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Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Hughes Talks About 2012

From Mark Feinsand:Joe Girardi says he fully expects the 25-year-old to be in the Yankees’ rotation next season, but Hughes told the Daily News Wednesday that he knows he must deliver to keep his job. Part of that is coming into camp fitter than ever.“I’m at a point where the patience is running out,” Hughes said during a telephone interview. “I’m not a prospect anymore and I’m not 21 years old anymore. You’re gauged on what kind of year you had, not what you’re capable of doing.”...“I’m certainly not at the point in my career where I can come...

It's almost 2am. This is where the advent bags are - my dining room floor. For the life of me, I never clued in to how LONG this bag lineup would be. And I'm not about to figure out where to hang them, or how to, tonight. I do take some comfort in that Oscar is only a year and a half - so the concept of picking 1 bag from a lineup was going to be tough. What I'll likely do is give him a bag a day, so some fun can be had. Oh - and some of you asked what I filled them with - the bags were filled with fun little trinkets...

Always new treasures to be found around the Willows. I am sure there is something here waiting just for you or someone you love! Come see ...

'Tis the season for the beautiful pomegranate.I remember eating pomegranates as a child. My mom would break one open, pull out the bread board under the counter (remember those) and my brother and I would stand there and gobble up all of the juicy seeds. Perhaps because they're a fruit from my childhood, they are a favorite fruit of the season. I like to seed the fruit all at once so that there's a lovely bowl from which to scoop up big bites. The seeds are a wonderful topping on just about everything from savory cheese and crackers to......delicious...

Hello everyone, On this very mild but wet day, Christmas came to the sun room, as I took in some greenery from the woods to add some a more seasonal look to our little sun room.Candles also add to the coziness.Winterberries, pine . juniper, holly and an old vintage card added to a pretty white cone brighten the posts between the windows.How about a cup of tea?A mix of china patterns, but they all go together well.Pretty candle holders from the thrift shop.I love this old donkey- a humble reminder of the season.The glow at nighttime...

Back in architecture school, I once had to lay out a parking lot for a building I was designing. What a terrible, terrible exercise in nitpicky details and perpetual re-arrangement. The solution I came up with accommodated all of four Smart cars and a unicycle. Awful. If only I’d had access to a tool like SITEOPS from BLUERIDGE Analytics.SITEOPS is conceptual land development software for folks like architects, civil engineers, landscape architects and land developers. After you’ve brought in a site, you can combine building footprints with critical...

Somewhere in the middle of the story I am about to relate there is a moral - I'm struggling to find it, but I just know it's in there somewhere.Maybe I should start at the beginning. Yesterday afternoon I had an appointment to shoot pictures for the latest in my 'French girlfriend' series, it was a beautiful day, I decided to cycle the 20km there and back. Had a great time, easy ride, stopped to take some pictures en route, picked some berries for the imminent Christmas wreath, ... all went like a dream.Stay with me, there is...

A Brief Blueprint for the Off-Season

Sign Mark BuehrleBuehrle has started at least thirty games and tossed at least 201 IP in each of the last eleven seasons, and his ERA and FIP have been below-average exactly once in his career, way back in 2006. While he may not represent the "1B" to Sabathia's "1A" that many Yankees fans are clamoring for, such a pitcher does not exist on the market (and paying C.J. Wilson as if he is such a pitcher is foolhardy at best). Buehrle's consistency makes up for the modest upside, and I would have a great deal of faith in him as the Yankees Game 2 starter.Sign...

I am so jazzed! My suitcase wall… won the November contest over at the DIY Club! This contest comes with an amazing prize package. I think I should wrap it up and put it under the Christmas tree…but I probably won’t show that much self restraint! Winning this contest is especially appreciated today, as I am making my daughter’s baptism dress and it’s not going particularly well <sigh>. I think I like sewing quilts and table runners. They don’t have to FIT anything!...

The loft has been put back together after the painting of the hutch and round table. Here is how it looks today.This is what it looked like before...All of the furniture pieces remained, as well as the lamps, curtains and bird cage. All I did was paint the hutch and table. Added some art to the walls (I will show you what I did at the bottom of this post), and made some new blue toile pillows.Here is the Bee table.Edited to add this second picture of the bee table. The bee looks off center in the first picture, but it is...