animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

toothless jake

Jake finally lost his first tooth. I say “finally” because every six months for the past year, he’s asked the dentist when he was going to lose a tooth. Each time the answer was, “probably within the next six months.” His tooth was loose for nearly two weeks before the …

indian summer?

You all can thank me for the nice weather we’ve had the past few days. I had Brian put the cover on the air conditioner this weekend, so some nice weather was practically guaranteed. I did manage to take advantage of the weather by working in the garden a few …

scout’s honor

I don’t think I mentioned this before, but Jake quit karate a few months ago. It was time to move up to the next class and he just wasn’t interested. It seemed like a waste of time and money to force him to continue. While I’m not one to push …

derailed

Brian and I watched this last night, sans Margarita (though we did have a lemonade with vodka. mmm. nothing to eat, though). We both really liked the movie. It had more twists and turns than route 56 into Bedford. I can’t really get into the plot because I don’t want …

dog run 2006

We were debating all week whether to attend this year’s Dog Run party. We went last year and had a great time, but they raised the rates this year and we didn’t feel that it was worth the $60 seeing that I don’t drink beer and that is the only …