Peanut Butter Cup (of cocoa!)

Today at work, Amanda had Reese's cups on her desk. My resolve was strong and I did not eat ALL OF THEM (or any, for that matter.) As a reward, I am now drinking sugar free hot cocoa with peanut butter mixed into it, and it is AMAZING!  So amazing, I felt I should share!

Recipe: (thanks to Meghan for the base recipe)
1c. milk (or milk like product- soy, almond, coconut etc)
1-2 T baking cocoa (powder)
dash of salt
dash of vanilla
1/4 tsp hot water
1/2 tsp agave nectar or honey
1 T unsweetened peanut butter

Heat milk. Mix cocoa, salt, vanilla, water and agave together until it forms a syrup. Add to milk. Stir peanut butter into hot milk. Enjoy the most delicious and decadent hot cocoa you've ever had, guilt free!

Ep 82- Officially A Grown Up

~Welcome/ Intro/ Thanks!
~Sponsors:
  Amazon
  Audible
  Bar-Maids
~Sweater Forecast:
 SNOW!!!!
~Crafting:

Cassidy is SO CLOSE TO BEING DONE!  Also I made Aaron a rad workout sweatband!
I bound off the Earth and Sky shawl as a tiny little one, and will probably use the leftovers to make another Daybreak...
~Sustainable Knowledge:
People of earth burn 80 million barrels of oil a day! If you stacked those barrels, it would reach to the moon and back 2,000 times!!! Do your part to reduce that number!
~Sales:
Patternworks has a great bargain bin, and also a Test Drive program! Pretty cool!
Craftsy is a daily deals kind of site that is specific to crafters!!
Amazon has the Kindle Owner's Lending Library for Kindle owners who are also Prime members!
~Tip of the Week:
Used is awesome! I got a cookbook on Amazon used for $1.99! (Actually I got 3 of them!)  I also got some great new clothes at the thrift shop in town!! YAY!
~How I Saved:
Cookbook on the cheap, thrift shopping, free nail polish from Zoya, school books on Kindle!
~ Worth It:
Sweet and Sugar Free by Karen Burkie
I got my copy for $1.99, 200 recipes! All sweetened only with fruit or fruit juice! The 2 recipes I've made so far have been great! I LOVE IT!  I can have my cake and be sugar free at the same time!

WORTH IT!

~Contact Me!

Email: cleverroue (at) gmail (dot) com

Twitter: Roue0824

Ravelry: Roue

Stick around till the very end! I stuck a funny story on the end of the show!

Episode 81- Giving Up

~Welcome/ Intro/ Thanks!
~Sponsors:
Amazon
Audible
~Contest:
Winners = ShielaOKeefe and BindeeJ! Congrats! Get in touch with me for your prize!
January Contest: Give up.  I'm giving up sugar AND shampoo and conditioner! What are you giving up for 2012?
~Sweater Forecast:
Warm and drizzly.  I WANT SNOW! WHERE IS MY WINTER?!
~Craftyness:
Cassidy is coming along NICELY! Almost done with the back, both sleeves, one front done! Hats for Hannah and Leighton
~100MilestoCamp
8.34 to date! Paper Chain!
~Events:
Madrona is coming up in February! I'll be there!
~Sales!!
  Deramores
  Calendar Of Hope
~Tip of the Week
Join co-ops and member owned stores! (REI)
~How I Saved the Week
Running shoes at REI, saved $25 because of dividend
~Worth It
How and Why: A DIY Guide
$14 by Microcosm Publishing
Bicycles, Home and gardening sections are great.  Homeschooling, musical instruments sections are okay, Everything Else isn't really very inclusive.
Overall, I might pay the $11 (low end of sliding scale) but probably not all $14.
~Contact Info:
Ravelry: Roue
Email: cleverroue (at) gmail (dot) com
Twitter: Roue0824
Facebook: KnitCents Podcast

Ep 80- Mitten Gestures

~Welcome/ Intro/ Thanks!
A BIG thank you to Kathy, who taught me how to process rabbits this weekend! Thank you Kathy!!!
~Sponsors
-Audible
-Bar-Maids
-Amazon
~Sweater Forecast
COLD! PUT ON A SWEATER!
~Craftiness
Nothing new, but Cassidy hasn't been cooperating.  Total user error though, because I didn't RTFM. (Read the F*ing Manual) all the way through before I started knitting it... My fault.
Mitten Gestures: Just listen haha
~Free Entertainment
Ravenwood by Nathan Lowell
~Sustainable Knowledge
Sheep101
~Sales
Etsy Shops today from my friends!
  -MicheleStitches is selling amazing project bags, beautiful hair sticks and lovely little stitch markers!  Great prices, beautiful workmanship!
  -Unwind Yarn Co has beautiful dyed batts, roving, handspun yarn and all kinds of other goodies! Great prices, beautiful stuff!!
~Tip of the Week
Go see your friends!
~How I Saved the Week
Stay out of the stores! Remove yourself from temptation to buy little knicknacks and impulse buys at the checkout line.  Make a list, and DON'T STRAY FROM THE LIST!
~Worth It!
KnitPicks Capra DK yarn
123 yds, 85% merino, 15% cashmere $6.49 ($.05 a yard)
LOVE IT!!!!
WORTH IT!
~Contact me!
Email: cleverroue (at) gmail (dot) com
Ravelry: Roue
Twitter: Roue0824
Facebook: KnitCents
Happy happy week!!

