random things learned (or remembered) this weekend

In no particular order:

• Boulevard Unfiltered Wheat beer is yummy. I didn't expect to like it, but YAY.


• Beef/Mushroom/Barley stew freezes well and then reheats well, too. Leftover win!


• Catching up with old friends online is a fun and relatively safe way to weather the infrequent lonely spots of a long weekend.


• Double-crochet is a groovy groove to get into, and it's a blessing when a project doesn't end up being more complicated or time-consuming than one thought it'd be at the outset.


• Pumpkin pie on the day after Thanksgiving is super-yummy, even if one didn't consume any turkey or stuffing, and especially if the pie was made by fionnabhar.


• Fixing the upholstery on a sofa is a lot like a boob job: adding stuffing for firmness and lift, and then hiding the stitches.


• Words like "cheerful" and "trouble" can still apply to me, even though I'm a real live JoCo soccer mom now.


• Jack hates brooms with the passion of a thousand suns, and would Destroy Them All if he could. Which makes sweeping things a whole lotta fun.


• My parents are pretty nifty people.


• Absence really does make the heart grow fonder.