Another little update, not crafty but fun!

4. November 2008 by Holly.

Sooo, Sly and I are now engaged! Yay!!! And we’ve decided to trying to have a baby. We’re not stressing it with temp test and all that blahblah, but we’re trying. I’ve been off my birth control for almost a month now, so hopefully I’ll be posting in-progress preggo pics soon. And of course, I have a picture of my engagement ring. I do want to be married before I actually have any kids tho, so we’re thinking a wedding next fall-ish.

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More pics.

4. November 2008 by Holly.

October Square (Almost done!!)

Live to Laugh & Laugh to Live

 

Drop Chain Earring

Donalds xmas beanie

Black and White Hobo Style Bag

 

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Chicken Bog - Family Recipe

21. February 2008 by Holly.

Just a quick note to post my Moms chicken bog. I made it for my brother, upon request, for his birthday. Written by my Mom.

CHICKEN BOG OF THE GODS!

(I’M NOT YELLING! I’M JUST PASSIONATE!)

 

2 whole chickens

Water – enough to well cover the chickens and sausage

A large amt of rice (it’s one cup of rice to 2 cups of broth)

Margarine

2 packages of regular Kielbasa (don’t get the lowfat turkey kind…not enough spices for flavor)

One onion – quartered

A tall, large pot with a good lid

Chicken boullion

Salt

Pepper

 

Chop up the chicken rather crudely. This is your chance to be violent. Enjoy. Imagine it’s someone you really don’t like, but don’t curse them too much. Toss the mangled bodies into water….

 

Salt and pepper to madness. Boil chicken and onion in water with up to 10 bouillon cubes and two-four large spoonfuls of margarine. When you fork the chicken and it’s getting tender, then cut the kielbasa into medallions and toss in with the chicken. Boil…stirring to keep things from sticking to the bottom. I cover it to go faster, but you can leave it open, but if you have to add water, you gotta toss in another cube. Gotta keep up those chicken-flavors.

 

When chicken is falling off the bone, remove from heat and unless you’re lazy or don’t mind choking on a chicken bone, take the chicken out of the chicken broth and de-bone it. (”She said, “Bone”, heh heh.”). Cool first or run under cold water unless you like burns, pain, blisters and ER visits. Toss away the ookie skin unless you like it or want to make soup later. (With the giant amt of bouillon cubes, keep all the water, since tossing in a bag of egg noodles and some more chicken later makes wicked chicken noodle soup, aka “Jewish Penicillin”).

 

You have a mound of chicken, poofy kielbasa and water. Perfect.

 

Go back to your big pot. Put the chicken and the kielbasa and onion back in. For every cup of rice you want, add 2 cups of water. If you have to add water during cooking, then add a bouillon cube.

 

Make sure the water is boiling and add 1 cup of rice for each TWO cups of water. Don’t forget your original count or…it gets weird.

 

Add the rice and bring back to a boil, stirring constantly Deosil, not Widdershins. Mock anyone who asks why you only go clockwise when you stir. Tell them you are stirring in goodness. When you see boilage…turn the heat wayyyyy down, cover tightly and don’t touch for 20 minutes. Don’t peek. Don’t stir. Don’t let anyone curious at the good smells open it up.

 

Many a testosterone-based life form has wrecked a good pot o’ bog by opening it and letting the magic out!!! They’re just praying the rice has plumped in under 20 minutes. For shame!!

 

At the end of 20 minutes, remove from heat, leave covered and ignore it until you can’t stand it and must eat. If there is standing water on top when you open it, eh….the rice will be tender. If there is no water and the top layer of rice is crispy, you didn’t butter and water it enough…immediately and secretly scrape that off and toss it. Act like you didn’t.

 

A woman can make only perfect Bog.

 

This Chicken Bog recipe comes from a friend who used to run a biker bar named ‘Dizzy Lizzie’s’ before I moved to the fair land known as the Lowcountry aka Dol Amroth. You can toss in bacon, other sausages, no sausages at all, anything. It’s a heavenly concoction. Eat until you’re sick and bloated.

 

Enjoy!

 

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Just a little update, nothing exciting.

31. January 2008 by Holly.

I knit Bryce (I hope that’s how they spelled his name), Sly’s nephew, a hat. I used THIS pattern from Knitty and posted it HERE on Craftster.

I’m also participating in THIS crochet-along and here are the squares I’ve done so far.

The green was my first one, the varigated my second and the purple my third. I can tell the difference with practice, hehe. Anyway, I can’t WAIT until February, I hope she’s able to post the square tomorrow.

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‘Tis the season…

2. December 2007 by Holly.

I got to put up my xmas tree yesterday, I was very happy. So far the cats haven’t attacked it or climbed it. We still have to put up the stockings but that won’t take long. I haven’t done much crafting in the past couple days but I did get some awesome punches at the dollar store. I’m going to play with them tonight and I’ll take some pictures. Anyhoo, here’s a picture of the tree, I’m going to go make some dinner.

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Goodbye Ophelia

27. November 2007 by Holly.

No good news about yesterdays veterinary visit. Ophie was in total liver failure and her abdomin was filling with fluid because her liver wasn’t breaking down the protein so it was actually escaping through her veins. I might be a little off on that but that’s what I understand. Anyway, it was getting difficult for her to breathe and she was getting weaker and weaker and not gaining any weight back. I love her and I’m glad she’s not suffering anymore. Keep her in your prayers, along with Caroline and Tallon, they’re all my babies and I will never forget them.

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Mace Pictures - Hot Off The Press!

18. November 2007 by Holly.

Here’s some pictures from Mace. We had a great time, I’m sure we’ll be going back. None of our group won the tournament but it’s all good. Anyhoo, off to the pics now, more details later after I’ve showered and slept (in MY bed!)

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M.A.C.E.

16. November 2007 by Holly.

I’m in North Carolina right now waiting on a geek convention (M.A.C.E.) to start and I have little to NO knitting with me. I feel so lost, I have a pair of toddler socks to knit for Sly’s sister, and I’m done with one of them already. I’m dragging out finishing the other one just so I have something to do, hehe

I’m looking to get the Fall ‘07 issue of Interweave Knits, if anyone has an extra copy I will love you forever and ever (I’m more then willing to pay for it, I just can’t seem to find it.) ! I went to BAM, B&N, two Wal-Mart’s and I can’t find it, it sucks. I missed the new issue coming out by one day. I want to get it to make THIS sweater with these other lovely people on Craftster.org.

Anyhoo, it’s 1 in the AM and I need to sleep. I’ve never been to a con before, so I’m kind of excited. We don’t have much planned out already but we do have a tournament on Saturday for L5R. I hope everyone has a great weekend!

P.S. I’m going to be taking tons of pictures, but I forgot my cord at home (I suck at this whole packing thing) so they won’t be up until at least Sunday.

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