animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

the returned

I mentioned this show a few times in my previous posts. It is a French series about a group of previously dead people from the same town, who reappeared one day. Some of the people were dead for a short amount of time, others significantly longer. When they return, they …

the confirmed

I failed to write about Jacob’s confirmation, which occurred last Sunday. The day started off at church, of course. Jake had a good showing of family members there and we all got to sit through an hour and fifty minute(!) service (which really isn’t that much longer than the normal …

fourteen

Alice turned the big 1-4 yesterday. In reality, we don’t know when her actual birthday is, but that’s the day we adopted her from the Humane Society of Somerset County, so that’s the date we use. Yesterday also marked her 8th anniversary of being our dog. We never would have …

birthday

I had my birthday off on Thursday. I did manage to squeeze in a couple of fun things in between housework and errands. Namely, letterpress and knitting. I received letterpress stuff for Christmas but hadn’t really had a chance to use it yet. I ordered some plates for it earlier …

the graduate

Last night, we went to our niece Erika’s high school graduation. Boy, did those 18 years go fast! I’m sure she will be a great success! It’s hard to believe, but we will have another graduation in four short years.