animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

monster

As promised, last night was a margarita and a movie night. The movie was Monster. Our friend Lish has been talking up this movie for a few years and now I understand why. What a great movie. Unlike the incredibly sad 21 Grams or the utterly depressing Mystic River, this …

day off

Jake’s school’s “Fall Party” (read: Halloween Party) was today. I volunteered to help out at it so I took the day off rather than trying to work it into my busy schedule. And what a nice day off it was. My long weekend started last night when Jake and I …

honeymoon

This was a book by James Patterson and Howard Roughan. I finished it this past week. While I would hardly call it a literary masterpiece, it was a pretty quick read, so it must’ve had something going for it. It more reminded me of Sidney Sheldon rather than James Patterson. …