(Beckie made the T-shirts, the hat bands, and the off-camera green-and-gold shoes. I bought the little flags.)
This was not our first time going to “the cricket,” but one could say this was our first time seeing serious cricket live. The Ashes is the most famous international cricket rivalry, held every other year between Australia and “England”.* A series is five tests, and each tests can last for as many as five days.
How’d it go? Continue reading
Why did you read this book? The audiobook was available from the library when I needed something to listen to while jogging, and I thought I remembered hearing something good about it. I need the distraction of a narrative to keep me from thinking about how little I enjoy jogging, but I try to avoid books I’m expecting to really like because it’s hard to appreciate them.
Has Jeremy read it? No, and I can’t imagine he will, especially after reading my review.
42 word review: Lots of lonely people (an alcoholic, her son, her obese shut-in penpal), trying to make/repair connections to others. The characters were well drawn, but it took a long time for them to get to where it was obvious they were going.
Rating: 3 glasses of milk (out of 5). I don’t find audiobooks to be the best format for appreciating quality writing, even when I’m not jogging, so I always feel like I’m being unfairly harsh.
Can you actually buy stuff on layaway in the United States anymore? The Target. stores here — that’s not a typo, Target here is called “Target.” — have a big sign for their layby section. Don’t these people have credit cards?
This is a weak match-up, because it’s obscure enough it’s hard to rouse much passion for it, but if I did, there wouldn’t be much suspense because the outcome is straightforward: “layaway” has a nice little internal rhyme and “away” makes more sense than “by” for where the stuff is until you’ve managed to pay for the whole thing. I can’t think of a single reason why a place would call it “layby” instead of “layaway” except to signal a backwards consumer culture.
Jeremy’s winner: Continue reading
I’ve had the pattern for this cute snake eating an even cuter mouse in my ravelry queue for over 5 years (it was the 13th thing I ever queued!). Finally, when a good friend’s baby was born in the year of the snake, I thought it was time to actually make it.
My snake isn’t sleepy, and neither animal is wearing a toupee, but I think they look happier that way.
