animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

porch roof

We had our porch roof replaced this weekend. Poor guys–I can’t imagine doing a job like that in this heat. Everything looks good and I’m looking forward to some rain in order to enjoy the new, leak-free roof.

tomatoes!

If nothing else, my garden is doing really well this year. The past couple of years, I’ve had issues with my tomato plants (usually they are on their way out by this point in the season), but they are doing really well this year. I bought a number of disease-resistant …

divorce

I never thought I’d be saying this, but Brian and I are getting divorced. It’s not official yet, but he is in the process of buying a house and will be moving out shortly (I will be staying at our current residence). We plan on filing for divorce later this year …

ulysses, pa

The three of us vacationed in Potter County again this year. The usual stuff occurred–knitting, reading, laying in the hammock, and no electronics. Jake and I added a new activity this year–working on a puzzle. I didn’t think we’d finish, but we got the job done. It was a 1000 …

cradle and all

This wasn’t my favorite James Patterson novel, but at least it wasn’t written by one of his “co-authors”. I’m not a fan of his non-thriller stuff, either. But, I will give it this much, it didn’t take long to read. The story was about two teenage girls who were pregnant …