Ep 79- It's beginning to look a lot like Middle Earth

~Welcome/ Intro/ Thanks!
~Sponsors
  -Bar-Maids
  -Audible
  -Amazon
~Contest
Do something nice!
~Sweater forecast
Clear and COLD! BRR!
~ Knitting
Finished my honeymoon socks, started Aaron's!
~Free Entertainment
Amazon is giving away a free Christmas song every day in December until Christmas!
Amazon Christmas Mp3s!
~Sustainable Knowledge
Vanillin (artificial vanilla flavor) is derived from paper processing leftovers
Artificial grape flavor is produced 10x more quantity than real grape flavor
Benzaldehyde (cherry flavor) is preferred in flavor 2x over real cherry flavor
~Events
Madrona!
~Sales
  -Kaleidoscope Yarns has a great sale section!
  - Webs has an AWESOME closeout section!
~Tip of the Week
Don't lose your keys.  You'll spend hours trying to find them, and you'll end up deciding that you need one of those key beepers because the keys are lost EVERY DAY. (I haven't actually bought the key beeper but I probably should...)
~DIY
Make Lembas Bread
~Worth It!
The Knitter's Book of Socks

20 patterns, all lovely plus MORE INFO YOU COULD EVER NEED TO KNOW about making the best socks ever!
TOTALLY WORTH IT!
~Contact Info
Email me! cleverroue (at) gmail (dot) com
Ravelry: Roue
Twitter: Roue0824
Like me on Facebook: KnitCents Podcast

Ep 78- Thankful for YOU!

~Listen HERE!
~Sponsors:
  - Audible
  - Bar-Maids
~Welcome/ Intro/ Thanks!
~Contests:
  Winner announced (finally) for October Contest
  Nov/Dec contest announced!
Do something nice for someone that doesn't cost anything other than time, and then head to the Ravelry group to let us know!!
~Crafting:
Cassidy is coming along- both sleeves are done and the L front is almost done! The goal is to finish by Madrona!
Made a cool hat for my dad for his birthday!  I had to chart out the pattern myself, (first time doing that) but the design is the blueprint symbol for insulation! My dad is an insulation contractor so he'll think its cool!

/albums/qq70/liraelia/?action=view&current=03126847.jpg" target="_blank">

I'm also working on the Evenstar Hat in Knit Picks Capra DK in the Hunter green color.
~Free Entertainment:
Radiolab
~Sustainable Knowledge
I learned how to slaughter and butcher turkeys this past weekend!
~Events:
I'll be at Madrona!!
~Sales!
  -Unwind Yarn Co: 15% off your purchase using the coupon code BFCM2011 at checkout
  - Bar Maids are doing a Cyber Monday sale! I don't know what it is yet, but it's supposed to be good!
  - Amazon always has awesome deals! Amazon
~Tip of the Week:
Evernote! IT IS AMAZING!
~How I've spent the month!
Rambly bumbly goodness about what I've been up to the past month away from the mic!
~ Worth It!
Free Will (and other compulsions) by J. Daniel Sawyer
$4.95 for the eBook from Amazon (and many other retailers of eBooks)

THIS BOOK IS SO GOOD!  It is the sequel to Predestination and other games of chance, and they are both excellent! It doesn't matter what genre of book you like, this will appeal to you!!  I'll be writing a full review soon, but I wanted to share!!
WORTH IT!!!
~Contact Me!
Email: cleverroue (at) gmail (dot) com
Ravelry: Roue
Twitter: Roue0824
Happy Holidays folks!

Free Will (And Other Compulsions)

I just finished reading Free Will (And Other Compulsions) by J. Daniel Sawyer.  This is the sequel to Predestination (And Other Games of Chance), which I listened to through Podiobooks.com and fell in love.  Dan writes to an intelligent audience without sounding arrogant or pretentious.  The story is compelling, interesting and thoughtful, and provokes internal reflection, but is also easy to read.  There were several times this book provoked an outward reaction ("WHAT THE WHAT??!!?!" or "Dan you are a TWISTED MAN!!" or "OMFG I LOVE THESE CHARACTERS!").  The character development is very strong, and the skill with which Dan knits the varying stories together is phenomenal.  I would recommend this book to anyone with an interest in science fiction, drama, adventure, fantasy, reality, political intrigue, crime syndicates or romance.  Somehow, J. Daniel Sawyer has pulled it all off. I couldn't recommend this book any more!  It is at the top of my "Best Fiction I read in 2011" list, and if you read it, you will understand why!