animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

silly republicans

I might be a lot of things, but Republican isn’t one of them. So, I’m not quite sure how I got on the Republican National Committee’s mailing list. In the past week, I’ve received two surveys from them. These surveys seem to be a thinly veiled attempt at fundraising. They …

happy birthday, gwen

Brian’s grandmother’s birthday is this week so we went down to Frostburg, Maryland today to visit her for the occasion. This year, we took her out for lunch. Normally she cooks us dinner, but that doesn’t seem like something you should have to do for your own birthday, so I …

wash and wax

I took advantage of the nice weather the past two days and cleaned my car inside and out. I knew it was supposed to rain today, but I didn’t care–I just wanted a clean car if only for a few hours. Plus, the car was really dirty. It hadn’t been …

all caught up

For the first time in a long time, I’m practically caught up with my work. I mean, I’ll never be caught up because there’s always something to do, but this weekend, I got a good jump on things. Jake ended up staying at my parent’s Saturday night, too, so this …

we’re so pathetic

Jake is staying at my parent’s tonight. We were supposed to go out to dinner with a friend, but that got cancelled earlier in the week. So, we spent the past few days pondering what to do on our night off. Should we go out for drinks? That never seems …