animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

stuff

Brian and I went to the gun raffle at the Jaffa Mosque in Altoona today. We’ve been going to this for a number of years now (but still haven’t won anything). We didn’t stick around too long–Brian had to help out with a scout’s eagle project this afternoon. It was …

still

Holy crap–it’s still nice out and the nice weather is supposed to continue for at least another week. This is unprecedented. Due to this, I’m ahead of the game in regard to fall clean-up activities. Despite the fact that it gets dark so early, I’ve been able to get outside …

acceptance

Jake applied to two colleges, IUP and UPJ, and was accepted to both! He’s decided to go to UPJ and will be commuting in order to save some money. We’ve been saving for college since he was born and are hoping that we’ll be able to cover all of the …

indian summer

We might be in the midst of an Indian Summer but the cold spell from a few weeks ago just about killed off everything in the garden. Oddly enough, except for the zucchini–I actually picked three more yesterday, though it’s about done now. I never had a zucchini plant live …

eric tessmer band

Eric Tessmer was in town for a free show at Peoples Natural Gas Park. We always like to catch him when he’s in town, so we made a point of going there Saturday night. It was a good show. There were a decent amount of people there, but you would …