animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

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Brian and I went to Canonsburg yesterday for Miss Avery’s first birthday! It’s hard to believe a year has already passed since she was born. She had quite a turnout for the event. With so many milestones on both sides, we got to see a lot of each other this …

balcony railing

Our balcony railing has needed replaced since we bought our house 22 years ago. Since the existing railing would have to be removed in order to do so, there never seemed to be a good time to do it. But, now that we’re getting down to the wire with selling …

yarn crafter

We (at Innovative Tomato) released our second app recently, Yarn Crafter! Our office is full of knitters and crocheters, so everyone was pretty excited about it. We have so many features planned for the app–it’s going to be a really useful tool for yarn crafting hobbyists! If nothing else, I’m …

hostiles

This was a pretty good western. It told the story of an Army Captain who had to escort an Indian chief and his family back to their homeland, while going through enemy territory. It starred the always excellent Christian Bale and featured some stunning cinematography. My rating: 3.5/5

r.i.p. lizzy

Lizzy turned 16 in January so we knew that there wasn’t much time left no matter how you looked at it. She developed numerous health problems over the course of the summer and we had to make the difficult decision to put her to sleep, which happened yesterday. It is …