animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

garden fatigue

It’s the end of another gardening season and the garden is a mess of weeds once again. Every year, I plan on keeping up with things and every year my motivation peters out by the end of the season. While this was not the best year for a garden, I …

american sniper

This told the biographical story of Navy SEAL (and sniper) Chris Kyle. I’m a sucker for a good war movie and this was definitely one of those. I guess there was some controversy over the movie due to the subject matter, but the guy was just doing his job. Conversely, …

foo fighters

Today is the first day of Jake’s sophomore year. So, like any pair of responsible parents, we took him to see the Foo Fighters last night. What an amazing show! I opted out of their last tour due to the ticket prices and have been kicking myself ever since. So, …

mucho dinero

We had new sewer lines put in our investment property yesterday. It’s a relief that project’s finally done. If the place should sell, it was going to need to be done before the sale went through. In the more likely event that we end up renting it out again, it’s …

ftwd

Yesterday was busy in a social kind of way. We went out for lunch at Asiago’s to celebrate the birthdays of my mom, dad and grandmother (who all had birthdays in the past week). And, Sunday night, Judy came over to catch the first episode of Fear the Walking Dead. …