animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

spring fever

I’ve got it already and I’m blaming it on the nice weather we’ve been having–it has me in gardening mode. I’ve been thinking about trying out the “four season gardening” concept, so I’ve been kicking myself for not trying it this year. I’m sure it would’ve worked out great this …

crash

This was a pretty good movie. The premise was about race relations and how you might think one way, but act another way, depending on the circumstances. One thing I didn’t like about it was that it was pretty tidy. While not quite all of the storylines were resolved at …

carlito’s way

We caught this on HBO this evening. It was a good movie, albeit a little long. Pacino, Penn, what more could you ask for? I didn’t really know anything about this movie, so that’s always a plus–I was surprised to see Sean Penn playing the part of a dorky lawyer …

the last day of christmas

Today, Judy came over for our annual Christmas visit. She was away over the holiday, so this was the first chance we had to get together. As a bonus, she got to join us for our New Year’s Day dinner–pork, kielbasa, sauerkraut, dumplings, salad, and champagne. Since Brian and I …