animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

wine & cheese

Last night, we went to a wine & cheese party at a coworker’s house. What a great idea. Everyone brought a bottle of wine and we all got to sample them. Getting to try a bunch of new wines was really cool. There was one in particular that I definitely …

jack & jill

You thought the James Patterson marathon was over? Think again. My mom lent me another stack of Patterson novels. Fortunately, I had already read all of them but one, Jack & Jill. This was another one from the Alex Cross series, so that automatically makes it a good read. It …

harvest

It’s harvest time once again. What we haven’t been eating, I’ve been freezing for winter use. I had to pick my potatoes today because something was eating the tops and killing the plants. So, I didn’t get quite the harvest I hoped for. But at least we’ll get a few …

friday night

Yesterday evening, Brian’s parents came over for a cookout. We had some good stuff to eat and then chatted and drank wine and beer the rest of the evening. Brian’s dad made some delicious Italian sausage-stuffed hot peppers for the occasion–I’ll have to get the recipe from him some day. …