animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

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 …

so tired

I cannot wait until the playhouse is done. I really need to sit down and relax for a few minutes. Tonight, we stained half of the siding. The other half is planned for Friday. We ran out of time this evening, but it doesn’t really matter because we would’ve run …

rocky 92

It’s a stupid name for a radio station, but I’ll take it. They’ve apparently replaced “The Rock 92.1”. Brian alerted me of the change this morning. I’ve been listening to them this morning, and I have to say, it’s quite an improvement. They seem to focus on new stuff and …

playhouse update

Despite the weather, we’ve been working our butts off on the playhouse. We’re not as far as I hoped we’d be at this point, but we still have a good shot of completing this before Jake’s birthday. Even if it isn’t complete, I suspect that only minor stuff–like trim–will be …