animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

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 …

blue valentine

I heard a lot of good things about this movie, so I was surprised to find that I did not like it as much as I expected to. Sure, the movie was depressing, but that much I knew going in. The performances from Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams were great. …

garlic braids

I’ve been wanting to try my hand at braiding garlic for some time now. I finally got around to doing that tonight. It was pretty easy and looks cool so I think I’m going to do that with all of the garlic from my garden (and the onions, too). My …

salt

We drank Margaritas while watching Salt, coincidentally enough. I’ve come to the conclusion that I’m not a fan of Angelina Jolie action movies. This movie wasn’t as bad as Wanted, but I could have thought of a better way to spend 90+ minutes.