Using one of my favorite mohair yarns, Rowan Kidsilk Haze.

Cute idea for displaying your business cards.

This looks like a fairly straightforward dresser made with baskets from Ikea.

One of these days, I'll be able to knit this for myself because I'll be wearing a smaller size!

This pin is such a cute idea for an Easter gift.

A cute option to the not-so-animal-friendly alligator bag. Unless you're the naked sheep.

Simple, yet tasty snack.

I've long been a fan of the oatmeal cookie. Add cranberries and I could fall in love!

What delicious sounding cookies!

This sounds like a good steamed dumpling recipe. Might have to try this.

One of these weekends I'm going to bake some homemade bread. This sounds like a delicious recipe.

"Two newfound black holes on the verge of crashing into each other could be creating "ripples" in the fabric of space-time, astronomers suggest.

The two supermassive black holes orbit each other about once a century, separated by just a third of a light-year—and they seem to be getting closer, a new study says."

"Midterm time is start-thinking-about-your-paper time. And start-thinking-about-your-paper time is start-thinking-about-doing-research-for-your-paper time. If you’ve never set foot in your college library (or even if you have), there’s much to discover—and to use. This week, we’ve invited visiting blogger Alice Sneary, head of the community team at the Online Community Library Center library cooperative (known as OCLC), to bring us up to speed on the 21st-century university library. Here are her best 10 tips:"

Such a great idea! I need a couple of coasters. This would definitely take some time, but it's a fairly mindless project that could be done while watching tv.

An online, open access journal.

I have a strange fascination with polar regions. Maybe it's the severity and austerity of the environment.

What a cool idea to make pretty window films. I think I'll try this with one of the windows in my office.

Long ago, I developed an unhealthy addiction to Twitter.

I dread this time of year. I'm one of those people who does not deal well with changes to my sleep patterns. Even if it's just an hour. Ugh.

Adorable hat pattern for those Irish out there. I like the general shape of the hat and could see this minus the shamrocks.

This little guy is so cute you just want to hug him. But he might not like that since he's in a grump.

This is such an exciting concept. The musicians have been chosen and will travel to New York City in April to perform a concert. What a cool way to gather outstanding musicians together.

I'm still a bit intimidated by anything with yeast, but if I keeps seeing tempting recipes like this one, I might just be inspired to get over my fear.

This is a simple salad using carrots, one of my favorite root veggies.

I like tasty, easy breakfast bars. These actually could work anytime you get the munchies. Packed full of stuff that's good for you.

If I ever had a garden/outdoor party these would be beautiful. I can see this being lovely for a summer wedding or for decorating a little girl's room. Apartment Therapy always has such wonderful ideas.

Personally I'm sick to death of this "transparency" demand on the government. I don't think everything needs to be communicated to the American public. Sure, some things should, but this is quickly spiraling out of control.

So, she could have had full-time help with her 14 children, but she turned it down so she could whore out her family for a reality tv deal. Interesting. And yes, I do mean the rather harsh term. I don't understand anyone who wants to make their daily life into a reality television show.

Being mindful is really quite simple. This is something that I've been trying to practice in my daily life. Mindfulness. Hmmm…

I've always really liked hummus. It's hard to find good hummus in the middle of farmland IL. So, I'm going to learn to make my own…maybe with this recipe to start.

Interesting take on using Facebook…or not.

Another vegetarian cooking blog I've just discovered has this great recipe. I'm all for the quick and easy. Also, I can substitute egg noodles for no-yolks noodles to make it even healthier for me.

I'm eating more beans since changing my food lifestyle. And now that I'm doing Weight Watchers, I'm also more conscious of the amount of fat in my food. This is a great recipe (subbing low fat or fat-free cheese instead of regular) for a tasty and simple dish. I've also started developing a taste for guacamole.

I have always loved buying this salad in the store, but it does use bacon. This recipe still calls for the bacon, but I can easily substitute that with a vegetarian friendly option. The taste isn't really about the bacon anyway. It's all about the dressing.

French dip for vegetarians. I don't really miss eating meat, but there were a few favorites that I miss because of certain flavors. French dip was one of these. Now I can be animal friendly and still have the taste.

Good list of sites. There are a few I'd never heard of, but that's not surprising since I've got other things on my mind these days. I've never claimed to be a social media expert.

Simple instructions about how to make a button/badge for your website, blog, etc.

Cute and simple freebie cross stitch chart.

Free PDF pattern for an openwork scarf from Blue Sky Alpacas.

Lovely cardigan sweater pattern with 3/4 sleeves.

Top down sweater with flared sleeves. 2" ease.

I love little things that help me stay organized and remember things I need. This door hanger/organizer is the perfect place to stick keys, mail, grocery lists, and anything else you want to remember on the way out the door. It's a simple project also.

Cool free tool to make slideshows. Well, free for short ones. You can buy credits to make longer videos.

Awesome idea! Every time I order a couple of boxes of contact from 1-800-contacts, they send me a new case. I hate to throw out the old cases and don't really want to start a collection. This is a great recycling idea.

It seems that the problems in our country do not stem from the constitution. Rather, it's the people that we rely on to uphold the constitution that are the problem.

Swell. Illinois is billions of dollars in debt and our current president doesn't bother to pay his bills.

Great.

The case of the book restrictions just gets uglier. Wonder what will be next.

"RAND Congressional Resources offers an easy way for policymakers to access research and analysis that is relevant to current Congressional agendas. "

"We all know how quickly modern technologies become obsolete. Think (with nostalgia) about the piles of abandoned floppy disks that new laptops no longer read, the films on Betamax video cassettes their owners are unable to watch, or the CD Walkman. Next, imagine the very real possibility that, unless strategies are put in place now, most of the digital data produced today may not be usefully accessed by the next generation due to technological obsolescence, data loss and other concerns."

"Photoshop’s layers allows you to work with images stacked on each other. This means you can work with them individually so you won’t have to manage multiple complex filters and effects on a single layer. This is why the basic knowledge of layers is a Photoshop fundamental. "

"One day last summer, Google’s search engine trundled quietly past a milestone. It added the one trillionth address to the list of Web pages it knows about. But as impossibly big as that number may seem, it represents only a fraction of the entire Web.

Beyond those trillion pages lies an even vaster Web of hidden data: financial information, shopping catalogs, flight schedules, medical research and all kinds of other material stored in databases that remain largely invisible to search engines."

I watched about 10 minutes of the Academy Awards last night. I've only seen one of the movies that received any attention. But it was interesting to see who won what.

A great chart from Plum Street Samplers.

A beautiful free chart from Plum Street Samples.