I blew my friend Amy’s mind with this trick last week. Basically, you can massively extend the life of your herbs and salad greens by replacing some of the oxygen in their storage bag with carbon dioxide. You can either squeeze the air out, or if you want to be really thorough you can use your mouth to inhale it. Then just fit the bag over the nozzle of your Sodastream and add a few puffs of CO2 before sealing it off.
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Skill Trees
I had some fun today colouring in boxes on my Sewing and Adventure Skill Trees. Looking forward to filling in some more of these this year!
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Shared today on Facebook
Because if you had the opportunity to start the New Year with Weisswurst Frühstück, why wouldn’t you? 🥨🍻
Peggy Olson knows that the best way to set in a sleeve is to use a LOT of pins. (I know some of you can do it with zero. I’m not there yet.)
Another finished #ArkieShirt! I went down a body size on this one, left off the pockets, and moved the break point and top button up an inch. I think it looks great, and hopefully it’s the first of many completed projects in 2025. 🪡🧵
The Snook made our traditional lucky dish for New Year’s Day: black-eyed peas with kale and andouille. To continued prosperity!
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Lucky dinner
The Snook made our traditional lucky dish for New Year’s Day: black-eyed peas with kale and andouille. To continued prosperity!
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Marimekko Arkie shirt
Starting the year with another finished project! I used the bulk of the remainder of my Marimekko Unikko fabric to make myself a Tessuti Arkie shirt. This is actually the third time I’ve used this pattern, and the last one was so roomy that I decided to go down a size in the body. I left off the pockets, and I moved the break point and top button up about an inch. Looks good, right? I was worried it would be a little too clown-like with the bright colour and large print, but I think it’s fun and suits me.
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Sleeve pinning
Peggy Olson knows that the best way to set in a sleeve is to use a LOT of pins. (I know some of you can do it with zero. I’m not there yet.)
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Weisswurst Frühstück
Because if you had the opportunity to start the New Year with Weisswurst Frühstück, why wouldn’t you? 🥨🍻
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Sobbing at breakfast
I didn’t plan on starting 2025 with a cry, but it seems fitting. What a lovely piece by Jeannette Cooperman about her friend choosing how and when to die. (Via Metafilter.)
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Shared today on Facebook
“Same procedure as last year?” “Same procedure as every year.” Guten Rutsch! 🎆
Woot, my knee-jerk don’t-overthink-it pub-quiz answer was Iran which seems to be [✓]. I ‘knew’ it was more populous than…