About me (bio and more)
Kristina Brouhaha is a craft-daft hyphenated canadian boygirl who lives and crafts next to a forest in central Toronto (hence a high percentage of tree pics) with Aphrodite , Daisy and Quack and their love child Bubbles. And lately there have been some new additions…
She also shares her space with the ever patient JJ, who hails from Glesga.
(If you clicked on the link under JJs name, you might have gathered that this photo is somewhat outdated. JJ would not allow me to post a current photo. He said nothing, however, about .pdfs in comic form – probably because he is a luddite).
JJ is very fortunate indeed to be privy to her general fabulousness, but also has to put up with her many foibles, short attention span and vehement assertions on just about every topic (she has been known as an opinionated type A- person since… well…)
“In the further alternative, I submit that the household’s ‘early bedtime’ policy constitutes age discrimination and as such violates my rights under s.15 of the Charter. Consequently…”
In exchange, she benefits tremendously from such Scottish wisdoms as “Why are you wandering around like a fart in a trance?” and “No mirrors in his/her hoose, eh?”. And, she’s very fortunate that he takes no issue with her smoking, as an ex-smoker.
(He quit in 1972, two years after I was born. I didn’t know him then. And I guess I’ve completely outed his age by accident now. Oops.)
Brouhaha can only hope that her various partners in crime don’t end up fleeing for fear of suffocation by the ever-burgeoning Handmaiden silk stash. And even that sacred stash is being threatened by the mounting tower of Treasures from Trash that she comes across during her travels to work and the laundry room in her apartment building.
The “hyphenated” portion of Brouhaha’s identity is Greek. This means that her grandfather looked something like this:
However, because she was born in Canada, she tends to look more like this:
Despite this, or perhaps because of it, Brouhaha has a rather unique take on her Greek heritage, as you can see from her take on the following Hellenic issues of importance:
WWhy did the Greeks start breaking plates?
Valuable Greek Antiquities
Wherein the Glory that Was Hellas?
Friday the Guid
She also has a rather unusual view on Canada/US relations. This is because she and an American blog friend Holly Ogre have discovered a secret, little known crafting zone called The 49th Dimension, which intersects the 49th parallel north.
Not fascinated yet? Check out a very small sample of testimonials for Brouhaha:
Kristina plays well with others.
- Mrs. Trono, kindergarten teacher
Kristina has finally learned to tie her shoes.
- Mrs. Bain, grade 2 teacher
Are you sure your surname isn’t really ‘Brouhaha’?
- Mr. Smith, high school Latin teacher
Did I mention that my daughter is a lawyer?
- Merdia
Your blog is totally crazy!!!
- Merdia
You’re too much, KB.
- almost everyone who has ever had the pleasure of working with me
Well, that’s about enough about me for now, I think. Thanks for stopping by! For today’s adventures and rambles, click here.
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For my take on housewifery, click here.
To sympathise with my innocent victims, click here.
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It has been a pleasure to have Kristina in class.
Ms. Schultz, school library media specialist
been real anxious for your ansdwer please
http://brouhahaknits.blogspot.com/2006/12/advent-blanket.html
Jeannie
could I please have the stitch patterns for them?
Have had a hard time finding online.
Much deep thanks Smile Smile
Friday, December 17, 2010, 9:20:06 AM
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