Twitter & FB

so, i'm sort of using twitter for the polaroid stuff. follow here

so, i also have a facebook fan page for ehl creations. be a fan here

visit ehl creations, too.

so, that's why i've abandoned the blog. maybe i'll pick it up again this summer. we'll see.

horrible habits

so, i have this terrible habit of putting things in the freezer i know i won't eat. here is an example.


what the hell is that?

here it is, about 30 minutes later. any ideas? those ice crystals are pretty cool, huh?


here it is this morning. i know, i could have tossed it last night, but i really wanted to know...


sadness! it's my favorite post-huge meal meal. everything dumped into a baking dish and mushed. this one looks like turkey, some veggies, zucchini pie, some stuffing...this was from last thanksgiving. it was sitting in my freezer for almost 9 months.

see, i wanted the pyrex back a few months ago but thought, "gee, maybe i'll eat that." no.

this morning, as i gazed upon the unfrozen mush in the sink i thought, "gee, maybe i'll eat that." no.

update-ish

i had a fun week. very unexpected. while the first week of my vacation was painfully boring and slow, the second week was equally fast and enjoyable. some mini-excursions with a surprise guest, including wine and fun food.

i also completed two more items on my "things to do on vacation" list...sort shoes and donate items. it wound up also allowing me to clean up my closet, which was juuuuust super. so, i had all these shoe boxes filled with...shoes. many of them i had not seen in ten years. really. the receipt was in the box with a date of 8/13/98. i remember my mom and i searched and searched for the perfect shoes to wear with a super cute dress for my friend's husband's commissioning in the marine corps. i have not worn the shoes since, i have not worn the dress since, and the couple divorced about 6 years ago. in total, i donated to goodwill...

* 11 pairs of shoes (yes, 11. includes a pair of sneakers in quite good condition)
* 1 pair boots (at least i THINK they were the ones i wanted to give away)
* 5 handbags (i used to like to go through the sale stuff at old navy)
* 1 pair rollerblades with wrist guards (i haven't used them since fall '99...i remember it well)
* 3 t-shirt dresses that just look weird on me now. haven't worn any of them in at least two years.

none of these items were helping me exist. in fact, they were taking up precious closet and karmic space. if you recall, i've spent the better part of the last, oh, 12 to 18 months or so getting rid of things through donation, freecycle, craigslist and such. i've been able to curb my spending and really reform my list of needs. just because the item is there in front of me does not mean i need it!

today (friday) was my last weekday day of vacation. baby nora and i went to the natural history museum and saw "dinosaurs 3d." nora and dolley also met on the floor.


here is nora again.


aw!

happy birthday to me

i think i'm going to go out tonight with some folks. i'm not big on birthday stuff. anyway, if i do go, i made these earrings to wear. they're cat's eye glass and crystal.


i got to hang out with baby nora on thursday. aw. here she is, smiling at her mama, wondering why her awesome GW dress is so big.

whoa! she's alive!

yes yes, bla bla bla

what have i been up to? in a nutshell...

* school! yah, i'm officially in grad school now and took my third class during the first summer session. that ended, thankfully, 7/21.
* work! i got a great new job at my current association that gives me more responsibility, travel and moolah!
* travel! a week in sexy kansas city, mo. not so awesome.
* vacation! i'm taking this week and next week off in between my old and new jobs. i'm not really planning on going anywhere, and i'm really bored already.
* computer! bought a new macbook. sweet.
* photos! i had a show of my Polaroid prints at the awesome Java Shack near me. My prints were only supposed to be up for the month of May, but I finally took them down in July!
* food! i'm trying to move towards a more bean-focused diet to replace the meat protein i'm not getting. i like beans, anyway. i think they're super tasty. save your jokes.

last week i tried this recipe, originally from about.com here

• 2 cups mashed garbanzo beans (chickpeas)
• 1 stalk celery, diced
• 1 carrot, grated
• 1/2 onion, minced
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder
• 1/4 cup flour
• salt and pepper to taste
• oil for frying

Preparation:

