Friday: A Week in Review

Well, this week was a little harder to do. Not only did I do very little besides work, it also was a week with frustration and pain (an injury). Finding the positives and the desire to bring out the camera was a bit harder.

Making me happy this week:

even though I haven't had time to enjoy it, the sun has been brilliant this week...spending time with good friends...a return to yoga after a year hiatus...taking the next step on a friendship

Crafting: Nada. I managed to get in some rows on Lara...and I spent a few hours last Saturday at a yarn dyeing party with a few friends (I didn't dye any yarn or take pictures...I was busy taking notes and just soaking in all of Sue's knowledge...will start playing with those notes sometime in the future). Otherwise, work took over life this week.

In the Kitchen:

• another bread...this one Oat Soda Bread from Heidi...my first soda bread
  
• sort of on a bread pudding kick with the baguette bread. this time I made the chocolate cherry bread pudding from this cookbook. it was good, but I preferred last week's recipe to this one...while J preferred this one. next up on the list, a more traditional bourbon, raisin, spice recipe from my brother!
• made this in the crockpot...much better than I was expecting. My pot wasn't big enough to fit all the broth (probably only used 2.5 cups) but I didn't think it needed more.
  

Reading/Listening/Watching:

• interesting article in this weeks Time magazine...The Quiet Joys of Being an Introvert. I didn't need the quiz to know which one I am.
  
• on Jacey's linkity post, she pointed to this music...wow, need to explore more
• watched this and this..would recommend both although the latter may not be for everyone since the plot is slow and the comedy and 'transformation' subtle
• i've been entering data for at least 12 hours a day all week. i do this activity with a movie or series on in the background...re-watched most of this series during the course of the week!
  

Ungulate of the Week:

digging into the photo archives: I decided on a picture I took this fall that I never got around to posting. It was taken at the same time as my header. That morning, we were heading up the hill to visit the girls and topped out on a flat where there tends to be elk. Everything was covered in fog...that, mixed with the amazing morning light of autumn was beautiful in itself. But add a herd of ~50 elk and you get an even more magical moment.

Around the web:

• from blue to blush...lovely story
• this post spoke to me and I found myself nodding along...she calls it acceptance...i think it goes right along with my 2012 word (SELF)
• a new to me photography site (not a blog...similar to flickr)...i'd urge you to take a few minutes and explore
• appropriate for this week...slow down
• I made one last year and it was truly inspirational...perhaps a 2012 one is in order?
• i'm finding i love this idea...the ones I've seen of 'knitting the sky' are very cool
• amazing crafter...her sewing projects are incredible. thanks for the link Jacey!
• i'd like to make one of these...you know, whenever i finally start sewing for real!
• grinding your own flour...I did that with the oat bread (ground oats into oat flour) but would like to experiment some more.
• interesting post regarding the differences in yarns of the same weight...and how to tell
  

Flickr Faves (highlighting outstanding photography from others):

1. Five in a row, times 2! (Explore), 2. Lemon... {EXPLORED}, 3. Sweet Karolyn, 4. hearts of the ocean?, 5. Saturday Afternoon in January, 6. 5/52, 7. bed socks 1, 8. Scrappy Bibs

So....what was your week like?

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Now playing: American Pie by Don McLean

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