animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

america’s sweetheart

No, this isn’t another post about me, but rather Courtney Love‘s newest album. Brian wanted to purchase it because we have all of her other stuff. I was kinda on the fence because it bombed on the charts. But, he bought it and I’ve been listening to it for the …

going to the dogs

All of our money, that is. The vet called today with the first of Ripley’s test results. Her thyroid numbers are way low, so she needs to start on thyroid medication. I’ll be picking that up after work. One good thing about thyroid medication is that it is cheap. In …

miscellany

You can add this to my list of things not to buy in the future: German dogs. Today, Ripley made her fourth trip to the vets for the year. She has some sort of infection in her leg and was put on antibiotics. For that and some other reasons, the …

holy ham, batman!

I picked up my ham at Froehlich’s yesterday. It weighed in at a whopping 26 pounds! I planned on cooking it last night, but didn’t account for the size. So, I was up till after midnight carving (and eating–yum!) ham. Needless to say, I’m tired today. At least it’s Friday …

I’m a highway star

Got my car back today. Paying the bill was a little painful, but at least I have wheels again–just in time to take Jake to daycare and go into the office tomorrow. We did an experiment today and Jake stayed at home while I worked. It didn’t go too badly. …