animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

rat-a-tat-tat

My parents had been after us all summer to go target shooting with them. But, summer’s always busy for everyone and we never were able to make that happen. They planned on going shooting this weekend and invited us along. We happened to be available, so along we went. Brian …

troubleshooter

This was the 3rd novel in Gregg Hurwitz’s Tim Rackley series. For whatever reason, I did not enjoy this book as much as I’ve enjoyed his other ones. I think it had to do with the fact that the plot centered around a drug-running biker gang. And, since I just …

b.y.o.p.

One of Brian’s friends invited us to a pumpkin carving party last night. It was quite the event–there were probably 30-40 people there, mostly kids. And, these people cooked up a storm. They will probably have enough leftovers for a week! They had multiple pumpkin carving stations set up. And, …

world war z (movie)

As much as I disliked the book, I liked this movie. It was quite engrossing. Of course, the movie was nothing like the book, so that explains it. And, it starred Brad Pitt (which is always a plus). It was just your basic zombie apocalypse story. So, if you’re into that …

true blood

I read all of the “True Blood” books in the not-so-distant past. I thought the book series started off strong, but ended on a rather weak note. But it has nothing on the TV series. I will not be sticking this one out until the end. I found myself reading …