animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

putting the x in xmas

Yesterday, when I was getting the Christmas decorations out of the attic, I got out one of our nativity sets. Jake, seeing the picture on the box, said, “What are you getting that Jesus stuff out for? That doesn’t have anything to do with Christmas.” I guess we shouldn’t have …

christmas decorating

Brian went to the Steeler game today (which was almost a good game). This left Jake and I at home to fend for ourselves. I had wanted to go to the Westwood Plaza Theatre and Cafe for lunch and a movie, but they weren’t open this afternoon for some reason. …

bathroom remodel: day 38

And you thought I was done with these posts? After a brief hiatus, we’re back to work. Brian has been working diligently on the vanity. It’s almost ready to be turned over to the finishing department (perhaps as early as this week). This afternoon, we installed the furring strip grid …

the colorado kid

Stephen King has a new book out. So much for retirement. This book was published in paperback from Hard Case Crime. One of Brian’s coworkers had the book otherwise we probably wouldn’t have heard about it. It was a story about a man who died on a beach and how …