Divine Angst

Recent Posts from Divine Angst


  • redirect

    Archives have been moved here: http://divineangst.wordpress.com. I’ll leave things here for a little while longer before I do a redirect.

  • new and old

    So I started a new job. The transition was expected—I’ve been waiting to start this job for over a year now, in fact—and it’s been pretty smooth so far. The biggest change is that I…

  • bistro dinner

    Somehow I managed to pull off a major win tonight with dinner. Skirt steak, green beans, and mashed potatoes doesn’t sound all that groundbreaking—or even interesting—but it managed to kind of be both. First, I…

  • keeping busy on a Sunday afternoon

    I made a dress today. My first dress! It turned out pretty good. The pattern is Simplicity 3875 (otherwise referred to as the Duro Junior.) I didn’t make the more traditional Duro view; I made…

  • dessert is a good thing

    Also, I made soufflés tonight. We had a sweet tooth. Buttered and sugared ramekins: Melted chocolate: This recipe always makes THREE, not TWO. One of these days I’ll remember that. The reason this is a…

  • finished!

    I finally finished my skirt, and I have to say, it didn’t turn out too badly. The zipper is still completely messed up, and the trim is slightly uneven, but overall, I think it turned…

  • something fancy for dinner

    I live in a great city for meat. Despite that, I’ve never bought meat anywhere but at the local grocery store or Whole Foods. The former has a pretty terrible selection and the quality isn’t…

  • Friday night cocktail

    It hasn’t been a bad week; things are picking up a bit at work, and I’m still feeling flush with the success of last weekend’s skirt making. I wanted to keep the good going, so…

  • working with my hands

    Snapping out of a funk is sometimes as simple as doing something with your hands. Being in a funk, I decided to do something with my hands–but something that would not cause me to gain…

  • Gloomy ruminations

    So it’s been a while. I’m still here. I’m wanting to write again, but there’s not much I can say right now. Work is verboten and there’s not much going on in my life besides…