animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

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. …

bathroom remodel: day 27

It’s hardly worth noting, but we installed the new shower rod, shower curtain liner, and shower curtain last night. Looks pretty good if I do say so myself. That’ll be it until the weekend unless I get motivated to do some of my work in there and that’s pretty doubtful.

heat

I’d been wanting to see this movie since it was released 10 years ago. Thanks to Blockbuster Online and Brian’s sister, my wish finally became a reality. Though I can’t say it was quite worth the 10 year wait, it was a pretty engrossing film. Brian and I caught it …

bathroom remodel: day 26

This evening, Brian finished putting the trim pieces up for the tub surround and I installed the soap dish and shampoo shelf. After that, I did what I do best–caulk. I caulked around everything within the tub surround area, so Brian will, at last, be able to take a shower …