Yours truly has a recipe and quilt story in newly published The Quilter's Cookbook! It's available as a downloadable PDF, so you have access to the recipes immediately! There's even a list of recipes, so you can see if it's something you'd like to have.

x-posted

yay xD

I believe this is the opening for Demo Solly update, no?

**FINAL EDIT Thu Dec 10 02:15:47 UTC 2009**

So there is the final update... Over the past day we have processed around 11 million jobs out of the 12 million that were in queue at that time. Please bear in mind that over this past day, more jobs for notifications are also created. So while the queue has been dropping, we are still not fully caught up at this point, due to backlog and new jobs. We have roughly 3 million jobs still pending that involve the notification system in some manner. We had hoped we could have fully cleared the queue in a day, but unfortunately we can't clear it too quickly, since we need the rest of the site to operate normally. From our current perspective on the amount of jobs that are left in queue, and how many it has processed thus far, we believe it will take around another 8 - 12 hours to process everything.

And finally some answers to some questions:

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I woke up this morning to not one, but TWO v-gifts. Thank you both, it totally made my morning!

*mwah*

teensy DH trailery-thingy


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Poll #1495104 rings
This poll is closed.
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 8

how many rings do you think anguinea currently owns?

an obnoxious goofball,
a gifted tech-head,
an outspoken chick,
a ready laugh,
a pioneer of being "out" at hallmark--

that is laura, on the left.
she passed away today.





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LiveJournal: The First Decade

Just in time for holiday shopping, we're thrilled to announce the release of our ten-year anniversary anthology. Published by Blurb.com, the book showcases a decade of extraordinary talent drawn from LiveJournal users around the world. This must-read compilation features stories, memes, photos, comics, editorials, graphic content, and more, including:

1. Excerpts from Oh No They Didn't (a/k/a ohnotheydidnt), the largest community on LiveJournal, covering celebrity gossip, entertainment news, and pop culture
2. A look at post-Katrina New Orleans from the journal of Poppy Z. Brite
3. Gripping narratives, including a poignant reverie on a blind date
4. Photography that spans the globe, ranging from old-fashioned Polaroids to underwater photography
5. Mouthwatering dishes from food_porn

What began as a late-night inspiration back in Brad Fitzpatrick's college dorm in 1999 has grown to encompass nearly 25 million users worldwide, with journals and communities covering every conceivable hobby, passion, and topic. To get your copy, please visit the Blurb Bookstore. For updates and entries from book contributors, please join lj_turns10.

Tweaks and enhancements

• You can now ban a user from all of your communities and journals at once. To access this feature, hover over the person's userpic and choose Ban user everywhere from the drop-down menu.
• Follow LiveJournal on Twitter!

Give a little to help a lot!

In honor of National AIDS Awareness month, we've added a new charitable vgift. For each red ribbon you purchase for $2.99, we'll donate 100 percent of gross proceeds to IAVI.org (the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative) to support the development and global distribution of an affordable HIV vaccine (we'll cover credit card fees). You can read more about IAVI at lj_cares. While we're on the subject, we raised $740 from our November fundraiser for Love Without Boundaries, which supports emergency healthcare and adoption of Chinese orphans. We thank you for helping us help others.

Photos of the week

We're back with more incredible pictures from our super-talented LiveJournal photographers. Congratulations to ilya_gorokhov, who is the winner of our very first lj_photophile poll.

We hope you'll continue to post, vote, and comment! A gentle request: Please post only one photo at a time and limit size to 350x350 (so images display properly on friends pages). And now, without further ado, get ready to cast your ballot and view more awesome user content after the jump!

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Curtains

Thanks, again, for joining us. Stay safe and snug out there!

**EDIT Thu Dec 3 23:24:15 UTC 2009 **

Hey Everyone, we are about to run the last alter job that we need to on our database servers. This will effect userpics / scrapbook / vgift images for the next few hours. Have no fear, your images aren't lost, there is just a really intensive process running on the servers which store the information for mogilefs. Thank you for your understanding and all the LJ love...

Hey LJers,

I just wanted to let you all know that we are going to be performing some mogilefs maintenance over the next few days. We will be upgrading our current version to latest stable as well as changing some db config information to better handle the amount of files we are currently hosting. This shouldn't cause a big impact on site stability, but you may see some minor delays with userpic / scrapbook images appearing or other requests associated with our mogilefs. We would love to not have that happen, but unfortunately with some of the steps we need to take we have to cause a delay with images. I figured this was a better solution than taking down all of LiveJournal because well lets face it, we all need our daily LJ fix ;)

Thanks,

Syd and I went back to Pa to stay with my parents over Thanksgiving weekend last week. ( click here for more and pics )

A lot of my friends make and sell beautiful handmade items. Order now for holiday delivery.








