Month: September 2010

Film – The Kids Are All Right

Posted on by boj Posted in Film, General2 Comments

In last couple of months I noticed that I am making more food than usual and my pots are continuously spilling over and making my stove a mess. Realising that with four people to feed the little pots from the DINK-y days are just not cutting it, I started using the larger size pots for my regular meals. Then I realised that the larger size pots are great for the stuff I usually made in regular pots but are spilling over with stuff that used to fit in them. I thought about getting a stock pot, but I was not convinced until I started pickling beets and had to boil them in three shifts because they would not fit. Not only that, but I had to use my turkey pan and oven to sterilize the bottles. Yes, it was time to get a stock pot.

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So now I have a 12 L stock pot. It is huuuge! I haven’t made anything in it yet but the boys have destroyed the box it came in so it is a keeper. What do you think, will I use it often?

Opera – Turnadot

Posted on by boj Posted in General

I have been knitting a lot. I made a hat for Chris. It looks good. The pattern I used is called Tychus. It is from Knitty and it truly is the easiest hat ever. Next time someone tells me they want to learn to knit, I will offer them this pattern. It is in 3D and it has colours and yet it is so easy to knit it is ridiculous.

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I tried to knit matching mitts, but it did not turn out. Since then, I started an experiment to see whether I should switch to circular needles. I had a relatively positive experience with the circs this summer and a very negative experience with the current standard, double pointed needles. With dpns I kept dropping the needles or having them wiggle out while in the bag. I was knitting lace, so fixing things was a hassle. Then the ends got splayed, needles got bent and finally one of the five got lost somewhere (fell out of the bag through a hole it made a few days before) leaving me to knit short needled.

Anyhow, I got a fancy-schmancy pair of circs and all is well with the craft. I can even knit more than one project at the time. Now two boring projects turn into one exciting one.

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I also pickled some beets. Isn’t this picture eery? I am expecting Q and Captain Pickard to jump out form behind the jars…
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Film – Get Low

Posted on by boj Posted in Film, Higher Education

If it seems like I’ve fallen off the edge of the Earth with respect to the blogs, I have. Since we got back from vacation, things have been super busy. I am now going to the lab full time and working on my thesis. So far I am still on schedule, but there is a lot of work and I do have a tight deadline as I have to be done before I go back to work OR ELSE.

I have stupid amount of housework to do as well. You see, I have been sweeping anything that did not require immediate attention under the rug since 2002 when I started with graduate studies. My motto was “If I have the time to do this stupid housework, I should take it and do homework instead”. Well, it is eight years later… So now I have a new motto, “Homework gets done in school, housework gets done at home”. I moved my laptop to the lab where it stays until the thesis is completed. I am not bringing it home, not even for the weekend. I am in school eight hours a day four days a week and I work. On the fifth day, I stay home and do housework. Let’s see how this goes.

Speaking of eight years later, our anniversary is next week. I think we just might go on a date. How sweet that will be!