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yikes... a couple of minutes to midnight and I jsut realized that. I can't break the streak now.. so I'm calling this a post!

BTW.. honey baked ham is all kinds of yummy!

Merry Christmas everyone!

Mmmm.... Eyeballs!

These are yet another part of that THING I was making that I've shown various bits of so far. It got put aside for a bit while I worked on a hat and suddenly I realized.. oh CRAP.. I need to finish this too!

Don't worry, there were also tastier looking things that came out of that same oven later. Pics of those tomorrow. Or day after maybe.

Came across this on youtube.. it just had to be shared.

(and yay.. I got the youtube embedding thing working! Now when I don't have any real content, there's always SOMETHING entertaining on youtube, right?)

Ok, so not tonights dinner, but as I was looking through my memory card for photos for a post today, I realized I never posted about the pizza I had the other night. Now, I'm a big fan of pizza, be it just plain cheese and garlic or fully loaded up. And this one, folks, as truly fully loaded up.

This is the Wombo Combo from a place called Round Table Pizza. What all is on it? According to their website - primo pepperoni, linguica and Italian sausage, crisp bacon, white mushrooms, Roma tomatoes, artichoke hearts and green onions. Baked with a blend of 3 cheeses on our Zesty Red Sauce.

According to me, a whole LOT of yummy.

So I've seen this list make its rounds of many blogs out there and figured I'd take a turn. I consider myself a foodie and having lived in 4 different countries on 3 continents I've eaten quite a variety of foods. There are a number of foods I've seen on this list that few people have tried but due to my being Indian and having grown up in Thailand, have been foods I are regularly. Growing up in a very international community helped a lot too!

The rules are as follows:

• Bold anything I've tried
• Cross out anything I'd never try (bold and crossed out means I have tried it and never again!)
• Italicize anything I want to try

1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros - Why have I never eaten this? This must be remedied at once!
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile - Didn't taste like chicken, if I recall.
6. Black pudding - I'm claiming this one - there's a Thai variation
7. Cheese fondue - Melty cheese? Anytime, anywhere!
8. Carp (as in Koi fish? hmmm... not that I'm aware of!)
9. Borscht
10 Baba ghanoush - Love it!
11. Calamari
12. Pho - Can I bold this twice?
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo gobi Love the aloo (potato) but not so much the gobi (cauliflower)
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes - Blackberry wine is delicious drizzled on vanilla ice cream! Good in the glass too.
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepperI'd like to KEEP my tastebuds in working order, thank you!
27. Dulce de leche Mmm.. love the homemade version!
28. Oysters
29. Baklava - just yesterday!
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas - got some right now!
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut Only like it in Grilled Ruben sandwiches!
35. Root beer float - love it made with Hanks Rootbeer!
36. Cognac with a fat cigar
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects
43. Phaal
44. Goat's milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu Anything this poisonous, no thank you!
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer Mmm Saag Paneer.
55. McDonald's Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martiniove 8% ABV
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%27mores">S'mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian One of my favorite fruits in the world!
66. Frogs's legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill EWW!
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail - Teeny tiny lil ones that had to be picked out of the shells with toothpicks!
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum Are you kidding me? I've lived off it before!
82. Eggs Benedict Yum. I got hooked on them at Le Peep!
83. Pocky I've eaten more Pocky than MnMs in my life!
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant.
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare - does bunny count?
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam
92. Soft shell crab - preferably in the middle of a sushi roll!
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake

It takes a brave person to combine these two elements.

A tasty glass of wine, lots and lots of cabling, and now toss in some shaping as I do the decreases at the top of the mittens. This one should be done before I go to bed tonight.

As for the icord... I've gotten even MORE done today. Yesterdays was knit by hand. But today I crossed paths with an embellishknit. I now have many MANY yards of icord. Just one more element to knit, and then assembly, and I can show off what I'm making. I'm looking forward to that for sure!

Some time ago I was wandering in and out of some of the shops in town and came across this adorable shop that sol all kinds of old furniture and knickknacks. Most were easily identifiable. Then there was this case.

Yeah.. no clue. I asked the owner what it was, turns out SHE has no clue either. Didn't stop her from putting a price tag of $90 on it though! Curiosity is getting the better of me now and I really want to know what it was for! Anyone out there in blogland know?

A few weeks ago I started chatting with a lady I ran into at Starbucks. I was knitting and we got to talking about my dyeing yarn when she suggested I have a table at an upcoming holiday bazaar that this organization she was involved in was holding. Of course, I said yes. Then I realized.. I really don't have a heck of a lot of time to prep for this!

The bazaar is tomorrow.. I'm outthe door at 6:45 am and am I ready? of course not! The yarn is all packed up (which is why there was no shop update today - it'll be on sunday instead this week!) and now I'm getting all the odds and ends together. I'm really looking forward to this. As a teen, I used to work bazaar and craft show tables with my mom all the time. She sold crafts from India and later on jewelery she'd made. By my senior year I'd run a couple of these alone when my mom wasn't able to make it. So I should be a pro at these, right?

Except.. it's never been MY handiwork that I've been selling! It's been stuff we bought in India, or stuff that my mom made, not me. So while I'm excited, I'm also very nervous at launching my yarns in front of alive audience for the first time. I've been selling it online for 2 years now (wow.. where DID the time go?!) but this is something new and different. Think good thoughts for me tomorrow!!

Just a little something extra I made to have on my table tomorrow. A set of 6 gift enclosures for knitters to add to their handmade presents. If they do well at the bazaar, I may go ahead and add them to my shop too! And even if I don't and you're interested in a set, let me know - I can always make up a few to sell to my loyal blog readers, right? They're completly customizable to say Knitted or Crocheted or Sewn .. or anything else you like. I've also made up bands to go around socks, but I didn't get those printed up in time.

Another late night return home from a weekend from up in the bay area. This one was quite the trip! We hit the road and within minutes discovered we were going to be all but swimming our way home through fog as thick as pea soup.

Yeah.. great visibility huh? That was the view for much of the 4.5 drive home. I did see a licsence plate that made me laugh.. but htis was the best pic I got of it.

Not very impressive huh? Any guesses what it said?

Now that everyone's done with the madness of black friday shopping, there's still a sale going on! If you haven't done so yet, stop by the 2nd annual Artsygal Black Friday Sale! Take 25% off every skein of yarn or roving in the shop all weekend long! And just for fun, one customer will get their order at 50% off! I'll pick one at random on Monday night and refund the difference. Here's your chance to get an amazing deal on some yarn for yourself or for a gift!

Also introducing the Stripey Yarn Club! Sign up for 3 months of stripey goodness delivered right to your door. Lots more details in the shop This is something I'm really looking forward to since I have so much fun dyeing up the yarns, and will be doing each one based on YOUR favorite colours! So this is the best way to get a custom colourway! Signups are open now and the first shipment goes out in January. Gift subscriptions are also available!