animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

nebbiolo d’alba

I finally got off my slacking butt and made my 3rd batch of wine for the year. I guess I have the weather to thank for this–it was too hot to go outside to work after supper. This is my 3rd of 5 kits for the year. I’ve never heard …

memorial day weekend

The weather finally got nice. In fact, I think it might be a little too nice tomorrow. We already have plans to get out the slip n slide for Jacob. So much for getting anything done outside tomorrow afternoon. Yesterday was pretty decent, though, so I was able to plant …

open water

Brian’s manager at work is a bit of a film buff, so every once in a while he throws a DVD our way. Last night, it was Open Water. This was a very low budget movie ($30,000) shot by a husband and wife team over a few year period (as …

another biker

Brian has been trying to teach Jake how to ride his bike this spring. All of the hard work has finally paid off. This week, Jake was able to go quite a distance without any help from Dad. He still could use some practice using the brakes and turning, though. …