animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

rainy may

I was ahead with the outside stuff last month, but I have since fallen behind. I’ve been trying to get out between the raindrops (not to mention the chilly weather), but the opportunities haven’t been frequent. The weather seems to be more seasonal as of late, so I guess I’ll …

not quite done

We painted our bedroom walls yesterday. This almost concludes the painting tasks for that room. Only the baseboard trim remains, but that will have to wait until we get new carpeting (hopefully by the end of the summer) as it will be easier to do at that point in time. …

manchester by the sea

This movie was about a guy (portrayed as a loner) who is surprised to find out that he was made guardian of his brother’s son upon his brother’s death. But, it’s more than that, of course. It’s also about the guy and how he got to be the way he …

jam packed

It was a pretty busy couple of days. On Friday, we went out to eat at Rey Azteca to celebrate Jake’s birthday, which was on Saturday. Saturday, Jake had his prom. Saturday (and part of Sunday) was spent cooking, as we had our usual Mother’s Day/Jake’s birthday get together with …

sewer

We had the sewer lines replaced at our house last week, The good news is that the job is done. The bad news is that we have to pay for it and do a bunch of additional work (like repaint the floor in the music room, replace the floor in …