“Yo Hologram Tupac, I’m real happy for you and I’mmma let you finish but Obi-Wan Kenobi was one of the best holograms of all time!” (via @kanye)
Christmas present finally completed 3 months later!
Her favorite little guy:
Instructions:
1. Sneak into room, steal a pair of pajama pants she already has
2. Trace pattern of the pant legs onto really cute, fuzzy fabric that will make her squeal, keep seam allowance in mind. Cut with really horrible scissors.
3. Try sewing it together by hand.
4. Have boyfriend surprise you with sewing machine for your birthday
5. Re-cut pants with the best fabric scissors ever that you just bought after receiving awesome sewing machine
6. Sew pants with sewing machine.
Real tutorial to come soon!
SO COOL!
New Settlers of Catan Box: A Better Way of Living
I put together a new way to keep all our Settlers of Catan gear all in one fashionable place. Also crafted colored draw-string bags, one for each set of player pieces.
/flash!
-Sara Teasdale, an American poet
From a Good Earth teabag tag
OMG, what if Polaroids shot out cheese? Amazing.
By Brock Davis; via nevver
Handsome scarf for a Handsome Man (Knitting Pattern!)
If there is someone in your life that is bad at dressing themselves warmly and you think they’re worth an hour a day for a couple of weeks of you secretly knitting on the Muni on your way to and from work, this is a pretty decent pattern. I Googled many a knitting pattern for manly scarves and many of them were too complicated (I LOVED Ravelry’s Extra Warm Men’s Scarf) or too plain. After picking and choosing the elements I liked from multiple patterns I decided to go with this.
Materials:
US 9 Knitting Needles (If I could go back I’d use US 10.5)
2 skeins of Lion Brand Wool Ease Chunky in 152 Charcoal
Instructions
CO 28 stitches
Row 1: K3, P2, K3, P2, K3, P2, K3, P2, K3, P2, K3
Row 2: P3, K2, P3, K2, P3, K2, P3, K2, P3, K2, P3
Continue until the scarf is at desired length.
Knit one row and bind off.
Use tapestry needle to weave in any loose ends.
Voila!
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Although he works across the street from me and leaves the office around the same time as me each day, I went out of my way to take Muni home without him because it was the only time I could knit without him around.
One day he told me at 5:15 that he’d be ready to go at 5:30 and I forced myself to be a jerk and tell him I was heading home without him even though I only had to wait 15 minutes. When I got to the Muni station I realized there were a ton of delays and I might end up on the same train as him. I hunched over my knitting, peeking over my shoulder every few moments, prepared to shove the whole mess into my purse at the first sight of him. Luckily I saw him before he saw me and we got on the train together. But a few stops from home he caught a glimpse of the plastic bag in my purse and thought it might be food (he was hungry). I pulled away from him and he spent the rest of the evening annoying me and trying to figure out what it was. Stupid.
I hurriedly finished the scarf over the weekend and gave it to him Sunday night. Result? He was surprised and very happy. He wore it the past two days even though it’s much warmer than it was when I first decided he needed a scarf.
Note: If I could go back and do it differently I would go with a bigger knitting needle - probably US 10.5 because the scarf ended up being a little tighter knit hat I would have liked.
I’m so lucky!!
i’ve decided to try to blog more regularly so here i go!
this is my first attempt at HK style baked porkchops over rice!
recipe serves 6 people
ingredients:
porkchops
- 6 pork chops, about an inch thick (I used loin chops but would recommend boneless chops)
- 5-6 cloves of garlic, crushed
- 2 tbsp of salt & pepper & garlic salt (combined)
- 1 tbsp of olive oil
- 2 tbsp flour
fried rice
- 5 cups of rice (best if it’s a day old so it’s not soggy)
- 3 eggs
- 2 tsp curry powder
- salt & pepper to taste
sauce
- 2 cans of Campbell’s Cream of Mushroom Condensed
- 1 can of milk
- salt & pepper to taste
- cheese for baking on top (i used sharp chedder slices and some shredded italian blend)
two 9x12 casserole dishes
steps!
1. rinse the porkchops and dry them off with a paper towel. use the blunt end of a knife to pound the porkchops to tenderize them, then use the sharp end to lightly score the chops.
2. combine the salt, pepper, garlic salt and garlic. rub oil all over the chops then rub in the salt and garlic mixture. get some of that into the cracks you got from scoring the meat. let the meat sit in the seasoning for now. 
3. heat a wok/frying pan with oil until and crack in the eggs. scramble the eggs a bit and while they’re still runny add the rice (this way bits of egg cling onto the grains of rice while it gets cooked)
at this point you can switch on the oven to 400 degrees.
4. toss the rice and eggs around with a wide spatula. sprinkle in some salt and pepper and add in the curry powder. toss, toss, toss. when it’s all golden and smells slightly of dericious curry, split the rice into the two casserole dishes.
5. take the flour and get it all over the porkchops. this will help them brown up nicely and get a bit crispy around the edges when you fry them.
6. oil up a skillet and heat it until little bubbles form. very carefully place a porkchop (or two) into the pan because the oil might start going crazy. fry for 4-5 minutes on each side until cooked thoroughly and you have nice browning. when all the chops are done place them on top of the beds of rice.
7. now to make the sauce! heat the two cans of cream of mushroom with a can of milk. add some pepper. when it’s all mixed together and you don’t have any more lumps from the cream, you’re ready to pour the sauce over the porkchops and rice.
8. place some cheese on top and pop it in the oven for 10 minutes.
9. let it rest and cool down for about 5 minutes before serving!
Wrap yarn around balloon. Dip balloon in watered down glue. Let dry, pop balloon.
