Here’s the quiz for Potions….Let’s see how I do.. 1. Name the two known Potions professors at Hogwarts during the books. Include which book(s) each of them were professors during. (1)   Slughorn 6-7 Snape 1-5 2. Name the five pieces of equipment that a student of Potions is expected to have. (1)       basic Potions [...]

       Our Magical Creatures homework this time was to knit a cat. Someone found this really cool cat pattern on Ravelry. It was done in just a regular yarn and it looked like an ipod cat. (which I really liked)   When I went looking through my stash for something appropriate for this project I [...]

and your to blame.  You give love a bad name.  I heard on the radio this morning that it’s been 20 years since 1989.  Wow, I’m getting old. Other than talking about my pending age….it’s getting close to V-day.  Even better Monday is The Chinese New Year.  I love the Asian cultures. They are so [...]

I remember when I was a teenager, I had a subscription to Elle Magazine. They had the numerology and astrology charts in the back. I would always read them but thought they were too broad to really mean anything.   Our homework is to study Arithmancy and to decide if it is relevant to be studied.  [...]

Here’s my homework for Potions class.  The 1st assignment was to make a set of fingerless gloves so that our hands wouldn’t get cold mixing potions in the dungeon.  Very thoughtful of our professor.  This is my 2nd pair.  The first pair was this lovely pattern that looks like either fish scales or in my [...]

Tim Burton is at it again but this time with the director of Wanted (another one of my favorites). If you didn’t know, I am an Angelina Jolie FAN! I love this girl. To me she is the ultimate in cool. I took a liking to her in Hackers. I had to have a finger [...]

It’s time for another homework session well it’s more like a quiz. This time Ghost class.  Name the ghosts in Harry Potter. I know Headless Nick. He’s the Gryffindor ghost, played by the hilarious John Cleese. And Moaning Myrtle who is the ghost in the boys toilet.  Then, the Bloody Baron who is Slytherin’s ghost [...]

One of our professors at the Hogwarts Little Bit of Everything Swap (HLBOES) gave us an assignment to make an owl and research about our owl. Then post your findings and a picture of your owl. It was a fun assignment. I did a crochet owl. I am not particularly a crocheter. I have tried [...]

I am on Ravelry. If you are a knitter and don’t know ravelry well your missing out. Here it is….Ravelry. It’s a place for the knitter and crocheter alike.I have been in two swaps since the fall. What a blast they are. You get to know a ton of people but you spoil one person. [...]

“If it’s Chanukah or KwanzaSolstice, Harvest or December twenty-fifth,Peace on earth to everyoneAnd abundance to everyone you’re with” (Blues Traveler) I have about 6 hours of Christmas music. Most of it is the same just sung by different people or put to a different beat. Don’t get me wrong, I love them all. That’s why [...]