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I am Dani Smith, sometimes known as Eglentyne.  This blog is one of my hobbies.  I also knit, sew, run, parent, cook, eat, read, and write fiction.  I have too many hobbies and don't sleep enough.

The title up there makes it sound like this is a knitting blog.  And it is.  Sometimes.  Mostly I talk about whatever is on my mind, and since I'm a knitter, knitting is sometimes on my mind.  When I can find my mind, scattered among three children, a spouse, some tropical fish, and a creepy frog.   

Books are frequently on my mind.  Almost all of the books I mention on this site come from my local library because 1) I love my local library and its smart librarians, and 2) I don't have enough money to feed my reading habit (or the insatiable reading habit of the three Sonars) with purchased books.  If the books come from another source, I'll let you know.  

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    19May2008

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    Posted on DateMonday, May 19, 2008 at 2:34PM

    The bloglessness of Alert the Pizza can be blamed on this Sexy New Beast--I mean, computer (SNB, for short).  It is the biggest, shiniest, fastest computer I have ever had.  It is also my first Mac.  A great deal of attention has been paid to figuring out where things are, how things are set up, how many music cd's I can rip during one afternoon, and just how many scribbles the Sonars can cram into one KidPix screen.  


    Already it has changed our lives.  We may give away the tv.  

    We are still poking along on a dial-up connection, but tomorrow we will add a smokin'-fast internet connection worthy of the SNB.

    In other news, seven pounds of very small tomatoes are currently undergoing transition into canned tomato sauce.  The whole house smells like a ketchup factory.  Heyyyyyy, speaking of ketchup.  That's what I'll have to do with the next seven pounds.  And yes, there are at least seven pounds of tomatoes out there.  Quite likely a lot more than that actually. 

    Seven quarts of tomatoes went into today's sauce (funny how it's about a pound per quart).  They will result in seven pints of finished sauce.  One pint of edible-looking tiny tomatoes is going for at least $3 at our local grocery right now.  That makes today's seven quarts worth at least $42.   (Does that seem crazy to anyone else?)  We paid just a few dollars for the six tomato plants that produced this seven pounds and at least ten other pounds earlier, and a good many many many pounds to come.

    Of course, I could buy seven cans of tomato sauce for a dollar a pop.  So, $42 of fresh food can be turned into $7 worth of canned food.  (Does that seem crazy to anyone else?)

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