animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

argo

This political thriller told the story of the rescue of six U.S. Diplomats from Iran during the hostage crisis. It was quite compelling to watch. All three of us enjoyed the movie, though Jake said there weren’t enough fight scenes.

first day

I took my first vacation day of the year yesterday, primarily because I had to pick up my plants (25 strawberry plants and 2 oak trees) from the county’s annual plant sale. But I spent the day running around, so I guess it was good that I took the time …

black flagged

This book was surprisingly good. I say this because I got it from Amazon’s Top 100 Free list and I was not expecting much for my money ($0). That said, the book is no longer free and it’s the first in a series, so I guess that’s how they get …

ninety

Today is Brian’s grandmother’s 90th birthday. (Happy Birthday, Gwen!) To celebrate, a bunch of the family went to Surf n’ Turf for dinner last night. It was nice seeing everyone and the food was great as always.

the breakfast club

We watched this movie the other night. I believe this was my second viewing of the movie, but apparently it was Brian’s 51st viewing of the movie, for which he has all of the dialog memorized (unfortunately for us). Much like most of the other movies from my youth, I …