The World Surrounding Me

It was only in the mid 40s yesterday and the ground was wet, but that didn’t stop us from FINALLY trying out our new toys by playing a round of disc golf. From “Winter” 2010 From “Winter” 2010 We played at the Wells Branch course, an easy 9-hole course not too far from our house. [...]

These little lettuce seedlings appeared on our windowsill yesterday. Soon, we’ll be eating home-grown microgreens! From Blog Photos I’m using the technique described here.

From Blog Photos I am now more than half finished with my bluebonnet applique block. I have completed:3 of 4 large flowers8 of 16 small flowers2 of 4 leaves It’s not perfect (great Hawaiian-style applique should be completely symmetrical; mine is off a bit in most places), but I think it’s looking pretty good! I [...]

We bought an xbox last summer, mostly so we could play Rock Band online with friends and download instant movies from Netflix. Matt & I have also played some of the best computer games on the market today. As amazing as these are, they just can’t compare to in nostalgia value to a few of [...]

Just over two weeks into our fitness goals for January, here’s where we stand: Matt has done 9 of 14 workouts for January. I have completed two weeks of 60 minutes of workouts, and am 30 minutes into this week’s goal. I slipped a little bit on stretching last week, but caught up over the [...]

I made progress with my bluebonnet Hawaiian applique block this week. As you can see in this picture, I have completed 2 of the 4 large flowers, 3 of the 8 small flowers, and 2 of the 4 leaves. If only there were more leaves! Leaves are really easy!! The floral parts are incredibly difficult [...]

I am working more on my bluebonnet applique block. As I work on the block, I thought I’d blog about some of the techniques I’m using. Today’s Topic: Marking the pattern. Hand-applique involves turning-under the raw-edge of fabric in a precise spot to create the pattern. There are several different ways you can mark where [...]

Matt & I finally got around to signing up for Knife Skills 101 at Central Market cooking school. Our class, held last night, was pretty good. I’m not sure I learned any concepts I didn’t (intellectually) know from watching Alton Brown on Good Eats, but having practice and somebody there to check my technique was [...]

Here’s the start of my next Hawaiian Applique block. I wanted to make one more (custom-designed) small block before I tackle the larger wall-hanging which is in my goals for 2010. The block pictured here is a custom design, which is roughly based on the Texas Bluebonnet. So, it will be a mix of Texas [...]

While eating some yummy BBQ at Rudy’s tonight, Matt and I wrote down some goals for 2010. I don’t intend to share all of them but I thought I’d mention a few, just to keep me going. Short-term fitness goal: workout 60 minutes per week and do my stretches 10 times per week. If I [...]