animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

no naps for the busy

Sunday was a busy day. I started off the morning with a run (Did I mention I’m running now? It’s not very far–I just go around the block twice, which is one mile, and I’m doing more walking than running at this point but it’s a start). Later in the …

juliet

We finally got to meet our niece Juliet yesterday. She’s nearly three months old now and is a sweetie. Brian’s sister and the kids came in for the weekend so my in-laws had a family get-together yesterday afternoon/evening. We got to see some of Brian’s relatives that we haven’t seen …

the cabin in the woods

I don’t always watch horror movies, but when I do, I watch them in October. I’m not a big horror fan, but it only seems appropriate to watch some horror movies around Halloween. We watched this movie last night and I was pleasantly surprised with how much I enjoyed it. …

paranormal activity 3

Much like the first two movies in the series, this was fun to watch. Though, I am sensing a trend here–all of the movies are basically the same (people videotaping what goes on at their house; main characters dying at the end; etc.). Still, pretty creepy. We’ll be watching Paranormal …

winterize

The leaves are starting to fall (in particular, into the pond), so I spent today’s last 30 minutes of daylight covering the pond with netting. The weather has been decent, so I haven’t turned off the pump yet, but given the cooler extended forecast, that will be happening soon. I …