First of all, some housekeeping stuff:

This past weekend I discovered a big problem with my Wordpress blogs. All my previously Blogger-uploaded pictures were missing! Which was strange because I thought when I imported all my Blogger posts over here, everything transferred seamlessly and smoothly, comments, posts, pictures, everything. Well guess what. If you’ve transferred your blog from Blogger to Wordpress, you might have encountered this very same situation. In a nutshell, Blogger is denying access to all the image files hosted on their site if the referrer is not Blogger (unless you have a Blogger cookie). At first, this confused me, because I can see all my pictures just fine, (because I have the cookie) but no one else could see my pictures. So this leads us to the inevitable… the need to transfer ALL your old image files from Blogger over to your new server. Sounds like a headache, I know. Until I found this magic little plugin. So as of now, all the pictures on this site, my Gallery site, and my non-crafting blog should be working. If you see any broken links, please, PLEASE, let me know. I would appreciated so much. Thanks!

Alright. Now back to our regular programming. More cooking therapy (which makes a very happy Hubby at dinner)! Excuse the yellowish pictures, they were taken in the evening when the sun went down ~

Steamed Spareribs in Black Bean Sauce:

Tomato and Egg Stirfry - I grew up with this simple but homey Chinese dish. Topped over hot white rice, it’s such a yummy comfort food!

(Edited to add recipe here; for additional details, leave a comment and I’ll email you back.)

And lastly, I had a frogging therapy session. It was difficult at first, but I’m glad I did it. Here are my Shimmer and Sizzle WIPs:

Frogged!

Shimmer was my oldest WIP (two and a half years). I was a 5-month knitting newbie when I attempted it (and got stuck with it). It was my first time with dpn’s (with successful sleeves!), and my first time doing raglan decreases with a lace pattern. I also enjoyed the Lion Brand Glitterspun yarn too - I love the pretty glittery black. Now, what to do with this yarn? Hmm……

Sizzle was a disappointment because I was so excited about it. A very easy knit, I was practically finished with it in 2 weeks… until I tried it on. This WIP was the final straw, and it signalled to me that I really need to learn about my own body measurements, and how to alter knit patterns accordingly. I haven’t completely given up on Sizzle however, as I plan to restart it again, when I figure the whole thing out to my own measurements.