tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37939758550202846572024-03-13T13:47:42.620-04:00Short Attention Span TheatreRamblings from a Lunatic MindRiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14269825324849426616noreply@blogger.comBlogger1469125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3793975855020284657.post-11513938044822761202016-12-07T15:47:00.000-05:002016-12-07T15:47:04.819-05:00Soul of a Highlander<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2511327.Soul_of_a_Highlander" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="Soul of a Highlander (Daughters of the Glen, #3)" border="0" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1327973544m/2511327.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2511327.Soul_of_a_Highlander">Soul of a Highlander</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/389599.Melissa_Mayhue">Melissa Mayhue</a><br /><br />My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1826840333">3 of 5 stars</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/4259159-ria-f">View all my reviews</a><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I actually finished stuff!! Of course the end of month Nerdopolis deadline helps :) These socks were adapted by me to anklets from the pattern HISS available on Ravelry, with Rabbit Season Duck Season Doppelganger sock yarn set from Gnome Acres.</span></span></span><br />
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Riahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14269825324849426616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3793975855020284657.post-49466057681278752392016-11-30T23:30:00.000-05:002016-12-01T08:52:21.970-05:00Rugged Knits<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26489193-rugged-knits" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="Rugged Knits: 24 Practical Projects for Everyday Living" border="0" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1458498200m/26489193.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26489193-rugged-knits">Rugged Knits: 24 Practical Projects for Everyday Living</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15139719.Andrea_Rangel">Andrea Rangel</a><br />
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Bright River Cowl Neck Sweater<br />
Wheat Creek Vest<br />
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Wrap Up Hoodie<br />
Blackberry Grove Cowl<br />
Surging River Wrap<br />
Weathered Mountain Hat<br />
Blueberry Paws Mitts<br />
Braided Brook Pullover<br />
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Cute book, I adore some of the projects, but other than the sock mice, nothing to give me an idea for my catphew's Christmas present. <br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Angie and I did the 5K Turkey Trot for the Food Pantry again this year. (Curt did the 1 mile fun run - proud of him) I made matching turkey hats for us.</span></span></span>Riahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14269825324849426616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3793975855020284657.post-39456941681171545992016-11-24T23:00:00.000-05:002016-12-01T08:46:16.387-05:00Happy Thanksgiving<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm going to s special place in Hell. Got into a huge argument with my mother. Called her a false prophet following heretic... so yeah.. went well...Riahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14269825324849426616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3793975855020284657.post-33351521835300116052016-11-23T08:41:00.000-05:002016-11-23T08:41:00.159-05:00An Irish Country Love Story<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30891822-an-irish-country-love-story" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="An Irish Country Love Story" border="0" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1475827722m/30891822.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30891822-an-irish-country-love-story">An Irish Country Love Story</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/101046.Patrick_Taylor">Patrick Taylor</a><br />
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The book is a companion piece to the National Geographic show that starts on Nov 14. It talks about the history of Mars exploration (yay Space Robots!!) What challenges need to be overcome to get boots on the ground. How the technology is just sooo close right now. Information as recent as Scott Kelly's year in space twin study. What challenges will arise to actually colonize the red planet. The challenges of terraforming it so the colonists could actually survive outside their habitation without space suits. The psychological issues of the big blue marble becoming a tiny insignificant dot. The physiological changes to long term low gravity living.<br /><br />One of my favorite features is in between chapters it does a career highlight on someone involved in the drive to get a person on Mars, the last of which is Buzz Aldrin.<br /><br />Great forward by Ron Howard ( a lot of times I skip the forward but read this one).<br /><br />If the show is half as good as the book it will be amazing!<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/4259159-ria-f">View all my reviews</a><br />Riahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14269825324849426616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3793975855020284657.post-2119689419207473072016-11-03T19:54:00.000-04:002016-11-03T19:54:00.722-04:00Self Striping Yarn Studio<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">So nothing new to show you. Started a pair of cabled knit socks and a crochet shawlette/scarf. 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<br />Riahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14269825324849426616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3793975855020284657.post-16805759527267758722016-11-02T13:00:00.000-04:002016-11-02T13:00:14.954-04:00The Gold Bug and Other Tales<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/291482.The_Gold_Bug_and_Other_Tales" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="The Gold-Bug and Other Tales" border="0" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1328868116m/291482.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/291482.The_Gold_Bug_and_Other_Tales">The Gold-Bug and Other Tales</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4624490.Edgar_Allan_Poe">Edgar Allan Poe</a><br /><br />My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1776855693">3 of 5 stars</a><br /><br /><br />Poe just isn't my author<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/4259159-ria-f">View all my reviews</a><br />Riahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14269825324849426616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3793975855020284657.post-91209757242786027532016-11-02T09:52:00.000-04:002016-11-02T09:52:04.378-04:00Highland Guardian<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1537464.Highland_Guardian" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="Highland Guardian (Daughters of the Glen, #2)" border="0" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1461596173m/1537464.