Well, I finally found the adaptor to get the photos I took recently onto my computer. I’m not exactly the most organized person out there. Actually, I’m fairly certain that in the organizational department, I’m professionally hopeless. Just so you know. Let’s not go into my astonishing procrastination abilities! Secret Pal Amy, I loved the [...]

I need to get off my lazy butt and send in my camera for service. Olympus is running some deal where they’ll update some of the older xD cameras to use higher capacity memory sticks. As it so happens, I have a C-50 Zoom, one of the eligible models. The catch is that you’ll need [...]

Happy news, I’ve received your package, Amy! You’ve sent me so many neat little things. The glass with the sheep on the front is simply adorable, the yarn was wonderfully soft, and all the other touches were awesome. I will post pictures later, once my camera is back in shape (I’ve misplaced the battery charger [...]

By now, she should have gotten her last package in the mail, and though I haven’t heard from her, I thought I’d drop her a note here, to say hello! I’m 23, about to celebrate my first year out of college, and living on my own in Maryland (well, almost, as I have a small [...]

A few days ago, unbeknownst to the public at large, my secret pal sent me a gift certificate to knithappens.net, a yarn store in VA. (I held off announcing this happy occasion until I had agonized enough over my choices and placed the order. No need to spoil the surprise early.) I placed the order [...]

I am currently hunting down all the best in mitten patterns. Once I’m finished, I will combine them all to create a franken-mitten. My mother has requested convertible mittens, the sort where the top folds back to reveal an inner fingerless glove. Sadly, I will not be able to go crazy with color and design, [...]

A few weeks ago, my secret pal sent me a package. It was shiny, also beautiful, also full of pint-sized goodness. A veritable mishmash of many of my favorite things! I promptly absconded with it to my room, savoring each part and taking a multitude of photos to document each discovery. Then I forgot to [...]

I have a mitten pattern that I recently finished. I’m proud of this for two reasons. The first is that I successfully followed a pattern from start to finish with almost no modifications! This rarely happens, as I get frustrated with most patterns and start making up my own instructions, with hilarious results. The second [...]

I passed the halfway point on my novel! Huzzah! Unfortunately, I’m starting to really get bogged down. My characters have had so much introspection that I’m starting to grow rather tired of them. Time to send a little action and adventure their way, but what? Time travel? Ninja? Ninja-pirates? My favorite part of all is [...]

I have cleverly written my title in reverse order, the better to baffle and confuse my enemies! Herding amateur writers is not so dissimilar from herding cats. It becomes very hard to get them to go where you want them to go or to have them appear at the times you’d expect. I am referring, [...]