animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

cross

It’s getting hard to keep track of all of James Patterson’s Alex Cross novels. One thing is for sure–I always enjoy reading them and this one was no different. At this point, I’m pretty sure that I’ve not read these books in any kind of order, but it doesn’t seem …

everyone drinks

Well, my website, Everyone Drinks, finally launched at the end of June. I was holding off on the official announcement because there were still a few things that needed to be done to the website. All of the major stuff is done, but there are still a few things remaining–I’ll …

dead reckoning

This was the latest book from Charlaine Harris, whose books inspired HBO’s True Blood series. On one hand, I wasn’t as into this book as some of her others. On the other hand, I tore through it pretty quickly. It did serve as a warm-up for season 3 of the …

canning

So, I got canning equipment for Mother’s Day and my birthday (including a fancy-ass pressure canner). Now we are canning. It’s something I’ve been wanting to do for a while (I mean, my freezer only holds so much stuff). Despite the fact that I’m a hypochondriac and fear that I …