the kitchen that has a mysterious metal thing in it. My goal for you is to tell me (or guess as to) what it is. I have no idea. It is on a roller thing so it can slide in and out of the cupboard, but it's is on of the cupboards against the wall and facing the "dining room" part of the kitchen, so besides oddly placed towel holder, i'm at a loss as to what it is. Whoever tells me accurately what it is (or makes the most entertaining guess) will get their name featured in the next post with whatever story comes to mind involving me and said person. I can't decided if that's a good prize or not, but it's all I can think of to award.

Mmmmbread.

I got a bread maker for Christmas. The very first loaf I made turned out like crap. It didn't rise at all, so it was basically a solid ball of flour. The second loaf, however, turned out quite nice (as did the third). So nice in fact that I took a picture...but it's not downloaded to my computer so you don't get to see it. I have been using homemade bread to make the sandwiches I eat at work. I want to find the perfect recipe for a whole grain bread. The one I used last was a whole wheat, honey oat bread. It is pretty good, but not the best.

I've been tinkering with my new camera. I think it's grown on me some. I took advantage of the big moon and the frozen river when it was nice out this past weekend. I'm glad I did because now it's too damn cold. I need to get a tripod if I intend to keep taking nighttime photos because the shutter stays open for a long time and i am bad at holding the camera steady and there aren't usually level things to set it on. I can get one for pretty cheap, but I haven't decided if it's worth it yet.

Fat Quarter Challenge 2012

For my quilt guild's fat quarter challenge, we were given a piece of black fabric and told that we had to incorporate words into the quilt. My aunt told me about word play quilts and after looking at a few, I designed this. I made up blocks for all the letters (it was nice because I could use the same block for the E's, W, and M). The requirements for the black fabric are that you have to use at least one square inch on the front of your quilt. I totally forgot about that part when I stared picking colors. Then I thought I was screwed because I had no clue what I could add that would include black without looking ridiculous. Then it came to me: BUTTERFLY!! I think it worked out well because it evens out the top and bottom of the quilt and can be the hyphen between the wel and come.

I had one other idea, but I'm not sure if I will pursue it yet. But at least I have something to present this challenge that i'm pretty proud of.

I finally got a new camera. It is this one. I haven't use it a ton yet, and I'm not sure how I feel about it . I wanted one that could take cool picture at night. I went out and took a few tonight, but it was freezing and I didn't have much to shoot. I'll keep you posted on how I feel about it. It has some neat functions though.

I finished up another few christmas gifts this week. I made these two bags for Andy's sister and her girlfriend. I think the unicorn one is hilarious. I hate unicorns, but she loves them. I decided to switch fabrics for the handles, so the unicorn bag could look like it had rainbows coming off it. The other gift that I finished is for Andy's dad. His dog died last Thanksgiving and he was really broken up about it, so I made him a quilted wall hanging with photos of the dog on it. I still need to get a dowel to put through the top so it can hang. I took it to show and tell at quilt club and a couple different ladies came up to me to say how neat they thought it was.

It was the gift exchange at quilt club this month. I got an apron which was pretty neat. The lady that got the basket with the lining I made was really happy with it and came up to tell me how neat she thought it was. Then another lady told my how she thought it was a great gift idea, so I felt pretty good about that.

If you read my blog regularly, you probably saw the photos of my not so new house. I showed the dungeon bedroom that is barely big enough to fit the queen bed. Well, there are no heat vents in the room and the closest one is on the other side of the living room. So the bed room gets cold as shit. I put our thermometer in there and the temperature was 45 degrees. We have our electric blanket on the bed and were freezing the whole night with it set on the medium setting. We're going to have to sleep with it on the highest setting. I hate this stupid place.

This year Andy and I didn't put up a christmas tree. Instead I decorated our Norway Pine with some small balls my mom gave me and yarn. I think it makes a pretty fun, but the branches are too flimsy for real lights. Oh well, it's still fun.