animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

the 2nd day of xmas

Because we work for an awesome company, we had Christmas Eve off work. After not having much time off this year, I was definitely looking forward to the long weekend. We spent the morning wrapping up some Christmas-related stuff, then Brian and Jake played the role of Santa and delivered …

double cross

This was another book from James Patterson’s Alex Cross series. Either I’m sick of this series or James Patterson’s writing isn’t what it used to be. I think it might be the latter. The book was entertaining enough but it really lacked depth–the characters were very one-dimensional. That said, I …

the 1st day of xmas

Brian’s sister and her family came in this weekend so we headed to my in-laws for an early Christmas dinner. It was quite riotous with all of the kids opening gifts. The weather was definitely Christmassy. This is the only time of year I don’t mind having snow–it doesn’t seem …

more fall tv

I heard some good things about The Middle so I started watching it and now everyone in our house really likes it. Good show. ABC really has quite a Wednesday night line-up. If they could only figure out the 8:00 slot they’d be golden. Wednesday has replaced Thursday as my …

jingle bells

I’m not quite ready for Christmas, but almost. I hit a number of milestones today. For one, I put the last of the Christmas cards in the mailbox this morning. I used to actually go to the post office and mail them, can you believe that? Now, I put a …