animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

family reunion

Today, we went to Portage for my family reunion. It was a pretty laid back affair this year. Jake had a lot of fun playing with his distant cousins. Brian and I just hung out and relaxed the whole time. Brian’s really going to have to start taking his camera …

band bash 2005

Last night, we had our annual band cookout. What band, you might ask? Well, representatives from Garden of Ashes, Rottenstone, East of Eve and Temple to Blackness were in attendance (and that only accounted for three of us!). I made way too much food (due to the fact that some …

feeling saucy

Steve gave me a bunch of tomatoes this week so I whipped up a batch of marinara this evening. This marinara was totally organic–it consisted of tomatoes, from both my garden and Steve’s, along with onions, garlic, basil, and oregano that I grew. It came out quite tasty. Brian helped …

new religion

Last night, Brian asked me if I wanted to get up early and go for a motorcycle ride with him before church. Let’s put it this way–the only day I’ve ever voluntarily gotten up early was the morning we bought Ripley (my Doberman). So, my answer was ‘No’. Then he …