animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

you belong to me

This was a book written by Mary Higgins Clark. It is the first one I read from her in a long, long time. After reading it, I remembered why. Her stories are all whodunits. And, the bad guy is never who you think it would be. But, after reading a …

r.i.p. satin

This morning, our friend Judy’s dog Satin lost the fight with her illness. Her story is here. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Judy at this difficult time.

dinner with the parents

Today was our annual “Dinner with the Parents”. After two days of cooking, I’m finally getting a chance to sit down (incidentally, just in time for The Sopranos). I’m freaking beat, but it was worth it. Everyone seemed to have a good time (and, more importantly, enjoyed the food). We …

the talented mr. ripley

We watched this movie last night. It was the last of my Blockbuster Online movies. That was fun while it lasted. I’m definitely going to sign up again next winter. Anyway, the movie was ok. Nothing spectacular. I don’t particularly care for Matt Damon or Jude Law, so that was …

was that a bear?

On Monday night, I let Lizzy into Jake’s room at bed time. She kept looking out the window and growling. All I could see was a bag of trash laying in the neighbor’s driveway. It looked like maybe his trash can blew over and the garbage bag fell out and …