animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

it’s electric

I had a couple of outlets in the living room that needed to be replaced (the piece of plastic by the ground plug was chipped). Since I was going to be doing electric work, I decided to replace some of the regular outlets throughout the house with the ones having …

chopped

I got a long overdue haircut this afternoon (only my 2nd one since the pandemic started–the last one was in September). I really should have gone in November, but things went haywire pretty quickly and I didn’t feel comfortable going out under those conditions (for something non-essential like a haircut). …

before sunrise

This was a movie about a man and woman who met on a train in Europe and hit it off. The man convinced the woman to spend a day with him in Vienna before he had to catch a plane back to America. Pretentiousness ensued. That’s the last time I …

the princess bride

I was surprised to hear that Jake never watched this film. And, you really need to see it in order to understand half of the memes that are out there, so we watched it on Hulu (which is quickly becoming my favorite streaming platform) last night. It did not disappoint–it …

paint by numbers

My library project is moving along. The window seat is built (except for attaching the piano hinges to the lids) and painted. I was running low on paint and had bought a replacement gallon in November. I opened it up and put a coat on only to realize that it …