animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

iron man

We rented this one for family movie night. I always want to like the big-screen versions of the comic book superhero story (Batman, Spiderman, the Hulk), but I never do. This movie was the exception. What a great film! It was very entertaining, that was for sure. The funny thing …

lucky number slevin

This was a really good movie. We both enjoyed it very much. I don’t want to say anything about the plot because that would give everything away. It was of the suspense variety, though. And it had a nice twist at the end. I always like a movie with a …

oh, snap

We spent our weekend the usual way–working at the building. I’m down to all crap work now like painting in closets. I found some more things to touch up in the kitchen, but that counts as crap work, too. Brian installed most of the floor last weekend. I did my …

halloween

Yesterday was Halloween and, not coincidentally, trick or treat night here in Upper Yoder Township. Jake went as a Death Eater from the Harry Potter books. He looked pretty cool (here’s a pic from his school Halloween Parade. hint: he’s the scary looking one). We had close to 60 kids, …

the weekend

My weekend started 4 hours early on Friday. I took a half day in order to get some stuff done. Mainly, I was concerned about planting garlic in my garden. The weekend was calling for rain (though it didn’t end up raining today. go figure). So, I went outside on …