And Other Bad Words
I made bacon and eggs for breakfast on our awesome cast iron griddle. It works wonderfully well, and the eggs are delicious.
I had an egg flow right over the side of the griddle. My stove is now covered in raw egg. I can’t clean it until the griddle cools enough for me to move it. sigh.
Not an auspicious start to the day.
So, you may know that I’m a knitter. And I’m addicted to my phone, tablet, etc. These things are largely compatible.
As a knitter, I print many patterns. Patterns from Ravelry. Patterns from Knitty (did you see that the new issue is up? YAY!). I think my pattern printing is responsible for at least one tree. And the only thing I really need the printouts for are the charts. Those lovely, complex lace charts. Set up, transitioning, number of repeats, all that can be found online, anytime. The charts must be printed so I can track what row I’m on. I usually use a highlighter, but any writing instrument will do in a pinch. And if I forget my chart? Forget any knitting until I get home. ARG!
There are many fine apps out there as row counters. That’s not what I want. I want an app that will display my chart, with the rows I’ve already done, highlighted. Just like my lovely paper chart, but less likely to be left at home.
So, I have the Android SDK, Java 7, and no real idea what I’m doing. This is going to be great. 🙂
Another fine day, another fine trail. This time both kids came along. Winter is grudgingly giving way to spring – a couple of days ago the temperature bottomed out at 0° F, today was in the 50’s, and tomorrow will be below freezing again.
Quinn: “Did you take out cash when you deposited that check?”
Megh: “Yeah, I wanted some in case you asked if I had any cash.”
Quinn: “I ask you if you have cash so I can buy something off-the-books, which I shouldn’t do.”
Megh: “I get cash so I can buy things off-the-books, too.”
I know that Dad just posted pictures from our walk, but I had a couple he didn’t. There was a beautiful, fast-flowing stream that Alpha and Butter had to check out. Poor Butter almost fell in when the ice shelf collapsed under her, but she only got a little wet. Dad went down there with them.
It was a gorgeous day. Perfect blue skies, warm weather, and lovely scenery.
I am really looking forward to checking out this park again. Just not when the trails are frozen solid.
Meghan, Alpha, and I have started hiking the Harold Parker State Forest today. It’s pretty big, it should tide us over for the spring.
Our first leg was beautiful.
Apparently there are beaver in that pond:
This tree has seen a little more beaver-love:
The trails in the HP connect with a ring of trails around metro Boston, the Bay Circuit. It’s 200 miles from end to end, so we’ll be hiking it for a few years to come.
Its a nice replacement for our old hiking project, along the Hop River Trail. The four of us hiked from Willimantic to Manchester over the course of a year, the Bay Circuit should take a bit longer.
Geese outside my door at work this morning. It’s still hard to believe but spring may actually be coming.
Alpha, Beta, and I went to Old Sturbridge Village this past weekend to see their Antique Sleigh Rally. Alpha is obsessed with horses so it seemed like a home run in the Dad of the Year game.
Alas, Alpha bored of it in under ten minutes. Even Beta was still having fun when she announced that she wanted to do something else. Wow.
At Beta’s request we made a beeline to the Freeman Farm so we could commune with the sheep and chickens. And there, behind the cooper’s shed, we found my redemption: sledding.
We lived a little on the wild side: both girls tried sledding while standing (pictured) as well as other orientations (backwards, in the lotus position, etc). Alpha was quite proud of herself after her first run while standing, and I was equally proud of her. Don’t tell OSV we did it, though – with no one policing the hill it was much more natural and fun.
So, I have now learned JavaScript when I should be knitting on my newest Ravallenic shawl. I am going to start with JQuery next. Since programming === more money === MOAR YARN, I think its a fair trade off.
And building the LEGO houses didn’t help, either. 😛
Meghan has a job with the LEGO store (yes, they insist on the all-caps spelling). She has started coming home with the big kits, thanks to her employee discount. Featured here are a mobile police kit and a city shop kit.