nablopomo success, plus kitties

i did it! i survived nablopomo (the official november edition) and posted every day. by my count, that means i've gone 13 months now, posting every night before bed. craziness! in other craziness, i can't believe it's already december. my...

the season of label-reading

i swear, shopping for clothes in winter is completely maddening. i've been out a couple of times over the weekend, and i can't tell you how many sweaters, scarves, jackets, and coats i've inspected. the majority of the time i...

thanksgiving, round 2

i went to my dad & stepmom's today for our second thanksgiving, and i ate a LOT of food. whee! at the kids' table, only one person ate the non-vegan food, which made me silently consider switching from adult/kid tables...

vegan thanksgiving success!

we had our postponed thanksgiving today, and i think it went really well! my grandpa made several good-natured and harmless jokes about enjoying his "turkey dinner," and really that was that. we served lasagna and the pumpkin ziti from veganomicon,...

a frosting experiment

so, i was planning to make the fluffy vegan buttercream frosting (from VCTOTW) for my chonklit cupcakes, but i remembered halfway through that the recipe makes a metric asston of frosting. i didn't want it to go bad, so i...