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Feb. 8th, 2005 01:22 amMandatory overtime continues, so I seem to be spending most of my waking moments at work. Yesterday, thanks to the Superbowl being an unofficial national holiday, it was really slow. Football finally proves itself to be good for something.
It's supposed to be freezing cold tomorrow, which is the one day I have this week that'll be work free. I haven't decided how to spend it yet, although I'd like to pay a visit to the Local Cross Stitch Shop. I have plenty of projects now, but that's no reason to not spend money on more.
Speaking of cross stitch, I finished my first Theresa Wentzler pattern. It was a freebie called Tempest. When I first became interested in cross stitching, I really loved Theresa Wentzler's designs and I wanted to become skilled enough into tackling one of her projects. They were obviously not beginner level. Tempest was a good introduction to her style, and although I'm very happy with how it turned out, I don't think I'd be interested in doing a larger project of hers (not for awhile at least.) She uses a lot of 3/4 stitches and blended threads, the charts are quite detailed too. I did a lot more ripping out on this project than anything else I've done recently.
( The picture behind the cut )
Sarah lent me The Wiseguy Cookbook by Henry Hill, whom the movie Good Fellas was about. Hill's a very knowledgeable cook and the recipes sound really good. So far I haven't been able to read it without hearing Ray Liotta's voice and the instrumental bits of "Layla" in my head.
I really like the introduction by Nicholas Pileggi:
"Henry Hill was obsessed with two things -- being a gangster and being a cook. They infused everything in his life. When he was in hiding because his former compatriots were planning to kill him, he repeatedly endangered his life for dinner."
Best intro to a cookbook ever.
It's supposed to be freezing cold tomorrow, which is the one day I have this week that'll be work free. I haven't decided how to spend it yet, although I'd like to pay a visit to the Local Cross Stitch Shop. I have plenty of projects now, but that's no reason to not spend money on more.
Speaking of cross stitch, I finished my first Theresa Wentzler pattern. It was a freebie called Tempest. When I first became interested in cross stitching, I really loved Theresa Wentzler's designs and I wanted to become skilled enough into tackling one of her projects. They were obviously not beginner level. Tempest was a good introduction to her style, and although I'm very happy with how it turned out, I don't think I'd be interested in doing a larger project of hers (not for awhile at least.) She uses a lot of 3/4 stitches and blended threads, the charts are quite detailed too. I did a lot more ripping out on this project than anything else I've done recently.
( The picture behind the cut )
Sarah lent me The Wiseguy Cookbook by Henry Hill, whom the movie Good Fellas was about. Hill's a very knowledgeable cook and the recipes sound really good. So far I haven't been able to read it without hearing Ray Liotta's voice and the instrumental bits of "Layla" in my head.
I really like the introduction by Nicholas Pileggi:
"Henry Hill was obsessed with two things -- being a gangster and being a cook. They infused everything in his life. When he was in hiding because his former compatriots were planning to kill him, he repeatedly endangered his life for dinner."
Best intro to a cookbook ever.
