This week my parents are the “All American Family”. Nielsen’s ratings invited them to be a Nielsen Family for the week. My dad considers this the highlight of his week. The downside? Instead of showing Scubs, NBC will be broadcasting the State of Union address. In case NBC cares, my parents want to improve Scrubs’ ratings, but they can’t.

Oh so close! My Clapotis has been my project of the month. With a lot of luck it will be done before summer arrives. I’m almost done. Yet I can not finish. I ran out of yarn. Ugh! I’m using Artyarn’s Supermerino #127. I originally purchased 7 skeins, which yield 700+ yards. The pattern used just over 600. I thought I would be safe. I even downsized my needles to US7. Apparently it wasn’t enough. [...]

I decided that my blog needed a small face lift. I’ve used the same design from the beginning. After reviewing many blogs on web, I deleted the left navigation bar. It wasted a lot of valuable real estate. All the content from the left side integrated into the right-side navigation. As of January 24, 2006, my blog sports this look:

On Saturday, I picked up the latest Fons & Porter magazine from Barnes & Noble. I like this magazine. It inspires me to quilt and be creative. I think the Wheel of Mystery quilt is the only quilt I’ve actually make from the magazine, though I intend to make others. The January/February issue features Kaye Wood’s View & Do™ Hexagon templates. I like hexagons. From a geometrical point of view they fascinate my mind. They [...]

In between remodeling the bathroom, I manage to knit a bit. Ross asked for a scarf for Christmas. He didn’t get it on Christmas. Instead he received the scarf before the end of the year. It knit in a “moss rib”. I really like it. It knit up quickly. To fill up small gaps of time, I started these socks. They are intended for my youngest brother. I’m not so sure about them. I don’t [...]

For Christmas Ross and I recieved a Home Depot gift Certificate and some money. We quickly decided that we didn’t “need” anything. However we want a lot. Since we purchased our condo we haven’t invest a lot of money improving the place. With our presents in hand, it felt like a good time to start a home improvement project. Oh where to start? Over the years previous owners upgraded a few things, but the bathroom [...]