Archive for March, 2007

I’m a reader, reading is what I do!!!

Look at the list of books below:
* Bold the ones you’ve read
* Italicize the ones you want to read
* Leave blank the ones that you aren’t interested in.

If you are reading this (and haven’t participated yet), tag, you’re it!
1. The DaVinci Code (Dan Brown)
2. Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
3. To Kill A Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
4. Gone With The Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
5. The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (Tolkien)
6. The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (Tolkien)
7. The Lord of the Rings: Two Towers (Tolkien)
8. Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
9. Outlander (Diana Gabaldon)
10. A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry)
11. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Rowling)
12. Angels and Demons (Dan Brown)
13. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Rowling)
14. A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving) 15. Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
16. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Rowling)
17. Fall on Your Knees (Ann-Marie MacDonald)
18. The Stand (Stephen King)
19. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Rowling)
20. Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
21. The Hobbit (Tolkien)
22. The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
23. Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
24. The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
25. Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
26. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
27. Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
28. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (C. S. Lewis)
29. East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
30. Tuesdays with Morrie (Mitch Albom)
31. Dune (Frank Herbert)
32. The Notebook (Nicholas Sparks)
33. Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
34. 1984 (Orwell)
35. The Mists of Avalon (Marion Zimmer Bradley)
36. The Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett)
37. The Power of One (Bryce Courtenay)
38. I Know This Much is True (Wally Lamb)
39. The Red Tent (Anita Diamant)
40. The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
41. The Clan of the Cave Bear (Jean M. Auel)
42. The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
43. Confessions of a Shopaholic (Sophie Kinsella)
44. The Five People You Meet In Heaven (Mitch Albom)
45. The Bible
46. Anna Karenina (Tolstoy)
47. The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
48. Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt)
49. The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
50. She’s Come Undone (Wally Lamb)
51. The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
52. A Tale of Two Cities (Dickens)
53. Ender’s Game (Orson Scott Card)
54. Great Expectations (Dickens)
55. The Great Gatsby (Fitzgerald)
56. The Stone Angel (Margaret Laurence)
57. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Rowling)
58. The Thorn Birds (Colleen McCullough)
59. The Handmaid’s Tale (Margaret Atwood)
60. The Time Traveller’s Wife (Audrew Niffenegger)
61. Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
62. The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
63. War and Peace (Tolstoy)
64. Interview With The Vampire (Anne Rice)
65. Fifth Business (Robertson Davis)
66. One Hundred Years Of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
67. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Ann Brashares)
68. Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
69. Les Miserables (Hugo)
70. The Little Prince (Antoine de Saint-Exupery)
71. Bridget Jones’ Diary (Fielding)
72. Love in the Time of Cholera (Marquez)
73. Shogun (James Clavell)
74. The English Patient (Michael Ondaatje)
75. The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
76. The Summer Tree (Guy Gavriel Kay)
77. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
78. The World According to Garp (John Irving)
79. The Diviners (Margaret Laurence)
80. Charlotte’s Web (E.B. White)
81. Not Wanted On The Voyage (Timothy Findley)
82. Of Mice And Men (Steinbeck)
83. Rebecca (Daphne DuMaurier)
84. Wizard’s First Rule (Terry Goodkind)
85. Emma (Jane Austen)
86. Watership Down(Richard Adams)
87. Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
88. The Stone Diaries (Carol Shields)
89. Blindness (Jose Saramago)
90. Kane and Abel (Jeffrey Archer)
91. In The Skin Of A Lion (Ondaatje)
92. Lord of the Flies (Golding)
93. The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
94. The Secret Life of Bees (Sue Monk Kidd)
95. The Bourne Identity (Robert Ludlum)
96. The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)
97. White Oleander (Janet Fitch)
98. A Woman of Substance (Barbara Taylor Bradford)
99. The Celestine Prophecy (James Redfield)
100. Ulysses (James Joyce)

62.5 out of 100 not bad I got half way through the hobbit but it was too dry and boring for me at that time so I’m counting it as half

my theme swap questionaire!!!

What is/are your favorite fiber/s to knit with?
Wool(merinoYUM), cashmere, *NICE* rayon

What fibers do you absolutely *not* like?
COTTON IF THE FIBER OF SATAN!!!!!!

How long have you been knitting & how did you learn?
14/5 years, taught myself from a book from my school liabrary

Would you consider your skill level to be beginner, intermediate or advanced?
Intermediate/advanced

What’s your favorite scent?
LILAC!!!!!(I must say I hate hate hate lavender)

Do you have a sweet tooth? Favorite candy?
Hmmm yep, Dots and Swedish Fish

What other crafts do you like to do? Do you spin?
Ohhh I crochet, quilt, bake, spin, sew, and cross stitch

What’s your favorite color(s)?
BLUE, Aqua, teal, turquoise, spruce, I’m more of a cool colour person but really any colour…. I must note tho I HATE(with the hatred usually reserved for mullets and right wing fanatics) the colour brown

What is/are your favorite item/s to knit?
Socks, sweaters, headbands, shawls…

What are you knitting right now?
234567876523456789098765423456789 different projects

Do you like to receive handmade gifts?
Yes I love them, esp if they are funky or cool

Do you prefer straight or circular needles?
Circular metal needles(susan bates quicksilvers!!!!)

Do you own a yarn winder and/or swift?
Yep and yep

How old is your oldest UFO? Hmmm now I think its about 7 years….

Is there anything that you collect?
Aprons vintage aprons, and cool vintage hankerchiefs

Any books, yarns, needles or patterns out there you are dying to get your hands on? What knitting magazine subscriptions do you have?
I really want the sweet maryjane cardigan

When is your birthday?
Sept 13th

Finally, what are your four themes?(in order of desire) I’m really excited to see what you do I have linked wikipedia pages but feel free to do your own research and get creative and inspired…. Can you pull one of these off without the colour brown??
1. Into The Woods
2. Liza Minnelli
3. Tank Girl
4. Bikini Kill

sps

This sums up today pretty well…. Ill explain more later

monday masterpieces…

So I’m at work but wanted to post some pictures of the cakes I’ve been making…

First one is with and ocean theme

This one is just pretty


This is a disney princess cake

And this is a harley davidson cake

Brooklynne

SPS!!!

This is gonna be quick and dirrty cause I’m tired, I got a promotion which means I make cakes now, as in decorate cakes, I found this website which has some amazing cake galleries so here’s my self portrait maybe tomorrow I’ll post pictures of some of the cakes I’ve made

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