animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

birthday boy

Not only is it Brian’s Birthday Month of Comedies, it’s also Brian’s Birthday Dinner Week, wherein Brian’s birth is honored at three dinners. We started off the week with dinner at my parent’s on Sunday. Next, up was his actual birthday dinner at our house (in which I prepared an …

super bowl

We had our annual Super Bowl party last night. I like to do a food theme each year (either based on one of the teams playing or on the location of the game), so after the Steelers dropped out of the playoffs, I was rooting for food. I was really …

family weekend

Saturday night, my brother hosted a “meet and greet” for his girlfriend at his house. He had some of his friends and some of our relatives over for drinks and snacks that evening. It was a fun time. Sunday evening found us at Brian’s parent’s house celebrating Brian’s dad’s birthday …

two nights in a row

Brian and I went out again last night–this must be some kind of record. We attended a wedding celebration for a couple we are friends with. They were married last month in the Caribbean. We hung out with another couple we know and had a great time. There were appetizers, …

shoot

Because Brian’s “so caught up in [me],” he bought me a .38 special as my anniversary present this year, which marked 15 years. Coincidentally, we joined the Portage Revolver and Pistol Club at the beginning of the year. We have a few other guns that we haven’t shot in a …