One of my favorite weekends of the entire year is the Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Festival. I save my yarn shopping money just for this weekend and make plans to go with my fiber-inclined friends. Sheep and Wool Festivals (there’s one for NY and MD too) are different than yarn shows and cons. One of the reasons I love Sheep and Wool Festivals is that you get to experience the process of fiber arts from … Continue reading Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Festival Recap →
Before we begin the recap, some sad news. It is with a heavy heart that I must announce that last week Lady Pudding, Duchess of Smackington, painlessly departed for a better place. I like to think of her in the south of France, with a scandalously younger gentleman. Pudding was almost 18, had the softest forehead for kissing, and my whole body hurts with missing her. She taught me to love fiercely, maintain my boundaries, … Continue reading Elyse Watches The Bachelorette–S20 E9: A Farewell →
I achieved SABLE (stash acquisition beyond life expectancy) a long time ago. Some people can only buy yarn when they know the specific project they’ll use it for. Not me, I buy yarn when I see it and it’s pretty and squishy, and then I figure out what I’m going to do with it later. Since I knit a lot of socks and shawls, most of my stash is in fingering or sock yarn weight. … Continue reading Stash Busting with Lady Pudding →
It’s the Fantasy Suites episode of The Bachelorette and you know what that means? Pudding: What does that mean? Only one more episode and we’re DONE. Pudding: Thank goodness. My constitution can’t take much more. Everyone is in Fiji. I feel like I’d have an easier time falling in love with a mediocre dude if I was in Fiji, too. ANYWAY. The first overnight date goes to Xavier. He and Charity meet on a private island. They change … Continue reading Elyse Watches The Bachelorette–S20 E7: Build a Man Workshop →
This week is hometowns on The Bachelorette, the episode Pudding and I hate most. Why? The contestants take the Bachelorette back to their hometown and introduce her to their family, thereby dragging them into this reality BS as well. And it’s always the same thing: the families wonder “how can you fall in love with multiple people at once?” Then the Bachelorette cries because this is getting really hard, and my head hurts from rolling my … Continue reading Elyse Watches The Bachelorette–S20 E6: Knitting Date →
It’s hot here this week (I guess it’s kind of hot everywhere, but if I think about that too much my climate change anxiety spirals). To beat the heat, I put a squeeze up treat in the freezer to feed to Lady P like a popsicle. …a shrimp and scallop flavored popsicle. Pudding: Delicious! It’s probably hot on The Bachelorette too because everyone is in New Orleans. There are six guys left and the four that remain … Continue reading Elyse Watches The Bachelorette–S20 E5: Dinner of Awkwardness →
The Blighted Stars is the first book in a science fiction series that has a strong romantic subplot. There is a creepiness factor that might be unsettling for some readers, and while it didn’t bother me, I would caution anyone with an aversion to zombie movies to stay away. In this sci-fi world, humans have achieved a longer lifespan by “printing” their neural map into a new body when the old one dies. Think of … Continue reading The Blighted Stars by Megan E. O’Keefe →
So last week on The Bachelorette there was BS drama between Brayden and Aaron B. Basically, Brayden (who has never met a chandelier earring he didn’t like) said something about not being able to get engaged to a woman who dated twenty other dudes—WHICH IS THE ENTIRE POINT OF THE SHOW FFS. Aaron B told Charity this but she didn’t (or the producers didn’t let her) eliminate the guy I cannot help but think of as … Continue reading Elyse Watches The Bachelorette–S20 E4: Earring Magic Ken →
Business or Pleasure is a sex-positive, low-conflict celebrity rom com that worked out great for me. I think a lot of readers will enjoy this book (especially the sex positivity!), but it won’t work for anyone looking for angst. Chandler Cohen wanted to be a writer since she was child, but she chose to focus on journalism rather than creative writing in college because it seemed like a safer bet. Now that there are fewer … Continue reading Business or Pleasure by Rachel Lynn Solomon →
Her Ladyship, The Duchess of Smackington, apologizes for the delay in this Bachelorette post, but her summer diary is quite full. First, she has to place a hex on all the assholes who continue to set off fireworks after the Fourth of July. Also, some of our neighbors has been having scandalously public squabbles in their front yard and she must observe this to determine which of the marital parties is to blame. Both. It’s … Continue reading Elyse Watches The Bachelorette–S20 E3: C’mon Barbie, Let’s Go Party →
It’s a holiday week here in the US, but I’m avoiding the heat, illegal fireworks and public intoxication and staying in the AC with Lady Pudding. For her part, Pudding doesn’t celebrate the Fourth of July as she’s an avowed monarchist… …although she believes she should be the queen. She’s not wrong though. We immediately establish that Brayden has not met an accessory that he doesn’t like. “I feel like you won the First Impression … Continue reading Elyse Watches The Bachelorette–S20 E2: Spring Break →
It’s a Cruel Summer indeed–The Bachelorette is back. I clear my mind between seasons and, honestly, if my life depended on it right now I could not tell you who the last Bachelor was despite having watched the entire season. I do vaguely remember this season’s Bachelorette, Charity, sometime around when they all had Covid. I think. Pudding, my cranky seventeen-year-old Siamese says she can’t even bring herself to look. Charity, who is 27, tells … Continue reading Elyse Watches The Bachelorette–S20 E1: Charity’s Season →
