animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

enjoy it while it lasts

I took advantage of the nice weather this weekend and finished cleaning the insides of the vehicles. I also washed and waxed the Highlander today. What a pain in the neck! I can see this isn’t going to happen very often. When I had my Scion, I used to wash …

defending your life

We caught this one last night. It was pretty light fare. I’m sure it was a great date movie in its day (1991). The movie is about what happens to you after you die–basically what you go through in order to prove yourself worthy to “move on” (go to heaven?) …

north country

This movie was on HBO last night. I’ve been meaning to catch it, but didn’t get around to it until yesterday. It was based on a true story of the first major sexual harassment case in the U.S. Charlize Theron played the main character who worked in the mines and …

speed cleaning

I found this article on speed cleaning last week. It has a lot of good ideas in it. I think we’re going to try it out. I’d much rather have the house look good all of the time versus looking good just after I do a major cleaning. In other …

ace, it’s the place

We used to have a Cambria True Value Hardware store up the street. It was good to go to in a pinch–you could get a lot of things there, but it didn’t replace a major trip to Lowe’s or Home Depot. Then, the True Value part was dropped and they …