animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

hesher

This movie starred an almost unrecognizable Joseph Gordon-Levitt (who is quickly becoming one of my favorite actors) as a heavy metal dude, who is not invited, but moves in with a family who is grieving over the loss of the wife/mother. There is some speculation that this movie had a …

the vendetta defense

This book was ok, but the plot was a bit of a stretch. I have a stack of this author’s books to read, so I hope the next one is better. This was from the series that I usually enjoy, but one of the side characters was the main character …

i made cheese!

In my never-ending quest to learn how to do everything, I made hard cheese last weekend (previously, I have made mozzarella and ricotta). Brian helped, too. It was pretty fun, but it was a very long process (partly because this was our first attempt, but mostly because cheese takes a …

the hangover: part ii

This was an ok comedy–it had some funny parts, but nothing hilarious. And, it was pretty much a rehash of the first movie (down to showing the photos of what happened during the closing credits). Here’s to hoping there’s not a third movie in the series.