things of note from over the weekend:

- when making a new recipe like maria's pasta with garlic and spinach sauce, make sure you read the quantities of what's going in it beforehand, so when you decide to double the recipe you don't end up with an obscene amount of food.

- if you were born in the year of the horse you better know how to donkey kick or jenn'll make sure you get served! and then she'll drop the great gatsby on your ass! cuz she's fired up!

-working on saturday is, was, forever will be, completely gay.

- defrosting the freezer is hard work if you don't do it regularly... the inside of my sorta old freezer gets super icy, and the note inside it says hey get rid of the ice when it's about a quarter-inch thick. my dumb ass never thinks about it until it's four inches thick. it takes like 3 hours to get it all out. what a pain in the ass. was made slightly easier this time with the help of a barbeque splatula and a hair dryer. special note here, kiddies - make sure all that extra water's sopped up and you're wearing rubber soled shoes and are not standing in a puddle of used-to-be-ice-in-your-freezer-water, cuz that would probably end about as nicely as drinkin drano cocktails.

- i have misplaced my nibs! no, not those nibs, those are right where i left em... the ones for drawing with india ink... i can't for the life of me remember what i did with em last time i used them. it's entirely possible i accidentally washed them down into the garbage disposal. no big shakes, they're like a buck a piece if that and i can just get some more at lunch, but that i lost em in the first place is lame. damn i'm lame.

- my visits to local knitting stores makes me want to have more money to spend on yarn. damn this paying off bills. so far i like fond du lac the least - big open airy store but not very friendly employees. appleton's too small and crampy, neenah's nice and friendly so they come in first. i heard about a cool place in madison, hopefully this weekend will check it out if shenanigans of the madison type are goin on.

- another important life lesson where i pass the savings on to you: i tried hand washing some stuff for the first time a little over a week ago. and i have this book that says during the final rinse, you should add just a little vinegar so the soapscum is completely removed. that just a little is very important. cuz otherwise you'll end up with vinegar-stench sweaters just like me. WEEEEEEEoooooooo (that's the stinky noise)

- oh my god and i'm so flippin excited about the pig and fusspot freelancing... i got my first assignment from them this morning and hot hot hot i can't wait til i get home tonight to draw up a bunch of funny shit! i've also got to get back on working on kathy's wedding pic, so i can't forget to replace my nibs (no, not those ones! they're serving me quite well thanks!)

and now if you'll excuse me, i'm going to go be subjected to more ergonomic scapegoat hell. the end.