animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

3:10 to yuma

I don’t normally go for westerns, but I do go for a good story and this was one. One of the film’s highlights was the creepy guy played by Ben Foster. He does a good creepy guy. I did not like him at all in his role on Six Feet …

more tv

I failed to mention that we’ve been watching some of the Showtime shows on DVD. Namely, Dexter, Weeds, and Californication. Our neighbors turned us on to Dexter and Weeds a few years ago. Both shows are great. We enjoy Dexter slightly more than Weeds, though. Weeds started off as more …

a good day for cooking

Jacob wasn’t feeling well today so we all skipped out on church this morning and spent the day at home. I used my extra time this morning by goofing off, mostly. Though, it did enable me to start on brunch a little earlier than usual. We had Baked Eggs with …

bottling nite

Last night we bottled the two batches of juice that I bought from Conzatti’s. The Pinot Grigio came out sweet for some reason. It doesn’t taste bad, but it doesn’t taste like Pinot Grigio, either. The Valpolicella came out ok. I’ll know more about that once it ages for a …

television

I’ve been enjoying tv more than usual this season. In previous years, my tv-watching was pretty much limited to Thursday nights. While I still watch the NBC comedies on Thursdays (except for the god-awful new series, Kath and Kim), I’ve been watching Scrubs on Tuesdays and The New Adventures of …