animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

final appeal

Good thing for books and movies, otherwise I wouldn’t have anything to blog about. It seems like it was a busy summer, but I don’t feel like we really did anything. We did almost zero entertaining this year. And, with the exception of the bathroom remodel at our rental, we’ve …

ethnic fest

We went to the Ethnic Fest yesterday to get our pierogi fix from St. Mary’s church. They were delicious as usual. There weren’t any good bands playing while we were there so we weren’t down there very long, but we did manage to run into a couple of people we …

american reunion

This was probably my least favorite of the American Pie sequels, which is not to say it wasn’t funny–there were some good one-liners, but I don’t think it was as good as the other movies in the series (of course, I can’t really remember much about the previous movies at …

fall planting

I planted my fall garden in one of the raised beds Jake made for me in the spring. I bought hoops for it for when the weather turns cooler. I installed them and put summer-weight fabric on it. I figure it’ll keep the birds and chipmunks from stealing the seeds. …

getting darker

This time of the year is always bittersweet. While there’s still plenty of time to garden (especially since I’m planting a fall garden this year), as it gets darker earlier, there’s less and less time each day that I can enjoy the outside. The good news is that I can …