salty chocolate
in all honesty, i am not sure life gets better than a fran's gray salt caramel.
i just about die for these things. they are that good. i bought a box of 8 on saturday (at $12 a box!). ummm...i gave 1/2 of one away and now only have one left. i don't know if it is good or bad that fran's is based in seattle.
ok, just one more shot before the knitting content...
there has been limited blog surfing these days. one, it is summer and my apartment has been so hot i am generally not here, and even if i were, my desk is a mess! and then there is that thing called a job that gets in the way too. so where do i go to see what the cool knits are now? easy, i just go to tami's blog. remember the cupcake hat? tami's blog. the one skein wonder? tami's blog. the pinwheel blanket? tami's blog. and now...mimi verylong, and yes again, the link came from tami's blog.
thanks tami for letting me be such a copycat. i hope you find it flattering, it just means i think you have a terrific eye for patterns!
no my mimi verylong is only 1/2 skein in (of 5 skeins). it is pretty wide, but i think it will curl in when it is longer. here's hoping anyways.
and now a quick hiya to carry. she has been very sweet in keeping in touch through all my doctor ordeals. i appreciate it, you and ang are so great. i hope you have an AWESOME time at burning man (although that is pretty much a given). seriously, i never knew something like burning man existed until ang. if you don't know what burning man is, i suggest you google it. a very cool event.
i am going to see some condos tomorrow with my agent! yeah! although, to be truthful, i don't really love any of them. the market is tough here in seattle. although i am starting to pack this could be a long process.
my dr. woes have subsided for now. after a month and a half of countless dr. appointments and tests, they found nada. now, it isn't a bad thing, it means no surgery for what we thought it was. yeah! my dr. has thinks i am "over-doctored". because the pain i feel is slight and only a couple times a day (usually only for a minute or so), she wants me to take a month to relax (and hopefully ease some of the stress symptoms like crazy twitching and sleep starts) before we pursue any more avenues. i am cool with that because at this point we have ruled out the pretty serious stuff. oh, i was also told not to read webmd. SERIOUSLY, self diagnosis is the WORST thing in the world. i know i am not alone in that. sometimes i think the internet is more evil than genius.
anyhoo, i'll keep you posted on the condo hunt. ohh and i guess the knitting too.
i just about die for these things. they are that good. i bought a box of 8 on saturday (at $12 a box!). ummm...i gave 1/2 of one away and now only have one left. i don't know if it is good or bad that fran's is based in seattle.
ok, just one more shot before the knitting content...
there has been limited blog surfing these days. one, it is summer and my apartment has been so hot i am generally not here, and even if i were, my desk is a mess! and then there is that thing called a job that gets in the way too. so where do i go to see what the cool knits are now? easy, i just go to tami's blog. remember the cupcake hat? tami's blog. the one skein wonder? tami's blog. the pinwheel blanket? tami's blog. and now...mimi verylong, and yes again, the link came from tami's blog.
thanks tami for letting me be such a copycat. i hope you find it flattering, it just means i think you have a terrific eye for patterns!
no my mimi verylong is only 1/2 skein in (of 5 skeins). it is pretty wide, but i think it will curl in when it is longer. here's hoping anyways.
and now a quick hiya to carry. she has been very sweet in keeping in touch through all my doctor ordeals. i appreciate it, you and ang are so great. i hope you have an AWESOME time at burning man (although that is pretty much a given). seriously, i never knew something like burning man existed until ang. if you don't know what burning man is, i suggest you google it. a very cool event.
i am going to see some condos tomorrow with my agent! yeah! although, to be truthful, i don't really love any of them. the market is tough here in seattle. although i am starting to pack this could be a long process.
my dr. woes have subsided for now. after a month and a half of countless dr. appointments and tests, they found nada. now, it isn't a bad thing, it means no surgery for what we thought it was. yeah! my dr. has thinks i am "over-doctored". because the pain i feel is slight and only a couple times a day (usually only for a minute or so), she wants me to take a month to relax (and hopefully ease some of the stress symptoms like crazy twitching and sleep starts) before we pursue any more avenues. i am cool with that because at this point we have ruled out the pretty serious stuff. oh, i was also told not to read webmd. SERIOUSLY, self diagnosis is the WORST thing in the world. i know i am not alone in that. sometimes i think the internet is more evil than genius.
anyhoo, i'll keep you posted on the condo hunt. ohh and i guess the knitting too.
16 Comments:
Salt on chocolate is wrong. It's like dogs with tu-tu's, or anyone driving a hummer. Just wrong
ooh i think anonymous is being a little harsh. clearly he/she doesn't realize a dash of salt brings out the flavor of all foods, including those that are sweet.
good luck on the condo hunt. it's tough everywhere and when i bought my condo i certainly didn't find the home of my dreams but i definitely found the best place i could afford. with a little research i'm sure you could do the same.
Salt on chocolate is a brilliant idea! Who ever thought of that? I'll have to track some of those down.
I'm so glad you're doing better. I can't wait to see what you knit up next! Good luck with the condo search!
One of my favorite combos is salty/sweet. I think those caramels would be right up my alley.
I'm glad you received good news on your tests. I agree with you on WedMD. Last week, I conviced myself that I had ovarian cancer due to a cyst. Crazy.
Amy
salt and chocolate are perfect together!!! chocolate covered pretzels...chocolate dipped potato chips...yummmm...never heard of the gray's salt caramels but i'm gonna have to track some down for myself!!! Think I can have them shipped to Texas??? ;)
Ha! Found Fran's website...I may be in serious trouble!
Good luck on the condo hunt! Searching for a house can be exciting and very stressful.
It's nice to see your back to creating beautiful things. I think both you and Tami have an excellent eye for wonderful patterns. No matter what you make it seems like you pick the perfect yarn for it. Oh how I wish I had that creative side. I'm glad to hear things are fine with you. Good luck on your condo, I'm looking for an apt myself and it's hard...I live in NY.
Don't want to bore you with my stuff
HAPPY KNITTING!!!!
I can't believe I'm getting compliments for being cheap and spending too much time on the internet! I'm firmly convinced that for every sad looking skein of clearance yarn I buy, there is a perfect FREE pattern waiting for it in cyberspace! It's my job to put them together. We do seem to make a lot of the same things, huh? I call it good taste!
Your dr. is so right. You want to overstress yourself and freak yourself out, then go to webmd. That is seriously no way to figure out what's wrong.
I'm glad at least you're feeling better. Stress is a nasty little thing isn't it???
Relaxation sounds exactly like what you need right now. Enjoy it!
I am seriously intrigued by salty chocolate. That sounds like a dressed up version of what peanut m&ms are to me: half sweet, half savory. Yum.
Rest well! Good luck with the condo hunt :)
Yum! I have dying to try Fran's chocolates ever since I saw her being featured on the Food Network.
Good luck on the condo hunt. I know how hard that is. I bought mine 2 years.
Those sea salt caramels are my favorite too! Did you get the dark choc, or the milk choc with the smoked salt? I can't decide which I like best. I may have to try making some when the holiday candy season rolls around.
You are so right about webmd. Just this week I managed to convince myself that I had cancer. Turned out it was strep throat. Yes, even the internets can be evil.
And the chocolate looks wonderful...
oh no... salt on chocolate may very well be my undoing. whoa.
I love the baby booties you are soo thoughtful! What a beautiful baby boy too! You have such a good heart.
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