animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

qotsa & snl

Did anyone catch Queens of the Stone Age on Saturday Night Live last weekend? Brian passed out on the couch around 11 that night, but I wanted to catch their first set on SNL so I stayed up. It was well worth the wait. They played “Little Sister” from their …

more of the same

Playhouses and gardens seem to rule my life these days. I wonder what I will do with my free time once all of the hard work is done? Once the playhouse is done, it’s done. But, I guess the garden will take up most of my summer (but, that’s kind …

happy birthday, jacob

Today was Jacob’s 5th birthday. We gave him his present, the playhouse (in case you haven’t been paying attention), yesterday evening. It’s not quite done, but it’s close enough that we were ok with giving it to him. Hopefully we can wrap it up this weekend. He really seemed to …

qotsa & nin

Recently, we purchased the latest Queens of the Stone Age and Nine Inch Nails cds. Both are great albums. I can’t say enough good things about Queens of the Stone Age’s Lullabies to Paralyze. What an incredible album. I started getting interested in them after seeing their video for “Go …

mother’s day 2005

We spent Mother’s Day at my parent’s house. We had a great dinner consisting of gnocchi, meatballs, beef short ribs, fried eggplant, broccoli, salad, bread and apple pie for dessert. Yum! I got a cool set of nesting glass mixing bowls and a hand-made (by Jacob) stepping stone that I’m …