SpinnyNuNu

If you’re looking for the coziest lounging booties ever, no need to look any further. These are a blend of 100% cotton and a 50% cotton / 50% Acrylic blend to make them extra soft. Although you can use whatever yarn you want of course! I made a green pair with the extended top using Yarn Bee Aspyn yarn & Yarn Bee Soft N’ Sleek.

Skill Level: Intermediate to Advanced because it requires Double-Ended Tunisian Crochet hook – working in the round knowledge. However, you’re welcome to substitute the rows of Tunisian with Single Crochet.

You can grab this pattern here via Etsy.

Available from Oak (marked down from $158 to $79).  They also have drop crotch sweat pants on sale for half-price at $64:


I can't advise you as to whether the heels are part of a coordinated look, but I do know that for drop crotch jodhpurs, you'll need to go to Comme des Garçons:


Also available for half price at $298.  It would make me wonder if the wearer had scrotal elephantiasis, but then I'm not up on fashion, so I'll leave the commenting to those of you with a more enlightened and contemporary viewpoint.

Via The Stir.

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - A woman who identified herself as a nurse practitioner student tried to defend an Ohio doctor’s unproven claim by proving she actually is magnetic after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine... Overholt used her time at the podium to try to defend a myth shared by Cleveland-area physician Dr. Sherri Tenpenny, who claimed that the COVID-19 vaccine leads to magnetism and causes metal objects to stick to the shot recipient’s body...

During the demonstration, Overholt tried to prove Dr. Tenpenny’s point to be true by sticking a key and bobby pin to her skin at the hearing for the “Enact Vaccine Choice and Anti-Discrimination Act.”

“Explain to me why the key sticks to me. It sticks to my neck, too,” Overholt said. “If somebody could explain this, that would be great.”

Both objects fell off Overholt’s skin.

The Canada goose, named "Arnold," was able to eat with his mate "Amelia" nearly a week after Arnold underwent emergency surgery to repair open foot fractures.

A Florida man who breached the Capitol on Jan. 6 carrying a Trump campaign flag has received an eight-month prison term.

A baby monitor captured a very terrifying moment as a tree crashed through a Louisiana home.

The Battle of Darwin was the single largest attack on Australian soil during WWII. A group of 242 Japanese aircraft bombed the small town in which a strategically important Allied base and harbor were located... When he was found, after the attack, [Gunner, a six-month-old shepherd dog] had a broken leg... 

It only took a few weeks for him to demonstrate his skills. One day, while the airport at Darwin was being reconstructed, Gunner became agitated, jumping about, barking and whining. Soon after, the sound of aircraft engines was heard, while a Japanese attack formation once again flooded the sky above Darwin... The airmen of Darwin connected the dots and realized a pattern between Gunner’s shift of behavior and the bombing raid. The next time the Japanese decided to attack Darwin, their luck had run out. More than 20 minutes before their arrival, Gunner had already sounded the alarm. For the first time, the Australians were ready to repel the attack...

He correctly distinguished the different sound of Allied aircraft and that of the Japanese, without ever making a single mistake. His trait was taken very seriously in a time of war. Wing Commander McFarlane even issued an order by which a portable air raid siren was to be activated whenever Gunner showed his well-known signs of alert...

Whether he survived the war remains unclear, for apart from the legend which grew around him, Gunner’s existence was rarely mentioned in the official military documents of the time.

No student should have to go through what Mari Leigh Oliver did for refusing to say the Pledge.

The employee was the daughter of the police chief.

Along with the high call volume HVAC companies expect at this time of year, they're dealing with dwindling supplies of air conditioning units brought on by the pandemic.

Frank Bonner, who played a brash salesman with a love of flashy plaid suits on the TV comedy "WKRP in Cincinnati," has died.

After 65 years, evidence preserved on a microscope slide helped solve a grisly double-murder case of two teenagers in Montana, according to investigators.

Former President Donald Trump's business empire is now under a criminal investigation from the New York attorney general's office, expanding what had previously been a civil probe.

Mark McCloskey drew headlines along with his wife last summer after they brandished guns at Black Lives Matter protesters marching through their neighborhood after the death of George Floyd.

Recently, Texas took a pretty harsh stance against owners of electric vehicles by proposing Senate Bill 1728, which would punish EV owners for simply owning an EV. That sounds cliche, but in essence, this is exactly what the bill is doing while being disguised as “fairness.” The claim was that EV owners need to pay their fair share and make up for fuel taxes that they don’t pay... The proposed fee was previously an additional $200 EV tax. That fee has now gone up... Added together, those numbers total $250 to $400+ in annual fees. 

Currently, EV owners in Texas are not allowed to take delivery of their vehicles from Tesla in the state — they have to either travel out of state or arrange a third party to ship their vehicles to them. For those who will be purchasing made-in-Texas Teslas, this also applies. Tesla will have to ship the made-in-Texas Teslas out of state, where either a third party will deliver to the customer at the customer’s expense or the customer has to travel to pick up their vehicle. Unfortunately, Texas isn’t the only state that is seemingly anti-EV. Many states have this problem.

Two ingredients and patience will give you the tastiest vanilla extract. All you need is vodka, vanilla beans, and time.

I love using vanilla extract in my baking and I’ve always wanted to try making it on my own. I found a recipe on Sally’s Baking Addition so I gave it a try at the beginning of the covid-19 pandemic in early 2020. Using good vanilla beans is important but the type of vodka you use doesn’t matter as long as it’s 80 proof. You need to allow the vanilla beans to infuse the vodka for at least 8 weeks, but for the best flavor, wait at least 6-12 months before using. I waited the full 12 months and my extract has a wonderful rich flavor. I’m so excited to start baking with it!

What You’ll Need:

• Good quality vanilla beans
• 80 proof clear alchohol–Vodka is most commonly used but you can also use bourbon or rum
• Glass jar with a tight seal
• Funnel

How to Make Homemade Vanilla Extract:

1. Use a knife to split the vanilla beans lengthwise so the beans are exposed. If your vanilla beans are too long for your jar, simply cut them into smaller pieces, if desired.
2. Pour vodka through a funnel into the clean glass jar making sure the beans are fully submerged in the vodka. Seal with the lid and shake a few times.
3. Store at room temperature in a dark place out of direct sunlight. Shake the jar every week. Store for at least 8 weeks, but 6-12 months is recommended for the best flavor.

 

 

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Thursday it is easing its guidance on mask-wearing to say it is not needed in most places as long as you are fully vaccinated, and the news spread quickly to Sacramentans.

The California Highway Patrol says a Tesla driver was arrested after an officer saw him in the backseat as the car drove on a San Francisco Bay Area freeway.

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In one of those classic gross-out-the-viewer-with-food scenes from the 76th season of Doctor Who, the Eleventh Doctor gleefully goes to town on a pile of frozen fish fingers dipped in vanilla custard. Turns out this isn't that gross in real life; in fact, it serves as the inspiration for what I hope will be a fish fingers revolution. Probably not though.

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