Resolutions/Sunday 7/ ARGH!

I know I've been chatty, but please go read this post and vote in the poll. Thank you.


As for the Sunday 7, Yesterday alone I: cleared all of the artwork out of the library and 3 halls; moved a chair out of the library; removed 5 bookshelves (first clearing 2 & 1/3); uploaded all my favorite 8/Lucie CDs to iTunes, did several loads of laundry; pulled down the hall closet sliding doors & hanging hardware; repaired 6 cookbooks; and cast on my first Mitered Crosses afghan block.

And then I wiped out every bit of that good karma in a careless second by smashing one of the panes in my grandfather's glass-front bookshelf.

I've tried to be a responsible adult about it: I cleaned up all the glass before the cats found any, took the doors off for safekeeping (the wooden tracery work is even more delicate than the glass), tried to convince myself that it's still a handsome piece without the doors, and solicited recommendations for glass companies (I now have 4 by name and 3 more places where I can ask for more help.)

None of which makes me feel one bit less of a fuckup who can't have nice things.


( Today I've got: )

RESOLUTION TALLY

( Household )

( GARDEN )

( MISC )

( TRAVEL )

( FOOD )

( EXERCISE/HEALTH )

( KNITTING><b>KNITTING</b> <lj-cut text= )

( Own Projects )

( ORGANIZE )

Sherlock Fic & Link Recs

I may have lied about doing a Saturday Sherlock today. Instead, let me pass on a bunch of links that didn't make the last rec round.


Share and Share Alike A cracky little vignette about what happens after two people live together for a while - to wit, they start editing their own and their co-habitor's restaurant/takeout food. I DO THIS WITH MY FRIENDS. (Which is probably why I think this is so funny.)

NSFWish (it mentions things, but never in detail): OkCupid Spares the Wall (I have NO idea where the title comes from or why.) Again, crack. Sherlock has gotten bored and started taking the online Purity Test. His answers are... idiosyncratic. Told entirely as dialog between Sherlock and an incredulous John.
“Sherlock, I’m fairly certain that they mean ‘escaped through a window because someone came home unexpectedly’ in the sense that you were having sex with their partner, not because you were looking for evidence.”

“Then they ought to be clearer in their sentence structure!”


In lieu of my talking about Holmes canon, someone else talking about Holmes canon: My Favorite and Mostly Improper Items of Holmesiana Includes link to essay on Holmes and ADD in The Sign of the Four

Foodie Links and a bit of whining

*Still* not king angsting over the broken cabinet. Had this conversation with my mother (who just may be under the impression that the glass is just cracked *cough*):

"That was probably valuable. A lot of his furniture was."

"Thanks for making me feel better."

"Especially if it still has the maker's label on the back."

"Again, thank you for making me feel better."

"And of course, things are always most valuable when all the parts are original."

"And again... Look, I can't sell it unless I fix it anyway. Sorry you gave it to me?"

"Oh no! I took everything I wanted, it's YOUR problem now!"

I wish I knew how valuable it actually is (I looked at ebay, but saw nothing similar). It would be one thing if I broke a $1000 antique; frankly, if it's worth half that or less I'd feel a bit mellow about it all. After all, I'm going to be spending almost $800 just on new bookshelves. (The tax return cometh in, the tax return goeth out)

Okay, to make up for that whining, two intriguing foodie posts:

Step by step picture guide to making your own peanut butter or s'mores cups

Intense, detailed food lab on making homemade ricotta Includes description and photographs of using different acids, hidden pitfalls in different milks, and a microwave version. For those who don't care about the lab, the microwave recipe alone is right here

Also, there's a note in a related page that using the whey drained from ricotta for breadmaking instead of yeast works really well. Hmmmm!