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1537464.Highland_Guardian">Highland Guardian</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/389599.Melissa_Mayhue">Melissa Mayhue</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Not that much like book one in the series - although near the end we catch a brief glimpse of the main characters of book One. I like that both books revolve around modern day characters who have inherited Fae magic and have to learn to deal with it. Already requested book 3 from the library!<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/4259159-ria-f">View all my reviews</a><br />Riahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14269825324849426616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3793975855020284657.post-3890253510529358062016-11-01T10:00:00.001-04:002016-11-01T11:22:41.656-04:00Thistles Seem Popular<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Riahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14269825324849426616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3793975855020284657.post-37914821086066805002016-10-26T19:37:00.000-04:002016-10-26T19:37:04.526-04:00The Village Uncle<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27684762-the-village-uncle-and-imaginary-retrospect" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="The Village Uncle and Imaginary Retrospect" border="0" src="https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/book/111x148-bcc042a9c91a29c1d680899eff700a03.png" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27684762-the-village-uncle-and-imaginary-retrospect">The Village Uncle and Imaginary Retrospect</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7799.Nathaniel_Hawthorne">Nathaniel Hawthorne</a><br /><br />My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1789943281">3 of 5 stars</a><br /><br /><br />I don't know, I think I'm not literarily savvy enough to appreciate this, <br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/4259159-ria-f">View all my reviews</a><br />Riahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14269825324849426616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3793975855020284657.post-7567175244833280282016-10-26T10:22:00.000-04:002016-10-26T10:22:13.413-04:00<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/133765.Those_Left_Behind" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="Those Left Behind (Serenity, #1)" border="0" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1403203994m/133765.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/133765.Those_Left_Behind">Those Left Behind</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/18015.Joss_Whedon">Joss Whedon</a><br /><br />My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1788147368">4 of 5 stars</a><br /><br /><br />Haven't read a comic book in while, saw 2 episodes of Firefly a couple years ago - keep meaning to look for it on Netflix or Hulu to watch the rest.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/4259159-ria-f">View all my reviews</a><br />Riahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14269825324849426616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3793975855020284657.post-41007860805863300872016-10-21T08:30:00.000-04:002016-10-21T08:30:17.203-04:00Changed up a recipe - shocking.<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;">I was muddling through Pinterest, watching an evening drain away, and I saw a fantastic sounding recipe. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.twopeasandtheirpod.com/black-bean-and-quinoa">www.twopeasandtheirpod.com/black-bean-and-quinoa</a> an Enchilada Bake. It is healthy and meatfree, so I saved it. Then when I got ready to make it, some changes happened. First, I had about 1/3 pound each of ground buffalo and chorizo leftover in the fridge, I add mushrooms to just about everything, and I had some leftover rice in the fridge as well. Also - something about a Tex-Mex casserole that just screams "I need fritos!" So here's my version, a bit less healthy (buffalo though is a very healthy, very lean red meat choice)(can't really defend the chorizo except it has so much flavour) </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: small;">1/2 cup pre-rinsed quinoa</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: small;">1 cup no salt added chicken stock</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: small;">drizzle olive oil</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: small;">1/2 vidalia onion- fine diced</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: small;">3 cloves minced garlic</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: small;">1/3 cup ground buffalo</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: small;">1/3 cup ground chorizo (remove casing if stuffed sausage)</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: small;">1 cup diced baby bella mushrooms </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: small;">2 fire roasted jalapenos diced</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: small;">1 red pepper diced</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: small;">1 yellow pepper diced</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: small;">1 cup frozen corn kernels</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: small;">juice and zest of one lime</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: small;">1 tsp cumin</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: small;">1 tbsp chili powder</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: small;">1 tsp smoked paprika</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: small;">1 handful chopped cilantro</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: small;">salt/pepper</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: small;">1 can low sodium black beans - rinsed</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: small;">3/4 cup cooked rice </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: small;">1 can hot red enchilada sauce</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: small;">2 cups shredded Mexican cheese</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: small;">1 cup roughly crushed fritos</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: small;">sour cream and guacamole if desired </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">First, using stock prepare quinoa per package directions. Preheat oven to 350.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">While skillet cooks down a bit (not more than 5 minutes) Stir beans, rice and cooked quinoa together , breaking up clumps. Add mixture from skillet, sauce and 1/2 cheese. After stirring together, pour into pre-sprayed 8 x 13 glass pan. Cover with foil, put in oven for 20 minutes. Remove foil, top with rest of cheese, put back in oven for 10 minutes more. When fully melted and bubbly, remove from oven, top with crushed fritos, let cool until no longer the temperature of the surface of the sun, serve. </span></span><br />
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