Mash together all ingredients, except oil, thoroughly. Form into patties and lightly fry on each side in oil until golden brown. You can also barbecue these veggie burgers on a hot grill.

all i did was add some cumin, and you know how much i hate cumin. they are really good. i got four patties out of this mix.


then i cooked them up. i need to work on my fry practice.


i put my burger on a bun, which is kind of silly, but a later version had muenster cheese and dijon mustard. i'm salivating just typing this.


also went on another photo day trip to pearmund cellers. here i am in no condition to drive home yet. (i spent another two hours there after this pic was taken, so relax.) i took two awesome rolls, then lost one! argh. i was so upset. you can imagine how relieved i was when i found the lost roll....in the bottom of the washing machine. >sigh<

so, what have YOU been up to?

Captain Vegetable (Sesame Street)

My first post in five months...

It is I...Captain Vegetable!

new year update and rabbit forts

happy new year!

this year i resolve to have less stuff. i will continue with my freegan attempts with regards to not throwing stuff away if someone else can use it. i still won't dumpster dive, though. i will buy less stuff in general, with the exception of food, polaroid film, hay and socks.

my class has finished! i got an a-. go me. i hope to take another class this semester.

updates...luke's dad finally took a pic of the blue sweater i made for him. it's still a little too big, but aw. satisfaction.


we spent new year's eve with dante and his parents. he will be 1 in a few weeks! here he is showing off his 5 teeth.


my latest post-school hat for happy heads, dc. it's lion brand homespun...cheap but soft.


we made a rabbit fort on sunday night and it was quite popular in the living room.




finally, i worked on a bunch of slides. here are a few. check out the full set here. (these are all copyright 2007, duh.) i would like to do custom pet portraits. so far they've come out very well. here is rana.

different texture paper has very different results, same image and development times.


cool, huh?

and finally, for comparison with the pic from my last post...

little dude i met on the beach

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Originally uploaded by elandsman

i spent a day in florida after the board of directors meeting was over. i stayed with my neighbors...i suppose former neighbors...who used to live across the street from my parents. it was very nice to see them.

she blows glass now, and it's just the coolest hobby ever, i think.

i took a bunch of pics on the beach in order to make them into slides for prints. i took about 120 of them in 45 minutes, but only put 37 online. i don't know which i'm going to use yet. here's a little dude i met while walking. i wanted his shell, but he wanted it more. he won.

more pics soon....but probably not for another week because my final is on monday. if you want to look at a few more, you can go to this set on my flickr page.

cheppy chanukah!

candles 'n fried things 'n all.

so here's the scarf i gave to my boss's three year old daughter. i finished it and weaved in the ends an hour ago while sitting at my desk with my door open...and talking to my boss. (it's a little slow here thanks to the icky weather.)

he's going to get a pic of her wearing it. should be cute. i'll update then. i also gave her a "paint your own dreidel" kit that someone had given me a few years ago, for some reason. ages 3+.

here's a pic i took in lexington last week. tee-hee. (click on it if you can't read the text.)


off to the board meeting in florida tomorrow morning! let's see if i can take off at 6:30 as planned...

also...both pics here are from the iphone.

who likes those apples?

i do!

so i'm back from KY and leaving for FL on thursday. i love 630 am flights. really. really. i love them even more when i have to fly all dressed up and go straight to a meeting with the executive committee! then another committee meeting. i don't even do anything at these meetings! why do i need to be there? why?

my class is almost over. the final is on the 17, so after that i will return to the crafting life for a few weeks. i bought a few nice cigar boxes in KY for $2 each. i will play with them and turn a few into something else.

i am also working on some slide prints. i will have a few scanned ones to share in a few days.

here is a pic from danielle's wedding. i am putting the bracelet on her...

All the cool cats are doing it-blogging on the iPhone

i have little to report   except that I am in Kentucky until Friday. :)

one more thing

happy heads, dc is going to get a boost this coming winter so get out your knitting needles!

plus, i was asked to be on the board of directors of a new/consolidated knit/crochet group! more on this as it develops.