Thirty-two weeks! This marks the start of the eighth month--whoa! If I think in terms of months, two months still sounds like a decent amount of time to get ready, but 8 weeks, not so much. Babies are...

Twenty-one weeks--the baby is allegedly as long as a (large) banana. That seems about right. His kicks are getting stronger, which is exciting! We can count on him to put on a little kicking show righ...

Today marks the start of week 19! Highlights for the coming week include the baby reaching 6 inches in length and the start of vernix production. Oh, and we find out if it's a boy or a girl on Wednesd...

When I was at Black Sheep, I bought a very large skein of pink handspun wool. My plan is to make some cold-weather accessories with it (not sure if I'd wear them all at the same time though; it might ...

I had the opportunity to rent a few movies this week, and after reading this post about The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, I decided to check it out. I'm not sold on the entire dialogue being sung, but I ...

Hey look, I sewed something! It has been a while since that happened... When I saw Betz White's shirred pillowcase top tutorial on the CRAFT blog, I knew I wanted to try making one for myself, ...

I spent the past week in California for work and took a few days to visit my mom, grandma, and aunts while I was in the area (it's always so much fun when they all get together!). Now I'm back home in...

Back in January, I decided I wanted to try knitting socks, so I bought some pretty Koigu KPPPM yarn and tiny knitting needles. I started knitting the socks in March, using Wendy's Generic Toe-u...

Back in November, I mentioned that I'd found two cloche patterns that I really liked, both in Laura Irwin's Boutique Knits. It took me a while, but I finally made one of the hats--the side slip cloche...

It's exciting to see signs of spring here in Portland! Daffodils and a lone crocus have popped up around our yard, and we have other mystery bulbs poking up that have yet to bloom (maybe tulips?). A f...

Today is Patrick's birthday--yay!! We had lunch at Little T, and we're going to have dinner at Clyde Common. I also made mini birthday cupcakes to take to trivia at Zach's Shack yesterday. I ma...

I haven't had any luck finding rain boots locally (apparently they all sold out a few weeks ago when the rain started--go figure), so I ended up buying a pair online (on sale!). Now my feet will stay ...

I posted some pictures of my new clothes on Flickr (click the pictures for more). It's also a mini-tour of our house, as I went from room to room, trying to find good light and a ledge to put the came...

I bought some nice fall/winter clothes yesterday! My original plan was to stop by Pin Me to buy some Orla Kiely rain boots at 25% off (there seemed to be lots of big sales this weekend), but the boots...

What an exciting day this is! We voted by mail a couple weeks ago, so we don't get any "I Voted" stickers, but we're wearing our one-of-a-kind Obama shirts for good luck. I had originally planned to s...

We had a good time in California last week. The main reason for the visit was my monthly work trip, but Patrick came along too (so much nicer than being alone for a week!), and we visited my mom, step...

Man, Portland is great! I'm glad it has lived up to my expectations so far. First of all, check out the beautiful produce I bought at our farmers' market! That's not even all of it! I also bought a vi...

We went to Rock Band night at Ground Kontrol last night. I ended up just dressing normally because I didn't have any good shirts to wear with my jean skirt. Lame, I know. But, as it turned out, there ...

Last Friday night, we went back to Doug Fir to take in a show (that's what people our age are supposed to do, right?). We were there to see the second band of the night, A Weather, but we were very pu...

We just found out that you can buy pudding at the farmers' market! Jacob's Creamery sells containers of homemade vanilla and chocolate pudding, alongside a nice assortment of cheeses. Totally awesome!...

Some things I've been meaning to tell you about: I couldn't resist the okra at our farmers' market, but I wasn't sure what to make with it. I tried Madhur Jaffrey's recipe for okra with tomatoe...

I had an unplanned day out today. I called Liquid this morning to make an appointment for next week, and it turned out they had an opening today at 3:30, so I decided to go today and spend the rest o...

I got new shoes in the mail! I saw a girl in the elevator wearing them a few weeks ago, and copycat that I am, I ordered my own pair a few days later. I like them though. They'll match a lot of...

I really really like my new shoes! Today it was pointed out to me that they are velcro shoes, and that reminded me of Curtis (Curtis was a Mudder who wore velcro shoes--he was also late to the final ...

The weather was great today! It was the perfect day to leave work early, rent some movies, and eat ice cream. So that's what I did :) See, Anne (my advisor) took the day off, so we didn't have gr...

It's all rainy and thundery today. Boston weather is crazy! I got work done in lab today, so I feel good about myself. But the actual process of doing the work isn't so fun. It's totally monkey wo...