animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

foo fighters again

Brian, Jake, Jake’s girlfriend (Megan), and I went to see the Foo Fighters at PPG Paints Arena on Thursday. What a great show! They are such a fun band to see live. Much like the first time we saw them, they played for almost 2.5 hours–way longer than most bands. …

improvising

While we were getting packed for vacation on the 4th, a storm rolled through and knocked out the power for the better part of the day (12:30pm-10pm). Brian had to hook up the generator so we didn’t lose any food in the fridge and freezer. Good thing the power outage …

the outsider

I read this book from Stephen King while we were on vacation. It was quite good. It had a really interesting concept–I don’t want to give anything away so I’m not going to try to explain it. The only negative was that I felt that most of the characters were …

austin, pa

For vacation this year, we visited Potter County. Specifically, we stayed in the town of Austin, which is near Cherry Springs State Park. The park is known for its dark skies–due to its remote location–and is ideal for star gazing. While we didn’t go to the park, we had our …

the 4th

It isn’t the 4th yet, but we went to a 4th of July part at Lish and Brent’s on Saturday. That’s the first one we’ve gotten to in a while, so it was nice to catch up with some people we haven’t seen for a bit. In other July news, …