ShaeWow, lezlishae's etsy shop, full of unique cross-stitch and fun buttons.


lezlishae's mom's awesome shop, Sea Gypsy Jewelry for lovely hand crafted, sea-inspired jewelry.


laci_l and Mom Merritt's etsy shop, Orange Blossom Boutique for beautiful hand-beaded jewelry and other crafty goodies.


thatwitchyplace is thestitchwitch's online shop. She makes beautiful and unique stitched and machine embroidered items.


memoryandddream (friend of annonthemoon) makes all kinds of gorgeous goodies, for sale in her etsy shop.


My shop, which is currently stocked with buttons and paper pieced patterns and a couple of other random things.

Also, there is someone else out there selling as "SewHooked." Remember, if my name is not attached to it, you are not buying it from me!

I will continue to add to this list, so if your shop is not here and you want it to be, please let me know. I'm also happy to add photos, if you'd like to include links. A more thorough post is in progress for my craft blog.

wendy wrote a post just for me in response to my holiday wish list. It's my first gift this year and I LOVE it!

*squishes wendy*

sewhooked
sewhooked blog
TTMT FAQ
Batiks on Black
Oh Wavy Baby
Easy Big Foot Slippers
CT Quilt Guild
Honey Bee Quilt Store

x-posted!

Talvisodan alkamisen muistopäivä on saanut taas useamman mopon keulimaan. Pisimmän korren veti Iltalehti, joka otsikoi mottitaktiikkaa esitelleen juttunsa puna-armeijan kaatajana. Hesarin keskustelupalsta (juu, sitä kuraa nyt ei vain kykene linkittämään) sekosi, kun joku erehtyi kirjoittamaan jutun talvisodan taistelijoista ja myyttien murtumisesta. Kiitos-paidoilla on ollut kiireinen päivä.

Suomi ei kaatanut puna-armeijaa. Suomi käytti menestyksekkäästi toki mottitaktiikkaa, jota sotatietäväisemmän toverini mukaan nykyään myös West Pointissa opetetaan, useampaankin otteeseen, mutta kyllä Suomi ihan aikuisten oikeasti hävisi sodan. Torjuntavoitto? No, jos vertailukohdaksi otetaan Baltian maat, niin ehkä joo. Kärjistetyllä lyhyellä matikalla kuitenkin: Joe-setä halusi alueita. Suomi ei halunnut antaa alueita. Joe-setä aloitti sodan. Suomi hävisi sodan. Joe-setä sai alueita. Mikä tässä tarkalleen ottaen oli se torjuntavoittokohta?

Ja joo, tunnen kyllä talvi- ja jatkosodan vaiheet, niitä ei tarvitse tänne kerrata. Sen sijaan kertokaa, koska talvisotaa koskevassa kirjoittelussa päästään jokseenkin järjelliselle tasolle, ilman että jokainen joka erehtyy kyseenalaistamaan yhdenkin "kansakunnan totuuden", leimataan isänmaanpetturiksi?

Jokainen kunnon patrioottihan nyt voi tunnistaa sivuunkirjoittaneen kommunistiksi. Voinkin kertoa, että menen uudeksivuodeksi Venäjälle kera muutaman muun klubilaisen. Osa on jopa kielitaitoisia, kaikki sopivasti viinaanmeneviä. Tarkoitus on kuitenkin tulla myös takaisin, joten selustani turvaamiseksi totean arvostavani sotaveteraaneja, vaikken niitä kiitospaitapellejä voikaan oikein ymmärtää. Olenhan niiden kanssa muutaman kesän hengannut, ja sellaisten lapsenlapsikin olen. Veteraanien siis. Nih.

Loppukevennyksenä haluan vielä jakaa kanssanne eräällä jalkapalloaiheisella keskustelupalstalla käytyä keskustelua itsenäisyyspäivän vastaanotosta:

"Sillä ehdolla voisin katsoa nämä joskus kunhan jatkossa ensimmäisinä presidenttiä kättelemään saapuu MM-95 joukkue sitten kun aika sotaveteraaneista jättää. Jääkärinmarssin sijaan soimaan Den glider in ja ensimmäisinä Curre ja Jutila ovesta sisään."

Reps.

Itsehän odottelen bileitä jo kuumeisesti: kaikki ne lytättävät mekot ja maailman noloimmat "mitä itsenäisyys sinulle merkitsee" -haastattelut. Parhautta.