Why I Love Cheeseburger in Paradise



R, B and I sometimes go to Cheeseburger in Paradise before hitting the Von Maur shoe room. B and I are not able to eat gluten and so we have few chances to eat at a restaurant. CIP has the most lovely gluten-free fries I have ever eaten. They are even better than the ones I make myself.

So, a few weeks ago we stop in to have some fries before we set out for the grueling task of shoe shopping. We place our order for three plates of gluten-free fries and then the terrible thing happens.... some guy comes over and sits at the next table. He says, "hey, how is it going?" I'm thinking - uh oh. So apparently a new cook has sullied the frying area for the gluten-free fries by cooking wheat covered pickles in our beloved stain-free oil.

The manager, Derac, is really great. He offers us other safe foods, but alas, we had a hankering for fries. So, he offered to give us free orders when we return. What a nice and thoughtful fellow. He did make good on his promise a couple of weeks later. yummy

Now, I think most people who are not familiar with allergies and other food related problems just do not understand how serious it can be for people to ingest certain foods. I have had several people offer that if I just eat a little I will be ok. Not true. If I eat a little gluten, it takes weeks for my gut to sort itself out. And, oh-by-the-way, those are not fun weeks.

Anyway -- WE LOVE CHEESEBURGER IN PARADISE (and especially Derac) for understanding and being respectful of our needs.

Summer quarter is over and I am so happy to have five more classes under my belt. Now I have to try not to eat all my nails while I wait for grades to be posted. Some of my Tech Comm classes have a very subjective grading curve so I really have no idea what I earned.

What class did I like best? So glad you asked. I loved, loved, being the project manager for a class that involved rewriting an entire website for a non-profit - right here in Columbus. That was a lot of work, but also a sense of pride in knowing we took something barely usable and made it easy to navigate and also pretty to look at. When they upload it to the web I'll post the url.

Despite all that I have been knitting. I'm fixing some sleeves in my favorite sweater and making some more socks. It is a bit chilly in the mornings and you know what that means -- yup socks are in my future.

I love my youngest. She just told me that she is 80% from a class change in her video game. Now, don't you think most people would be thinking they were only 20% of the way to the change? Yea, me too. So now you know, Miss Rose is an upbeat peach, inside and out.

hmmmm let me go over and see if I have any interesting pictures to show you today...


The middle school and high school classes painted this last spring. They each painted a square and then put them together. I think it is brilliant.

Have an amazing day!

I finished spinning any plying this lovely wool on Sunday. So I completed my 4 ounce Tour de Fleece in record time. I am amazed that the Yarn Harlot managed to spin 1500g. Only slightly more than my stellar 4 ounces.

These beauties I finished a couple of weeks ago. They are Romney wool in natural sheep shades. yum

I am feeling confident. The color is pretty cool and I can imaging it will be even better after I ply it.

Planning to finish the spinning by this evening so the bobbins can rest until tomorrow. I prefer to spin about 3/4 of a bobbin and then wind that yarn into a center pull ball for plying. I have only made s-ply yarn so far.

I am nearly finished with three sweaters. Yes, THREE! I am so ready for autumn. Completed pictures soon.

Got to get ready to walk over to the farmers market. Yum.

I am joining the Tour de Fleece spinning competition. It does not bother me a bit that there are only a few days remaining. I tried to upload the cute image, but blogger claims it is corrupt. humph!

I will spin this -


4 oz of Cider Moon Superwash Merino. Colorway: electromagentic.
Cider Moon has now crashed and is reemerging as two separate companies. That can only be good for the rest of us.

Why HP sucks - or a Thursday rant

OK so, I install a new operating system in my computer and need to reload the printer drivers. Well, the drivers do not install properly so I call HP support only to be informed that my printer is three months out of warranty and I am asked if I want to purchase a year of tech support for 65.00. "No thank you what is option 2?" Well, I could buy 2 weeks of tech support for 34.00. If I understand this correctly my choices are to buy support for nearly the cost of the printer, or to buy two weeks for half the cost of the printer. I may nave been born on a Wednesday, but it wasn't yesterday. My new printer will not be HP.

Why am I so miffed about this? I have a big project due tomorrow and it needs to be printed in color. I'm grumpy

But, this picture makes me feel better. My new granddog, Mia. Isn't she cute?



I am also knitting, catch you after finals

It's been a long time.


I'm still in school. That's my excuse and it is a good one.

I have been knitting though.

Made some wrist warmers with Lorna's sock yarn


Got a new granddaughter. She is looking lovely in her Opal sock yarn sweater and her blankie knit from Ecowool. It is a yummy cozy blanket.


This hat is so cute. It is a Fiber Trends pattern and it hugs around the ears. I've made three so far.


I started the Schoolhouse Press Norwegian Mitten KAL. What do you think?



Yeaaaa me too


This is swimming deep in frog pond. I did notice that it seemed a bit big but thought some magic fairy would come along while I was sleeping and shrink it. Since I don't feel like knitting them on 00 or 000's I have decided not to make them at all.