Author: kristine

meal planning in Jan 2010 0

meal planning in Jan 2010

My dear friend Rina asked on Twitter on how I plan my meals.  I’ve been using a pretty consistent method for the last year and a half or so, and it’s been working well....

Frustrations of reading 0

Frustrations of reading

I’ve done much less reading this year than last. Last year, I was catching up on a decades worth of Christian fiction (I read lots as a pre-teen and then didn’t revisit the genre...

Christmas decorating 0

Christmas decorating

I’m thinking that this is the year we won’t have a Christmas tree.  The last few years, it’s been a lot of work to put up the tree.  It’s a fake tree, we’ve had...

Looking for a Knitting bag 0

Looking for a Knitting bag

I’ve been looking for a knitting bag for a while now.  Can you help weigh in on my ideas? I had already been kinda looking when Sock Summit came around, so that was a...

3 Yarnings 0

3 Yarnings

I had a twinging feeling that I didn’t leave enough space in the ankles of my Coraline cotty socks, but I didn’t listen and kept on going. Ahh now last night I gave in...

TV 2009 fall recap 0

TV 2009 fall recap

It’s been a few weeks since I made my TV season 2009-2010 post and decided what I wanted to watch this season.  There are several things I cut off before I started watching, and other things...

TV season 2009-2010 0

TV season 2009-2010

I really enjoy planning out the new TV season. I’ve been doing it for more than 10 years and quite a few years on my blog even. (2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002,...

my hair 0

my hair

I’ve been torn lately.  My hair has been longer than it has been for a long time, and I’m attributing that to taking more vitamins could be making it grow.  But on the other...

Ways to spend the day 0

Ways to spend the day

We are currently in the Esther Short Park, downtown Vancouver. We decided it would be a nice day to just come with our lawn chairs and books and knitting to hang out. There’s live...

The life that was to be 0

The life that was to be

I finally am acknowledging something that’s been in the back of my mind for a while: I’ve been mourning the life I had hoped to have. It’s easy to compare myself to those around...