“Working From Home”

After a pretty insane month at work that culminated in a heinous week and a particularly heinous day yesterday, my boss informed me that I was “working from home” today. In other words – I’m on call in case of emergencies, my work laptop on & at the ready, but I’m really just taking the [...]

Fire!

(Picture Heavy – click for big versions!) This roving that I got at Maryland Sheep & Wool reminds me of fire – warm like the sun or a campfire, bright and happy. I spun up a bit at the last guild meeting, which as per current practice then sat on the bobbin for almost two [...]

Web Hosting for Dummies

Is it bad to trash your hosting service on your blog? We’ve been experiencing some frustrating down-time here at tadandmel & purlingplans, which we’ve been noticing every couple of days recently, and which a couple of readers have reported to us as well (thanks!). So we’re looking for a new host – we’ve gotten a [...]

Garden Update

Cross-posted to tadandmel.com. Our garden is doing so well! I’m a bit afraid that the squash is plotting a hostile takeover. And look how tall the tomato plants have gotten! I swear they grew another 6 inches over the weekend while we were gone (in Pennsylvania for my cousin’s wedding – congrats Matt & Natalie!) [...]