Jeannette Eats Spaghetti

Three Ingredient* Cookie Recipe

2012-02-03T22:01:00.002-06:00

The other night I was telling my mom about a cooking class I'm orchestrating for Food Fantasies at the Pasfield House. I started to write a big long thing about it, but it's 10 pm on Friday night, tomorrow is my only day off and I'm trying to relax a bit. For now, let me say that I thoroughly enjoyed the trial cooking class we held on Wednesday! Meet my good friend and coworker, Dogfood. (His

Dishes and Dishes and Dishes

2012-01-31T23:41:00.001-06:00

I love going to thrift stores and perusing the dishes. The selection always rotates from one interesting design to another and I never get bored sifting through the varying shades of blue and green, the rare reds and yellows, florals, fruits and vegetables and the patterns and prints - oh my! Dishes are always affordable, usually less than a dollar each, and they make great mosaic material.

This kid made my day

2012-01-24T15:55:00.002-06:00

There are so many great people who come through Food Fantasies, it's hard not to leave work with a smile on my face.

Mosaic Stuff

2012-01-19T17:53:00.000-06:00

With all the time I've saved via not blogging, I've spent more and more time on mosaics. I'm working on one now that measures 24" x 44" and modeled after a quilted table runner my mom made for me for Christmas. I'm using broken dishes for the tesserae, though I may use smalti for the background. I'm undecided at this point. The inspiration: The mosaic, during the sketching process: The

Roommate Life: it ain't so bad

2012-01-11T20:49:00.003-06:00

Me: Are you sure you don't feel like going to the gas station and putting gas in my car? It's supposed to snow tomorrow. WI Geoff: Sure. Let me wait until the washer stops so I can put clothes in the dryer. (Sweet!) The last time I got gas in my car, he put it in there. He also put up storm windows and fixed the gutter (that he broke back in July ;). Shoot, he even puts the seat down after he

Doomsday 2012

2012-01-02T19:45:00.000-06:00

The thing about the Mayan Calendar, it had to end sometime. Or should it have been carved to infinity? Nowadays we keep track of time digitally and on paper, neither of which can be expected to last forever; future beings will investigate our remains thousands of years from now and wonder how we kept track of time and shared information.

Yesterday

2011-11-07T21:02:00.002-06:00

I spent the day with my brother and we took a road trip south on the Columbia Bottoms to Fort de Charters, stayed for roughly 15 minutes, then turned around to head home. It was awesome. Remind me to tell you about it sometime.

Philadelphia

2011-10-28T21:21:00.002-05:00

I'm totally here. Right. Now. I was lucky to be invited to help run a booth at the Philly Bike Expo, but so far the highlight has been catching up with Alex and having a slumber party at his dad's house. The bike expo will keep me too busy to do much sightseeing, but I will certainly eat a cheesesteak while here. Boom.

For future reference

2011-10-08T14:07:00.002-05:00

It takes the average wimp about three hours to dismember an average bicycle chain while watching SNL (The Commercials episode).

Yo

2011-10-07T11:01:00.003-05:00

Last weekend was awesome. I worked, lazed about, played with curlers, rode my bike around the fairgrounds and worked on my mosaic. This weekend should be pretty rad, too.

No Girls, No Books, No Nerds

2011-09-28T23:35:00.002-05:00

I took these photos yesterday at my neighbor's house.

Pictures on my phone

2011-09-28T10:14:00.000-05:00

If you know me at all, you know I make a habit of taking a lot of photos of a lot of random things. Since getting an iPhone I rarely carry my camera, but I still photograph that and this whenever I can. Here's a sampling... - one of the handmade signs you might find at Food Fantasies. Dogfood is, by far, our best sign maker. - a creative lady I spied at Goodwill. I will steal this idea the

I met @Roseyland in Beardstown on Sunday

2011-09-27T00:01:00.001-05:00

I didn't buy a lousy t-shirt, but I did have a great time.

I had fun last night

2011-09-24T13:17:00.001-05:00

I rode to Beardstown with nil8 to watch them and Funky Circus Fleas play at a little place called Central Tavern. Both shows rocked! Everyone was friendly as could be and I'm looking forward to going back......tomorrow, when I meet up with @Roseyland to explore watermelon country.

If this were twitter...

2011-09-23T01:12:00.001-05:00

...I would totally hashtag this pic #roommatelife

I gave myself a haircut

2011-09-18T23:42:00.001-05:00

Short hair is weird.

This angle

2011-09-17T01:30:00.001-05:00

...hides imperfection well.

62 hours

2011-09-13T00:47:00.000-05:00

....Not including research, planning, conceptualizing and gathering materials. That whole getting-ready part took too many weeks, but the project seemed to pick up pace once I actually started on it. I'm usually horrible about keeping track of time and have no idea how long most of my projects take. That's inspired me to be diligent with a timesheet.

Guidance

2011-09-12T14:33:00.001-05:00

I've been fretting about tiling the inside of this blue jean sun, but I'm feeling more confident after successfully tiling the background......and adding orange guidelines. Now I am free to focus my worries on drumming up enough shiny bicycle spokes.

Moving right along

2011-09-10T18:45:00.001-05:00

My workspace is a perpetual mess, but dig my new ROTATING work table courtesy of Wisconsin Geoff!

Mosaic

2011-09-09T23:23:00.001-05:00

I had some sort of 6th sense for picking the worst 25 or so tiles from the 150 I dumped out.

Testing, testy, testes

2011-09-09T12:31:00.001-05:00

As much as I post to instagram, tumblr, flickr and posterous, I thought I should learn how to post a blog from me ayePhone.

Discovering new things

2011-08-23T23:44:00.002-05:00

I was about five years old when all of my cousins spent a week with my Grandpa Charlie in Montgomery City, Missouri. Christine and I played in a baby pool on the back patio, pretending to take baths while using leaves as our washcloths. And that's how I discovered poison ivy.

Wall of Plates

2011-07-19T21:17:00.009-05:00

I regularly stop in the local thrift stores to peruse their dish selection, searching for interesting colors, patterns and textures that I might want to use in a future mosaic. Some days I leave empty handed, other days I come home with a huge stack of dishes to break. Of every few hundred plates I see, I find one or two with its own appealing, unique qualities and I have to take them home. I've

Worldless Monday: last week, in pictures

2011-07-18T13:45:00.002-05:00

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